Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2012A00056:clause:2_15
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2012A00056
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 15
Character Range: 18128–19311

15  Applications for renewal of transitional general licences
(1) Despite section 13 of the new law, an application for the renewal of a transitional general licence authorising a vessel to be used to engage in coastal trading must be in writing and be accompanied by the following:
 (a) evidence that the vessel is registered under the law of a foreign country;
 (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) a statement explaining what is preventing the vessel being registered under the Shipping Registration Act 1981, with reference to the following matters:
 (i) financial, business or legal constraints;
 (ii) what action is being, or will be, taken to register the vessel under the Shipping Registration Act 1981;
 (d) such information as is prescribed by the regulations;
 (e) the application fee prescribed by the regulations.
(2) The application must relate to one vessel only.