MARINE SAFETY ACT 2010 (NO. 65 OF 2010) - SECT 55 Licence endorsement
MARINE SAFETY ACT 2010 (NO. 65 OF 2010) - SECT 55
Licence endorsement(1) A specified person may, in accordance with the regulations, apply for an endorsement of a marine licence the Safety Director has granted, or will grant, to enable that specified person to be the master of—
(a) a prescribed class or type of vessel; or
(b) a vessel undertaking a prescribed type of activity.
(2) A specified person is a person—
(a) who has applied for a marine licence; or
(b) who is the holder of a marine licence—
and who satisfies the Safety Director that he or she is qualified to be the master of a prescribed class or type of vessel or a vessel undertaking a prescribed type of activity.
(3) An endorsed marine licence authorises the holder, subject to any conditions specified in the endorsement or prescribed by the regulations, to be the master of—
(a) a prescribed class or type of vessel; or
(b) a vessel undertaking a prescribed type of activity.
(4) The Safety Director may, in accordance with the regulations—
(a) endorse the marine licence; or
(b) refuse to endorse a marine licence; or
(c) impose conditions of endorsement; or
(d) vary the conditions of endorsement; or
(e) cancel the endorsement.
(5) Before endorsing a marine licence, the Safety Director may require the specified person—
(a) to do either or both of the following—
(i) pass any test of a prescribed type about the operation of prescribed classes or types of vessel or the carrying out of prescribed types of activity that the Safety Director considers appropriate;
(ii) undertake any training about the operation of recreational vessels that the Safety Director considers appropriate; or
(b) to have any prescribed qualification; and
(c) to comply with any prescribed
procedures and requirements.
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