(1) A person who proposes to provide a towage service in a commercial trading port may apply to Ports Victoria for the issue of a towage service licence.
(2) An application under subsection (1) must—
(a) be in the form determined by Ports Victoria; and
(b) be accompanied by the prescribed fee (if any); and
(c) describe the towage service proposed to be provided; and
(d) specify the commercial trading port in which the towage service is proposed to be provided; and
(e) contain any other information required by Ports Victoria.
(3) Ports Victoria—
(a) may require an applicant to provide further information or material in respect of the application; and
(b) may require that the information or material be verified.
S. 73H substituted by No. 19/2022 s. 32.