This Act establishes a means by which special recreational vessels can opt in to the coastal trading regulatory scheme established by the Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012 . This Act does so by:

  (a)   permitting applications for temporary licences authorising special recreational vessels to carry passengers in Australia to be made under this Act, but treated as if they were applications under the Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012 ; and

  (b)   permitting applications by owners of special recreational vessels for declarations that the Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012 applies in relation to intrastate voyages undertaken by such vessels.

The general rules dealing with the granting of applications, penalties and review of decisions relating to applications made under this Act are found in the Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012 . Those rules apply, with some modifications made by this Act, in relation to special recreational vessel temporary licences, applications for such licences and voyages authorised by such licences.