Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Where:
(a) a proceeding in respect of a general maritime claim concerning a ship has been commenced under this Act against a surrogate ship; or
(b) in relation to a proceeding commenced under this Act concerning a ship, a surrogate ship has been arrested;
the order in which general maritime claims against both the ships shall be paid out of the proceeds of the sale of the surrogate ship shall be determined as if all the claims were general maritime claims against the surrogate ship.
(2) Subsection ( 1) applies notwithstanding any other law, including a law of a State or Territory.