mrsswordfisherman Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Members the information below was sent to me for circulation. Please feel free to send comments or post here as I will be sending the comment to the review panel. The Maritime Management Centre of Transport for NSW is carrying out a review of boat driver licensing in NSW and is seeking your comments. Please also circulate this to your network. The aims of the review include to: Examine options to streamline the licensing system Reduce red tape for the boating community Achieve greater alignment between vessel licensing and registration requirements Where appropriate, achieve greater harmonisation with the road driver licensing system The review considers when a licence is required, the classification and duration of licences, the process for obtaining a licence and licence fees. Waterway management matters are outside the scope of this review. The Discussion Paper provides an overview of the current boat driver licensing system, considers licensing requirements in other jurisdictions, outlines proposals for change and seeks feedback on those proposals. Review of NSW Boat Driver Licensing (pdf 1.6MB)The closing date for submissions is 19 December 2014. Submissions can be made to the Maritime Management Centre at maritime@transport.nsw.gov.au Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jocler Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 (edited) Just a couple of points "A licence be required to operate any powered registered vessel, rather than any powered vessel operated at 10 knots or more as is now the case. Registration is required for vessels with an engine of 4kW or more and 5.5m or more in length" This basically means that even your deckie, driving the boat off the trailer, now needs a license under this scheme. Also, the people that hire out houseboats or cruisers, now need a license. Surely that is going to affect their businesses fairly substantially. If your boat license is combined with your road license, if you lose your license at any time does this mean you lose both licenses. Also does this infer common laws across the states for both boating and road licensing? J Edited November 17, 2014 by Jocler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
achjimmy Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Be great if your boat license could incorporate your fishing license too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rami Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Be great if your boat license could incorporate your fishing license too? Great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooker435 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 (edited) It would be great if it could be listed on my drivers license card as my car and truck are combined so why not the boat also. Regards, Nathan Edited November 18, 2014 by beginner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deek Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 It would be great if it could be listed on my drivers license card as my car and truck are combined so why not the boat also. Regards, Nathan They are going to introduce that as well Nathan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooker435 Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmandile Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Issue for me is more around boat rego. Do we really need to register a tinny with a 15hp motor on it? Given we already need rego for the trailer, pay boat, fish, and driver's licences, I think there should be some review of when a boat needs to be registered. Maybe based on length, weight, use, or similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidboy Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Boat, car and fishing licence as one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deek Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 I would like to see some sort of provisional licence system, like you have for cars, with a test at the end of the period. Deek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 I think that having a provisional license as in motor vehicles has some merit. Such as limiting the number of passengers and restricting where the driver can go e.g. Only allowed in protected waters, no beach laaunches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Combining fishing licence is a great idea, if people catch undersize fish and get caught... they lose their car/boat/fishing licence. Hopefully it scares the sh!t out of people and stop these bad habbits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzza416 Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 It's probably designed to make more money for government!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srxwat4 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 If you combine road and water licenses you will lose both if lose enough points on one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onajewagain Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 If you combine road and water licenses you will lose both if lose enough points on one Not convinced of that. It was combined in QLD a few years back, both on different demerit systems. No points on a boat license up here, really at the discretion of the court. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onajewagain Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 It's probably designed to make more money for government!!! Up here, you pay one fee of $90 for the indicator to be on your driver license, after that it's included in your license fee, no extra cost. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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