Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

PORTS AND HARBOURS REGULATIONS 1966 - REG 16M

16M .         Cancellation or suspension of certificate

        (1)         The chief executive officer may cancel or suspend the certificate of an exempt master if — 

            (a)         the exempt master is convicted of contravening regulation 9, 16E(4), 16G or 16J(2) or (3); or

            (b)         the chief executive officer believes on reasonable grounds that the exempt master has contravened any of those provisions.

        (2)         The chief executive officer shall cancel a certificate that has become wholly invalid under regulation 16K and has not been wholly or partly revalidated under regulation 16L.

        (3)         The chief executive officer shall cancel a certificate if its holder does not submit a certificate of health in accordance with regulation 16C(2) or (3).

        (4)         The chief executive officer shall cancel or suspend a certificate in respect of a port if he believes on reasonable grounds that the holder of the certificate is no longer competent to navigate a vessel into and out of the port.

        (5)         Where the chief executive officer cancels or suspends a certificate, he shall in writing notify the person concerned of the cancellation or suspension and the reason for it, including, in the case of a cancellation or suspension under subregulation (1)(b) or (4), particulars of the reasons for the belief held by the chief executive officer.

        (6)         The chief executive officer shall, in a notification of a cancellation or suspension under subregulation (1)(b) or (4), inform the person concerned of the right of appeal under regulation 16N.

        (7)         A cancellation or suspension takes effect on the service of a notice under subregulation (5).

        [Regulation 16M inserted in Gazette 19 Jul 1991 p. 3647.]