Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person may apply to the Minister fo r 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 pr escribed 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 m ust relate to one vessel only.