25Permits to unlicensed ships to engage in coasting trade

25 Permits to unlicensed ships to engage in coasting trade

(1) The owner, charterer, master or agent of a ship that is not licensed to engage in the coasting trade may:

(a) make an application for the grant of a permit under section 286 of the Act for the ship to engage in the coasting trade;

(b) at any time before the grant of such a permit, make an application for the amendment of the application referred to in paragraph (a) in relation to that permit; or

(c) make an application for the amendment of a permit granted in respect of the ship under section 286 of the Act.

(2) An application referred to in subregulation (1):

(a) shall be in accordance with Form 1 or 2, as the case requires; and

(c) shall be delivered:

(i) where the application is in respect of a permit for a single voyage — to an authorized officer; or

(ii) where the application is in respect of a continuing permit — to the Secretary, Department of Workplace Relations and Small Business, Canberra.

(3) A permit for a single voyage shall be in accordance with Form 3 and a continuing permit shall be in accordance with Form 4.

(4) A person who makes an application under subregulation (1) must pay the fee prescribed for the application.

(4A) The fee for an application may be paid:

(a) before the application is lodged; or

(b) at the time the application is lodged; or

(c) after the application is lodged.

(4B) An amount that a person is liable to pay under subregulation (4) is recoverable as a debt due to the Commonwealth.

(5) For the purposes of subregulation (4), each of the following fees is prescribed:

(a) in respect of an application referred to in paragraph (1) (a) in relation to a permit for a single voyage, being a permit in respect of the carriage of passengers — $22;

(b) in respect of an application referred to in paragraph (1) (a), (b) or (c) in relation to a permit for a single voyage, being a permit in respect of the carriage of cargo:

(i) if subparagraph (ii) does not apply — $200; or

(ii) if the issue of the permit or the amended permit (as the case may be) is required before the expiration of the work day next following the day on which the application is made — $400;

(c) in respect of an application referred to in paragraph (1) (a) in relation to a continuing permit — $400.

(6) In subparagraph (5) (b) (ii), work day, in relation to an application under subregulation (1), means a day on which the office of the authorized officer to whom the application is delivered is open for public business.