You can apply for approval under Exemption 25 by completing and submitting the AMSA 758 to DCVapplications@amsa.gov.au. Please provide the following information: 

• details of the condition(s) on your certificate of competency that you are seeking to be exempt from
• copy(ies) of your current certificate(s) of competency

What this exemption will allow you to do

Exemption 25 exempts a person from complying with a condition imposed on their old certificate of competency that restricts them to specific duties, or to an area of a state or the Northern Territory. 

An old certificate of competency is a state or Northern Territory maritime safety authority certificate of competency that was issued: 

• before 1 July 2013—for a certificate in force immediately before 1 July 2013
• before 1 January 2014—for a certificate applied for before 1 July 2013, but for which the application was not finally determined by 1 July 2013.

To be eligible for this exemption you must have received written approval from AMSA for the duties to be performed without the condition.

Legislation and incorporated material

• Marine Order 505 (Certificates of competency—national law)
• National Standard for Commercial Vessels 
• Marine Order 504 (Certificates of operation and operation requirements—national law) 

Related information 

• Miscellaneous form (for matters not covered by other forms) form 758
• Domestic qualifications
• Certificates of operation
• Equivalent first aid certificates
• Tenders and auxiliary vessels

Superseded

• Exemption 25 – In force 1 February 2018 PDF281.13 KB
• Exemption 25 – In force on 1 August 2016 PDF47.29 KB
• Exemption 25 - In force 5 August 2013 PDF47.98 KB