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Australian Maritime Safety Authority Fees Determination 2025

made under the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990

I, Kaylene Dale, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, make this determination under subsection 47(1) of the Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990.

Dated 11 September 2025

Kaylene Dale Chief Executive Officer

1 Name of instrument

1A Commencement

2 Definitions

3 Liability for charge

4 Amount of charge

5 Hourly rate

6 Estimates

7 Charge for waiting time

8 Charge for travel to location of service

9 When charges payable

10 Payment in advance

11 Penalty interest on overdue charges

Schedule 1 Services and charges

1 Name of instrument

This instrument is the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Fees Determination 2025.

1A Commencement

This instrument commences on 1 October 2025.

2 Definitions

In this instrument:

AMSA means the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.

AMSA office means the nearest office of AMSA at which an AMSA inspector is stationed.

GMDSS means Global Marine Distress and Safety System.

inspector means a person appointed as an inspector under subsection 254(1) of the Navigation Act 2012.

officer means an employee of AMSA or a person engaged by AMSA to perform a service, including an inspector.

regulations or Marine Orders means regulations or orders made under the Navigation Act 2012 or the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983.

3 Liability for charge

(1) A person is liable to pay a charge to AMSA if:

(a) the person asks AMSA to perform a service; or

(b) AMSA performs a service for the person’s benefit.

(2) The master, owner or agent of a vessel is taken to be the person for whose benefit an inspection or survey is performed to determine whether:

Item	Service	Charge
	Vessel design and performance — tonnage measurements and loadline
1.1	Provision of copies of tonnage measurement calculations	hourly rate
1.2	Inspections and certification for tonnage measurements and loadline	hourly rate
	Inspections of vessels and equipment
2.1	Loading and unloading equipment
	Approvals and exemptions for a vessel, materials handling equipment or loading or unloading arrangements for a vessel, and, for second and subsequent visits, inspections of vessels, equipment or arrangements for these matters	hourly rate
2.2	Ship survey and certification
	Survey for initial issue or reissue of a certificate	hourly rate
2.3	Port state and flag state control inspections
	Follow-up visits to re-inspect deficiencies identified at initial inspections	hourly rate
2.4	Other surveys or inspections of vessels and equipment
	Services or inspections of vessels and equipment not mentioned in items 2.1 to 2.3	hourly rate
	Other inspections
3.1	Grain loading
	Visits to vessels or loading facilities for inspections to ensure safe loading and stowage of grain	hourly rate
3.2	Solid bulk cargoes
	Inspections, determinations, approvals and exemptions for solid bulk cargoes	hourly rate
3.3	Dangerous goods
	Inspections, determinations, approvals and exemptions for dangerous goods	hourly rate
3.4	Livestock
	Inspections, certificates, approvals and exemptions for transportation of livestock, including inspections and services for issue or endorsement of an Australian Certificate for the Carriage of Livestock	hourly rate
3.5	Containers
	Inspections and approvals of containers for authorisation to load or unload where container is unsafe or overloaded or lacking a valid safety certificate plate or after expiry of the examination date	hourly rate
3.6	Miscellaneous inspections
	All inspections not mentioned in items 2.1 to 3.5 that are compulsory, requested by the recipient or follow-up inspections to confirm corrective action	hourly rate
	Determinations, declarations, exemptions and approvals
4.1	Processing application for determination (other than a manning level determination), declaration, exemption or approval under Navigation Act 2012<br>Note For declarations under the Act — see section 17, 19, 25 and 26.	hourly rate
4.2	Processing application for exemption of vessel from coastal pilotage requirements	hourly rate
4.3	Processing application for exemption of seafarer from coastal pilotage requirements for exempt vessel	$136
	Services relating to manning levels
5.1	Processing application for determination of manning levels	$1 088
5.2	Processing application for review of existing approved manning levels	$544
	Services relating to the international safety management code
6.1	Processing application for document of compliance or safety management certificate, including conduct of initial audit or for reinstatement of document or certificate	hourly rate
6.2	Scheduled periodic compliance audit relating to continuation of document of compliance or safety management certificate	hourly rate
	Services to pilotage providers
7.1	Processing application for licence as provider of coastal pilotage services or for reinstatement of licence as provider of coastal pilotage services	hourly rate
7.2	Scheduled compliance audit of accredited provider of coastal pilotage services	hourly rate
	Services to seafarers and pilots
	Examinations and assessments
8.1.1	Assessment of sea service for applicant for:<br>(a) an AMSA certificate of competency as master, deck officer or engineer; or<br>(b) an AMSA certificate of recognition of a certificate of competency as master, deck officer or engineer	$168
8.1.2	Oral examination for certificate of competency — STCW 78 (as amended) unlimited	$544
8.1.3	Computer-based examination for certificate of competency	$220
8.1.4	Assessment of marine qualifications for immigration purposes	$472
8.1.5	Undertaking a psychometric assessment	Cost of external provider
	Certificates for seafarers and pilots
8.2.1	Processing application for initial issue of certificate of competency or proficiency	$190
8.2.2	Processing application for initial issue of certificate of recognition of competency or proficiency or certificate of equivalence	$190
8.2.3	Processing application for revalidation of certificate of competency or certificate of recognition or proficiency or certificate of equivalence	$136<br>
8.2.4	Processing of application for endorsements to active certificate of competency	$112
8.2.5	Processing of application for initial issue of, or revalidation of, GMDSS competency certificate or certificate of recognition of GMDSS certificate	$112
8.2.6	Processing of application for issue of initial coastal pilot’s licence or reissue of coastal pilot’s licence	$150
8.2.7	Written examination of theory or charts for coastal pilot’s licence — standard examination	$544
8.2.8	Written examination of charts for coastal Pilot’s licence — Whitsundays	$816
8.2.9	Oral examination for check pilot licence	$816
8.2.10	Processing application for issue of compass adjuster licence	$190
8.2.11	Processing application for issue of certificate of safety training	$112
8.2.12	Processing application for issue of certificate of proficiency as Marine Cook	$112
8.2.13	Additional charge for transmission of documents other than by regular mail, such as fax, email or registered mail:<br>(a) within Australia<br>(b) outside Australia	<br> <br>$40<br>$80
	Services to registered training organisations
9.1	Processing application by training organisation for approval of training course	hourly rate
9.2	Scheduled periodic compliance audit of approved courses provided by registered training organisation	hourly rate
	Registration of ships (Shipping Registration Act 1981)
	Applications for registration or re-registration
10.1.1	Processing application for registration of ship required to be registered by the Shipping Registration Act 1981	$2 664
10.1.2	Processing application for registration of ship, other than Australian-owned ship, on demise charter to an Australian based operator	$3 996
10.1.3	Processing application for registration of ship permitted to be registered by Shipping Registration Act 1981, other than foreign-owned ship on demise charter to an Australian-based operator	$1 554
	Transfer or transmission of ownership
10.2.1	Processing documents for registration of transfer, transmission of ownership, for ship required by Shipping Registration Act 1981 to be registered	$777
10.2.2	Processing documents for registration of transfer, transmission of ownership, for ship on demise charter to Australian based operator other than an Australian-owned ship	$1 332
10.2.3	Processing documents for registration of transfer, transmission of ownership, for ship permitted by Shipping Registration Act 1981 to be registered, other than foreign-owned ship on demise charter to an Australian-based operator	$444
	Grant of certificates
10.3.1	Processing application for grant of provisional registration certificate or new registration certificate under section 21 of Shipping Registration Act 1981	$222
10.3.2	Processing application for grant of provisional registration certificate under section 22 or 22A of Shipping Registration Act 1981	$333
10.3.3	Processing application for extension of period of currency of provisional certificate	$222
10.3.4	Processing application for grant of temporary pass	$333
10.3.5	Processing application for grant of certificate of entitlement to fly Australian national flag or red ensign	$222
10.3.6	Supply deletion certificate	$111
	Administrative services
10.4.1	Processing application for exemption from registration	$666
10.4.2	Processing request for change of name of registered ship	$111
10.4.3	Processing request for change of home port of registered ship	$111
10.4.4	Processing request for extension of time for lodging documents	$167
10.4.5	Additional charge for transmission of documents other than by regular mail, such as fax, email or registered mail:<br>(a) within Australia<br>(b) outside Australia	<br> <br>$40<br>$80
	Inspections and searches
10.5.1	Search by staff of Australian Shipping Registration Office of register — for each period of 15 minutes or remaining part of 15 minutes	$55.50<br>
10.5.2	Supply of certified extract of Register or of document forming part of or associated with Register	$75
10.5.3	Supply of certified copy of Register entry	$40
10.5.4	Supply of certified copy of documents forming part of or associated with Register — for each page	$21
	Caveats
10.6.1	Processing of the lodgement of a caveat	$222
	Services relating to a continuous synopsis record
10.7.1	Application for continuous synopsis record	$555
10.7.2	Reissue of continuous synopsis record	$170
10.7.3	Amendments to continuous synopsis record	$390
	Services to providers of vessel traffic services
11.1	Processing application for authorisation to provide vessel traffic services	hourly rate
11.2	Conduct scheduled periodic compliance audit of provider of authorised vessel traffic services	hourly rate
	Other services
12.1	Any service not elsewhere listed in this determination	hourly rate
12.2	Any service for which AMSA bears a direct expense	the amount of the expense

Item

Service

Charge

Vessel design and performance — tonnage measurements and loadline

1.1

Provision of copies of tonnage measurement calculations

hourly rate

1.2

Inspections and certification for tonnage measurements and loadline

hourly rate

Inspections of vessels and equipment

2.1

Loading and unloading equipment

Approvals and exemptions for a vessel, materials handling equipment or loading or unloading arrangements for a vessel, and, for second and subsequent visits, inspections of vessels, equipment or arrangements for these matters

hourly rate

2.2

Ship survey and certification

Survey for initial issue or reissue of a certificate

hourly rate

2.3

Port state and flag state control inspections

Follow-up visits to re-inspect deficiencies identified at initial inspections

hourly rate

2.4

Other surveys or inspections of vessels and equipment

Services or inspections of vessels and equipment not mentioned in items 2.1 to 2.3

hourly rate

Other inspections

3.1

Grain loading

Visits to vessels or loading facilities for inspections to ensure safe loading and stowage of grain

hourly rate

3.2

Solid bulk cargoes

Inspections, determinations, approvals and exemptions for solid bulk cargoes

hourly rate

3.3

Dangerous goods

Inspections, determinations, approvals and exemptions for dangerous goods

hourly rate

3.4

Livestock

Inspections, certificates, approvals and exemptions for transportation of livestock, including inspections and services for issue or endorsement of an Australian Certificate for the Carriage of Livestock

hourly rate

3.5

Containers

Inspections and approvals of containers for authorisation to load or unload where container is unsafe or overloaded or lacking a valid safety certificate plate or after expiry of the examination date

hourly rate

3.6

Miscellaneous inspections

All inspections not mentioned in items 2.1 to 3.5 that are compulsory, requested by the recipient or follow-up inspections to confirm corrective action

hourly rate

Determinations, declarations, exemptions and approvals

4.1

Processing application for determination (other than a manning level determination), declaration, exemption or approval under Navigation Act 2012 Note For declarations under the Act — see section 17, 19, 25 and 26.

hourly rate

4.2

Processing application for exemption of vessel from coastal pilotage requirements

hourly rate

4.3

Processing application for exemption of seafarer from coastal pilotage requirements for exempt vessel

$136

Services relating to manning levels

5.1

Processing application for determination of manning levels

$1 088

5.2

Processing application for review of existing approved manning levels

$544

Services relating to the international safety management code

6.1

Processing application for document of compliance or safety management certificate, including conduct of initial audit or for reinstatement of document or certificate

hourly rate

6.2

Scheduled periodic compliance audit relating to continuation of document of compliance or safety management certificate

hourly rate

Services to pilotage providers

7.1

Processing application for licence as provider of coastal pilotage services or for reinstatement of licence as provider of coastal pilotage services

hourly rate

7.2

Scheduled compliance audit of accredited provider of coastal pilotage services

hourly rate

Services to seafarers and pilots

Examinations and assessments

8.1.1

Assessment of sea service for applicant for: (a) an AMSA certificate of competency as master, deck officer or engineer; or (b) an AMSA certificate of recognition of a certificate of competency as master, deck officer or engineer

$168

8.1.2

Oral examination for certificate of competency — STCW 78 (as amended) unlimited

$544

8.1.3

Computer-based examination for certificate of competency

$220

8.1.4

Assessment of marine qualifications for immigration purposes

$472

8.1.5

Undertaking a psychometric assessment

Cost of external provider

Certificates for seafarers and pilots

8.2.1

Processing application for initial issue of certificate of competency or proficiency

$190

8.2.2

Processing application for initial issue of certificate of recognition of competency or proficiency or certificate of equivalence

$190

8.2.3

Processing application for revalidation of certificate of competency or certificate of recognition or proficiency or certificate of equivalence

$136

8.2.4

Processing of application for endorsements to active certificate of competency

$112

8.2.5

Processing of application for initial issue of, or revalidation of, GMDSS competency certificate or certificate of recognition of GMDSS certificate

$112

8.2.6

Processing of application for issue of initial coastal pilot’s licence or reissue of coastal pilot’s licence

$150

8.2.7

Written examination of theory or charts for coastal pilot’s licence — standard examination

$544

8.2.8

Written examination of charts for coastal Pilot’s licence — Whitsundays

$816

8.2.9

Oral examination for check pilot licence

$816

8.2.10

Processing application for issue of compass adjuster licence

$190

8.2.11

Processing application for issue of certificate of safety training

$112

8.2.12

Processing application for issue of certificate of proficiency as Marine Cook

$112

8.2.13

Additional charge for transmission of documents other than by regular mail, such as fax, email or registered mail: (a) within Australia (b) outside Australia

$40 $80

Services to registered training organisations

9.1

Processing application by training organisation for approval of training course

hourly rate

9.2

Scheduled periodic compliance audit of approved courses provided by registered training organisation

hourly rate

Registration of ships (Shipping Registration Act 1981)

Applications for registration or re-registration

10.1.1

Processing application for registration of ship required to be registered by the Shipping Registration Act 1981

$2 664

10.1.2

Processing application for registration of ship, other than Australian-owned ship, on demise charter to an Australian based operator

$3 996

10.1.3

Processing application for registration of ship permitted to be registered by Shipping Registration Act 1981, other than foreign-owned ship on demise charter to an Australian-based operator

$1 554

Transfer or transmission of ownership

10.2.1

Processing documents for registration of transfer, transmission of ownership, for ship required by Shipping Registration Act 1981 to be registered

$777

10.2.2

Processing documents for registration of transfer, transmission of ownership, for ship on demise charter to Australian based operator other than an Australian-owned ship

$1 332

10.2.3

Processing documents for registration of transfer, transmission of ownership, for ship permitted by Shipping Registration Act 1981 to be registered, other than foreign-owned ship on demise charter to an Australian-based operator

$444

Grant of certificates

10.3.1

Processing application for grant of provisional registration certificate or new registration certificate under section 21 of Shipping Registration Act 1981

$222

10.3.2

Processing application for grant of provisional registration certificate under section 22 or 22A of Shipping Registration Act 1981

$333

10.3.3

Processing application for extension of period of currency of provisional certificate

$222

10.3.4

Processing application for grant of temporary pass

$333

10.3.5

Processing application for grant of certificate of entitlement to fly Australian national flag or red ensign

$222

10.3.6

Supply deletion certificate

$111

Administrative services

10.4.1

Processing application for exemption from registration

$666

10.4.2

Processing request for change of name of registered ship

$111

10.4.3

Processing request for change of home port of registered ship

$111

10.4.4

Processing request for extension of time for lodging documents

$167

10.4.5

Additional charge for transmission of documents other than by regular mail, such as fax, email or registered mail: (a) within Australia (b) outside Australia

$40 $80

Inspections and searches

10.5.1

Search by staff of Australian Shipping Registration Office of register — for each period of 15 minutes or remaining part of 15 minutes

$55.50

10.5.2

Supply of certified extract of Register or of document forming part of or associated with Register

$75

10.5.3

Supply of certified copy of Register entry

$40

10.5.4

Supply of certified copy of documents forming part of or associated with Register — for each page

$21

Caveats

10.6.1

Processing of the lodgement of a caveat

$222

Services relating to a continuous synopsis record

10.7.1

Application for continuous synopsis record

$555

10.7.2

Reissue of continuous synopsis record

$170

10.7.3

Amendments to continuous synopsis record

$390

Services to providers of vessel traffic services

11.1

Processing application for authorisation to provide vessel traffic services

hourly rate

11.2

Conduct scheduled periodic compliance audit of provider of authorised vessel traffic services

hourly rate

Other services

12.1

Any service not elsewhere listed in this determination

hourly rate

12.2

Any service for which AMSA bears a direct expense

the amount of the expense