Things to know about Certificates of Survey
Unless exempt, domestic commercial vessels are required to have a certificate of survey to operate in Australia.
Certificates of survey are issued by AMSA to ensure that your vessel is compliant with national standards and allows your vessel to operate commercially in Australia.
Certificates of survey are normally valid for five years. AMSA will send you a reminder notice 90 days before your certificate expires and outline the surveys that are due to support the renewal application.
If you would like to learn more about your certificate of survey requirements or what steps to take for your vessel, information is available on:
- circumstances where your vessel may be exempt;
- how to change details on an existing certificate of survey;
- what to do if you would like to sell your vessel;
- cancelling certificates of survey or putting them on hold and more.
If you only want to update the certificate holders contact details (for example if you have changed address or telephone details), you can do this without submitting an application by calling AMSA Connect.
You must notify AMSA within 14 days if the vessel is sold. The certificate can be transferred to a new certificate holder.
Whether you need to apply for a new certificate of survey, or renew, vary, suspend or revoke your existing one, AMSA has guidance available on their website to assist you.