This legislation has been repealed.
(1) In this
regulation —
“Certificate” means a Certificate of
Local Knowledge.
(2) For the purposes
of subregulation (3) a person is a qualified applicant if at the date of
applying for a Certificate the person has been the master or mate of a vessel
of more than 150 tons gross register —
(a) for
at least 3 months during the period of 12 months preceding the date
of the application; and
(b) on
at least 4 occasions in those 3 months when the vessel was navigated in
those areas of the Port to which the Certificate is to relate,
and —
(c) if
the person was master on any of those occasions, the person held a certificate
of competency as Master Class IV, or a higher certificate, and the vessel
had a pilot on board; or
(d) if
the person was mate on any of those occasions, the master of the vessel was
the holder of a certificate relating to the area of the Port in which the
vessel was navigated.
(3) If a qualified
applicant —
(a) pays
the application fee of $47.50 to the Port Authority; and
(b)
satisfies the Harbour Master, by passing an examination, that the
applicant —
(i)
is capable of navigating a vessel of more than 150 tons
gross register within the Port; and
(ii)
has a reasonable knowledge of the procedures and laws
governing persons navigating vessels within the Port,
the Port Authority
shall issue the applicant with a Certificate.
[(4) Repealed]
(5) A Certificate
shall —
(a) be
in a form determined by the Port Authority;
(b)
specify those areas of the Port to which it applies; and
(c) be
signed by the Harbour Master.
(6) The Port Authority
may, in its absolute discretion, revoke a Certificate.
(7) If the holder of a
Certificate does not, as master, navigate a vessel of more than 150 tons gross
register within the Port during a continuous period of 12 months, the
Certificate shall be taken as having been revoked on the expiry of the
12 months.
[Regulation 122 inserted by Gazette
21 August 1992 pp.4170-71; amended by Gazettes
26 August 1994 p.4451; 5 August 1997 p.4488.]