Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) A person may
appeal to the port authority against a decision of the harbour master to
suspend or revoke the person’s pilotage exemption certificate under
regulation 57.
(2) An appeal under
subregulation (1) —
(a) is
to be in writing, signed by the appellant;
(b) is
to set out fully and in detail the grounds of the appeal; and
(c) is
to be lodged with the port authority within 30 days —
(i)
after the appellant is given written notice of the
suspension or revocation of the pilotage exemption certificate under
regulation 57; or
(ii)
if applicable, after the later day specified in the
notice.
(3) An appellant is to
give to the port authority in writing any further information that the port
authority reasonably requires from the appellant for the purposes of
determining the appeal.
(4) Within
21 days after an appeal is lodged with the port authority, and after
considering the grounds of the appeal, any further information given by the
appellant under subregulation (3) and any other material that the port
authority considers relevant to a proper determination of the appeal, the port
authority is to determine the appeal by —
(a) in
the case of a decision of the harbour master to suspend the appellant’s
pilotage exemption certificate — confirming or varying the period
of suspension or setting aside the decision; or
(b) in
the case of a decision of the harbour master to revoke the appellant’s
pilotage exemption certificate — confirming or setting aside the
decision.
(5) The port authority
is to give written notice to the appellant and the harbour master of the port
authority’s determination of the appeal under subregulation (4).
(6) If the port
authority sets aside a decision of the harbour master to revoke or suspend the
appellant’s pilotage exemption certificate, the harbour master is to
return the certificate to the appellant as soon as practicable.