Article 8 - Ships and Aircraft - Australia

ARTICLE 8 SHIPS AND AIRCRAFT 1. Profits from the operation of ships or aircraft, including interest on funds connected with that operation, derived by a resident of one of the Contracting States shall be taxable only in that State. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, such profits may be taxed in the other Contracting State where they are profits from the operations of ships or aircraft confined solely to places in that other State. 3. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply in relation to the share of the profits from the operation of ships or aircraft derived by a resident of one of the Contracting States through participation in a pool service, in a joint transport operating organisation or in an international operating agency. 4. For the purposes of this Article, profits derived from the carriage by ships or aircraft of passengers, livestock, mail, goods or merchandise shipped in a Contracting State for discharge at another place in that State shall be treated as profits from operations of ships or aircraft confined solely to places in that State.