Summary

Part of a package of five bills in relation to the Australian shipping industry, the bill amends the:

to enable the Australian Maritime Safety Authority to disclose information to a person for the purpose of the administration or enforcement of a Commonwealth law relating to coastal trading; to: remove the definition of, and regulatory arrangements for, coastal trading; provide that the qualifications and employment of masters and seamen apply to ships used to engage in coastal trading under a general licence; and remove reference to a review of certain decisions by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; and and to provide that those Acts apply to vessels engaged in coastal trading under certain licence conditions. Also makes transitional arrangements.