The Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Australia) Order 2003

ARTICLE 8 Shipping and air transport

1.  Profits of an enterprise of a Contracting State from the operation of ships or aircraft in international traffic shall be taxable only in that State.

2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article, profits of an enterprise of a Contracting State from the operation of ships or aircraft may be taxed in the other Contracting State to the extent that they are profits derived from ship or aircraft operations confined solely to places in that other State.

3.  For the purposes of this Article, profits from the operation of ships or aircraft in international traffic include:

(a) profits from the rental on a bareboat basis of ships or aircraft; and

(b) profits from the use, maintenance or rental of containers (including trailers and related equipment for the transport of containers) used for the transport of goods or merchandise;

provided such rental or such use, maintenance or rental, as the case may be, is directly connected or ancillary to the operation of ships or aircraft in international traffic.

4.  The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall also apply to profits from the participation in a pool, a joint business or an international operating agency, but only to so much of the profits so derived as is attributable to the participant in proportion to its share in the joint operation.

5.  For the purposes of this Article, profits derived from:

(a) the carriage by ships or aircraft of passengers, livestock, mail, goods or merchandise which are shipped in a Contracting State and are discharged at the same or another place in that State; or

(b) the use of a ship or aircraft for haulage, survey or dredging activities, or for exploration or extraction activities in relation to natural resources, where such activities are undertaken in a Contracting State;

shall be treated as profits from ship or aircraft operations confined solely to places in that State.