To make an application to close a ship registration, you need to:

Confirm that you are the legal owner and your vessel is not required to be registered  

Vessels not required to be registered are:

• pleasure craft
• fishing vessels
• government-owned ships
• foreign-owned ships that are on demise (bare boat) charter to Australian operators
• all other ships less than 24 metres in tonnage length.

Complete the form

Application for closure of registration of a ship not required to be registered—form 202.

Provide required documents

In addition to the application form, you will need to provide the following:

• A statutory declaration stating the extent of your interest in the ship and the date in which that interest was acquired.
• The Bill of Sale by which the ship was acquired.

Lodge your documents

Include the following:

• Original completed form
• Original registration certificate
• Statutory declaration
• Bill of sale

Send the documents to:

Shipping Registration Office
Australian Maritime Safety Authority
PO Box 255
Coffs Harbour NSW 2450

Wait for us to let you know

We will let you know if there is any additional information that we need to process your application. If not, the registration will be closed and a letter advising you of the closure will be mailed to you.