New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMMERCIAL VESSELS ACT 1979 - SECT 30H

30H Minister to issue or refuse to issue a certificate

(1) Upon an application being duly made for a certificate of competency of any class and all fees with respect to the application being paid, the Minister shall consider the application and shall:

(a) issue the certificate to the applicant, or

(b) refuse to issue the certificate to the applicant.

(2) The Minister may issue a certificate of competency upon such terms, and subject to such conditions and restrictions, as the Minister thinks fit and specifies in the certificate.

(3) Where, in response to an application, the Minister refuses to issue a certificate of competency applied for, the Minister shall give to the applicant notice in writing of the Minister’s decision and of the reasons therefor.

(4) If the Minister is satisfied that a certificate of competency has been lost or destroyed, the Minister may, upon payment of the prescribed fee, issue a duplicate certificate of competency which shall have the same force as the original certificate.