Key info
- If you are the registered owner of a boat you can apply for a personalised vessel identifier.
- The identifier you choose must be a combination of 5 to 10 letters and numbers.
- You will need to complete the application form (PDF, 143KB), provide proof of identity and pay a fee.
- You can apply in person at a service centre.
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About applying for a personalised vessel identifier
You must be the registered owner of the boat or vessel.
If the boat is not already registered with MAST you must submit the registration together with your application for a personalised vessel identifier.
The vessel identifier:
- must be between 5 and 10 letters and numbers
- cannot begin with a 0
- cannot be a word
- cannot have spaces
- cannot represent the make/model of a vessel
MAST may refuse a personalised identifier if that number is:
- identical or similar to a number that has already been issued
- may be mistaken for another registration number
- is offensive or otherwise inappropriate
- is prohibited under any Act
How to apply
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What you need to apply
To apply at a service centre you must:
- complete an application form (PDF, 143KB)
- provide proof of identity
- pay a fee
Can I apply?
To apply you must be:
- 16 or older
- the registered operator
Proving your identity
There are 2 ways to prove your identity:
1. your Tasmanian driver licence
You can show your driver licence, even if it expired up to 2 years ago
2. provide identity documents
If you don't have a Tasmanian driver licence, you must show at least:
- One Category A document and two Category B documents, or
- Two Category A documents and one Category B document.
- Australian birth certificate (not an extract or commemorative certificate)
- Australian photo driver licence (can be expired up to 2 years)
- Australian passport (can be expired up to 2 years)
- Overseas passport/visa (can be expired up to 2 years)
- Australian firearms licence
- Tasmanian Government personal information card (displaying full name)
- Australian citizenship papers
- Travel documents or ImmiCard (issued by Department of Immigration and Border Protection or Australian Government)
- Certificate of Evidence of Resident Status (issued by Department of Immigration and Border Protection)
- Medicare card
- Bank or credit card with signature
- Student identity card with photo (issued by an Australian educational institution)
- Concession card (Veteran's Affairs/Centrelink/other current entitlement issued by the Australian Government)
- Births, Deaths and Marriages change of name/marriage certificate/deed poll (not a church or celebrant issued document)
- High risk work licence (issued by WorkSafe Tasmania)
- Working with vulnerable people or children card (issued by the Australian Government).
At least one document must confirm your current Tasmanian residential address
Additional evidentiary documentation may be required from the Evidence of Residential Address section below.
Documents must be less than 6 months old.
- Financial institution statement
- Utility account (power, water, telephone)
- Council rate notice
- Lease or rent agreement
- Land tax valuation notice
- Australian Taxation Office assessment (current or last financial year)
- Certificate of title.
If you are a provisional applicant, and you are unable to provide any of the above documentation to confirm a current Tasmanian residential address, you may provide one of the following:
- Copy of driver licence of either parent (as sighted on birth certificate to confirm the relationship)
- Letter from current school confirming enrolment and address
- Concession card - provisional applicant as a listed dependent
- Adoption paper issued by court
- Divorce paper issued by court, indicating the name being reverted to
- Change of name registration issued by Births, Deaths and Marriages or deed poll
- Guardianship order
- Marriage certificate issued by Births, Deaths and Marriages (not a church or celebrant issued document).
How much it costs
It costs $17.80 to apply for a personalised vessel identifier.
Fees and charges last updated 1 July, 2023.
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More Information
- A boat must display either the approved vessel identifier, or the MAST issued registration number.
- Approved vessel identifiers are passed to the new owner when a boat is sold. A request to keep your vessel identifier must be made to MAST before a sale is completed by emailing admin@mast.tas.gov.au.
Please visit Marine and Safety Tasmania for more information on applying for a personalised vessel identifier.