Western Australian Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

FREMANTLE PORT AUTHORITY REGULATIONS 1971 - REG 120

120 .         Validity, lapse and renewal of Exemption Certificates

        (1)         Unless it lapses or is revoked under this regulation, an Exemption Certificate is valid for 2 years but may be renewed under subregulation (2).

        (2)         If a person who holds an Exemption Certificate, including an Exemption Certificate that has been previously renewed under this subregulation or revalidated under subregulation (5), makes an application — 

            (a)         before the Certificate lapses; and

            (b)         accompanied with evidence, satisfactory to the Port Authority, of the applicant’s health and visual acuity,

                the Certificate may be renewed for a period, in the discretion of the Port Authority, not exceeding 2 years.

        (3)         If, in the case of a Certificate that is endorsed to be valid — 

            (a)         for a category of vessels referred to in regulation 117 (3) (a) or (b), the holder of the Certificate does not navigate a vessel, under the authority of the Certificate, anywhere in the Port for a period of 12 months; or

            (b)         for a category of vessels referred to in regulation 117 (3) (c) or (d), the holder of the Certificate does not navigate a vessel, under the authority of the Certificate, anywhere in the Port for a period of 6 months,

                the Certificate lapses on the expiry of that 12 months or 6 months period, as the case requires.

        (4)         If an Exemption Certificate lapses — 

            (a)         not having been renewed under subregulation (2); or

            (b)         under subregulation (3),

                the holder of the Certificate may apply to the Port Authority to have the Certificate revalidated if the application is made within 2 years after the date the applicant last navigated a vessel under the authority of the Certificate.

        (5)         If an application is made under subregulation (4), the Port Authority shall revalidate the Certificate for a period, in the discretion of the Port Authority, not exceeding 2 years if the applicant satisfies the Port Authority that — 

            (a)         the applicant has been in charge of a vessel having a length overall not less than is appropriate to the category to which the lapsed Certificate applied, with a pilot on board, on at least one occasion when the vessel was navigated into or out of the Port — 

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

                  (ii)         within the 6 months preceding the date of the application, if the lapsed Certificate was valid for vessels of a category to which regulation 117 (3) (c) or (d) applies;

                and

            (b)         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.

        (6)         If a lapsed Exemption Certificate is not revalidated within the 2 year period referred to in subregulation (4), the person who holds the lapsed Certificate may be issued with a new Certificate if — 

            (a)         the person satisfies the eligibility requirements of regulation 115; and

            (b)         makes an application under regulation 116.

        (7)         The Port Authority may — 

            (a)         issue an Exemption Certificate that applies to all the waters of the Port or to the specific areas of the Port that are endorsed on the Certificate; or

            (b)         revoke an Exemption Certificate in its absolute discretion.

        [Regulation 120 inserted by Gazette 30 November 1993 pp.6432-33.]