Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations34. Granting of pilotage exemption certificates
The Port Corporation must, on application by that person, grant a Pilotage Exemption Certificate to the master of an Australian registered vessel, or a foreign registered vessel manned and managed within Australia and trading or operating between Australian ports or places, who -
(a) has, within 2 years immediately preceding the date of application, -
(i) completed not less than 4 voyages through the pilotage area within the Port in command of a vessel of not less than the length of the vessel in respect of which the application is made; or
(ii) completed not less than -
(A) 3 voyages through the pilotage area within the Port as first mate (on duty on the bridge throughout the entire voyage) of a vessel of not less than the length of the vessel in respect of which the application is made; and
(B) 2 voyages through the pilotage area within the Port in command of a vessel of not less than the length of the vessel in respect of which the application is made;
(b) where the application is made for a certificate of exemption to be valid during the hours of darkness - has completed one entry to and departure from the Port of the voyages referred to in paragraph (a) in command during the hours of darkness;
(c) produces to the Port Corporation a certificate from a medical practitioner qualified to practise in a State or Territory of Australia certifying that he has examined the applicant to a standard not less than that set by the Department of Transport of the Commonwealth to be applied to seagoing personnel of the age of the applicant, and has found him to be, in the opinion of the medical practitioner, physically and mentally fit to carry out pilotage duties;
(d) has passed an examination conducted by the Harbourmaster of the Port, or another person authorized by the Port Corporation to conduct such an examination, which satisfies the Harbourmaster or that person, as the case may be, that the applicant is competent to navigate a vessel of not less than the length of the vessel in respect of which the Certificate is sought, through the pilotage area of the Port;
(e) has demonstrated an ability to read a Snellen chart during a normal Snellen test and -
(i) where the applicant's vision is normally unaided - read the letters on the fifth line using both eyes; or
(ii) where the applicant's vision is normally aided - read the letters on the sixth line whilst his vision is so aided and the letters on the fourth line whilst his vision is unaided; and
(f) has passed the Ishihara or equivalent test for colour vision conducted not earlier than at the time of undergoing the medical examination referred to in paragraph (c).