Domestic commercial vessel requirements

If you own a vessel in Australia and use it for any commercial, government or research activity, you need to apply for (or already be issued with) either a:

• certificate of survey [1]
• non-survey vessel permit [2] (or be eligible to operate as a non-survey vessel without a permit)
• Class C restricted operations [3] permit
• another vessel permit or exemption.

You will also need either a:

• certificate of operation [4]
• certificate of operation exemption [5] and a safety management system [6].

You must also get and display a unique vessel identifier [7], and comply with the general safety duties [8] relating to domestic commercial vessels—this is in accordance with the Marine Safety (Domestic commercial vessel) National Law Act 2012 [9].