Western Australian Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

FREMANTLE PORT AUTHORITY REGULATIONS 1971 - REG 116

116 .         Application and examination for Exemption Certificate

        (1)         An application for an Exemption Certificate shall be on the form approved by the Port Authority and shall be accompanied by — 

            (a)         a fee of $565.25, that is not refundable whether the applicant passes or fails the examination referred to in subregulation (3);

            (b)         evidence, satisfactory to the Port Authority, that the applicant has satisfied the qualification and navigation requirements of regulation 115 (1) (a) or (b), as the case requires;

            (c)         a current medical certificate providing evidence of the applicant’s health;

            (d)         a current certificate of visual acuity as required for seagoing masters by the Department of Transport and Communications of the Commonwealth or the State marine department; and

            (e)         if the case requires, the written statement referred to in regulation 115 (1) (b) (iv).

        (2)         An application under this regulation is not valid unless at least one of the occasions referred to in regulation 115 (1) (a) (v) or (b) (iii), as the case requires, was within — 

            (a)         the 12 months preceding the date of the application, if the application is for a Certificate valid for vessels of a category to which regulation 117 (3) (a) or (b) applies; or

            (b)         the 6 months preceding the date of the application, if the application is for a Certificate valid for vessels of a category to which regulation 117 (3) (c) or (d) applies.

        (3)         If an applicant satisfies the Harbour Master, in an examination, that the applicant has an adequate knowledge of those matters considered by the Port Authority to be necessary for the safe navigation of vessels within the Port, including the ability to speak English, the Port Authority shall issue an Exemption Certificate to the applicant.

        (4)         A person who fails the examination is not eligible to be examined again until, after the examination, the person has been the master or first mate of a vessel, as the case requires, with a pilot on board, on at least one occasion when the vessel was navigated into or out of the Port, or into or out of a particular area of the Port with respect to which the person’s knowledge was found to be deficient in the examination.

        [Regulation 116 inserted by Gazette 30 November 1993 pp.6430-31; amended in Gazette 5 August 1997 p.4488.]