Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

PORTS AND HARBOURS REGULATIONS 1966 - REG 16A

16A .         Eligibility to attempt examination

        (1)         A person is not eligible to be examined under regulation 16B unless in the 2 years immediately before the examination he or she has made —

            (a)         3 trips into and 3 trips out of the subject port in command of a vessel; or

            (b)         2 trips into and 2 trips out of the subject port in command of a vessel and 2 trips into and 2 trips out of the subject port as first mate on duty on the bridge throughout the period of pilotage or, if the vessel was under the command of an exempt master, throughout what would otherwise have been the period of compulsory pilotage.

        (2)         Where a person is seeking to obtain a certificate that is valid for use during hours of daylight and hours of darkness, at least one trip into and one trip out of the subject port in command of a vessel as referred to in subregulation (1) must have been made during hours of darkness.

        (3)         The trips as first mate referred to in subregulation (1)(b) have to be verified in writing by the master or exempt master in command of the vessel.

        [Regulation 16A inserted in Gazette 19 Jul 1991 p. 3645; amended in Gazette 1 Jul 2008 p. 3155.]