Steady As

Section 131 Codes on marine licence indicators

Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Regulation 2016

(1) A marine licence indicator for a marine licence must indicate all conditions imposed on the licence under this regulation.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the conditions may be indicated by using a code—

(a) stated on the marine licence indicator; or

(b) if it is a smartcard marine licence indicator—stored on the marine licence indicator.

(3) The following codes may be used on a marine licence indicator for a marine licence—

• ‘S’ stored on a smartcard marine licence indicator to show that the holder of the marine licence may only operate a ship while wearing corrective lenses

• ‘TEXT’ stored on a smartcard marine licence indicator to show that the marine licence is subject to a condition.

Queensland Marine Safety Regulation 2016 current as at 1 February 2026. Official text: legislation.qld.gov.au.

Based on content from the Queensland Legislation website at 26 October 2026. For the latest information on Queensland Government legislation please go to https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au. © The State of Queensland, licensed under CC BY 4.0.