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Domestic commercial vessel requirements

There are a number of certificates and permits you need if you are operating a domestic commercial vessel.

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].

Access the My Boat system [10] for guidance on how keep your vessel compliant.


Source URL:https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/domestic-commercial-vessels/domestic-commercial-vessel-requirements

Links
[1] https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/domestic-commercial-vessels/certificates-survey [2] https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/domestic-commercial-vessels/non-survey-vessel-approval-or-exemption [3] https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/domestic-commercial-vessels/class-c-restricted-operations-approval [4] https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/domestic-commercial-vessels/certificates-operation [5] https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/domestic-commercial-vessels/certificates-operation#exemption [6] https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/domestic-commercial-vessels/safety-management-systems [7] https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/domestic-commercial-vessels/unique-vessel-identifiers [8] https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/domestic-commercial-vessels/general-safety-duties-domestic-commercial-vessels [9] https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2012A00121 [10] https://apps.amsa.gov.au/MyBoat/