Queensland Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (MARINE SAFETY) ACT 1994 - SECT 62

62 Grant, amendment and renewal of licences

(1) The grant, amendment or renewal of a licence may be applied for, and granted or refused, as prescribed by regulation.

(2) A regulation may make provision for licences to be granted, amended or renewed—

(a) by the chief executive or general manager; or

(b) by an entity accredited, under the regulation, by the chief executive or general manager.

(3) Also, a regulation may provide for either the chief executive or the general manager—

(a) to conduct examinations, or to approve an entity to conduct examinations, to establish whether a person meets a requirement under a regulation; or

(b) to approve an entity to conduct training programs about the operation of Queensland regulated ships.

(4) Without limiting subsection (2) , a regulation may provide for the following—

(a) a marine licence indicator to be in the form approved by the chief executive or general manager, including a card on which information may be stored electronically;

(b) a PIN to be used by the holder of a smartcard marine licence indicator as a security measure to protect information stored electronically on the smartcard marine licence indicator.