Our compliance strategy will help us focus our efforts on promoting voluntary regulatory compliance. It will ensure that we consider six important elements as we work with industry to promote maritime safety and to protect the marine environment.

This exemption allows eligible people to work as a master on a commercial fishing vessel in parts of Queensland without the required certificate of competency.

This exemption allows people who were working on a domestic commercial vessel (DCV) under state or Northern Territory law on 30 June 2013, to continue working without the required certificate.

Exemption 24 allows volunteer emergency services to crew their vessels using trained volunteers without a certificate of competency.

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This exemption is for people who want to work on a domestic commercial vessel being used for a wildlife or other sightseeing operation in inland waters.

A guide for domestic commercial vessels to develop their safety management system for class 1, 2, 3 and 4 operations.