Western Australian Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

FREMANTLE PORT AUTHORITY REGULATIONS 1971 - REG 115

115 .         Eligibility for Exemption Certificate

        (1)         A person is not eligible to apply for an Exemption Certificate unless the person is entitled to reside permanently in Australia under an Act of the Commonwealth and the person — 

            (a)         holds — 

                  (i)         a Master Class 1 Certificate of Competency issued under the Navigation Act;

            (ia)         a Master Class 3 Certificate of Competency issued under the Navigation Act or the Western Australian Marine Act 1982 ;

                  (ii)         a Foreign Going Masters Certificate of Competency issued under the Navigation Act;

                  (iii)         a Certificate of Service as Master issued under the Navigation Act; or

                  (iv)         a certificate issued outside Australia that is recognized by the Department of Transport and Communications of the Commonwealth or by the State marine department as equivalent to one of those certificates,

                and the person — 

                  (v)         subject to regulation 116 (2), within the 2 years preceding the date of the application, has been the master of a vessel, with a pilot on board, on at least 4 occasions when the vessel was navigated into, and on at least 4 occasions when the vessel was navigated out of, the Port;

                or

            (b)         holds — 

                  (i)         a certificate as first mate issued under the Navigation Act; or

                  (ii)         a certificate issued outside Australia that is recognised by the Department of Transport and Communications of the Commonwealth or by the State marine department as equivalent to that certificate,

                and the person has —

                  (iii)         subject to regulation 116 (2), within the 2 years preceding the date of the application, been the first mate of a vessel, with a pilot on board, on at least 4 occasions when the vessel was navigated into, and on at least 4 occasions when the vessel was navigated out of, the Port, on each occasion remaining on duty on the bridge of the vessel while it was being navigated within the Port; and

                  (iv)         a written statement, signed by the pilot or master of the vessel on each occasion referred to in subparagraph (iii), verifying that the person complied with the requirements of that subparagraph on that occasion.

        (2)         In this regulation "Navigation Act" means the Navigation Act 1912 of the Commonwealth.

        [Regulation 115 inserted by Gazette 30 November 1993 pp.6429-30; amended in Gazette 13 April 1999 p.1545.]