Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person may apply to the Minister for a general licence, including renewal of a general licence, authorising a vessel to be used to engage in coastal trading if:
(a) the vessel is registered in the Australian General Shipping Register; and
(b) the person is:
(i) the owner, charterer, master or agent of the vessel; or
(ii) a person of a kind prescribed by the regulations.
(2) The application must be in writing and be accompanied by the following:
(a) evidence that the vessel is registered in the Australian General Shipping Register;
(b) a statement that each seafarer working on the vessel, when the vessel is used to engage in coastal trading:
(i) is or will be an Australian citizen; or
(ii) is or will hold a permanent visa; or
(iii) is or will hold a temporary visa that does not prohibit the seafarer from performing the work he or she performs on the vessel;
(c) such information as is prescribed by the regulations;
(d) the application fee prescribed by the regulations.
Note: The Minister may ask the applicant to provide further information, see section 76.
(3) The application must relate to one vessel only.