13Application for general licence

13 Application for general licence

(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.