NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - Incorporating all
amendments by legislation made to 31 December 1980
- Reprinted as at 31 December 1980 (HISTREG CHAP 159 #DATE 31:12:1980)
*1* The Navigation (Examination of Engineers) Regulations 1964 (in force under the Navigation Act 1912) as shown in this reprint comprise Statutory Rules 1964 No. 33 as amended by the other Statutory Rules specified in the following table: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Application, saving Year and Date of notification Date of or transitional number in Gazette commencement provisions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1964 No. 33 6 Mar 1964 6 Mar 1964 1965 No. 109 16 Aug 1965 16 Aug 1965 - 1968 No. 29 20 Mar 1968 20 Mar 1968 - 1969 No. 92 19 June 1969 19 June 1969 R. 7 1972 No. 155 25 Sept 1972 25 Sept 1972 R. 19 1975 No. 77 6 May 1975 6 May 1975 - 1980 No. 205 24 July 1980 24 July 1980 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS
TABLE
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
PART I-PRELIMINARY
Regulation
1. Citation
2. Parts
3. Repeal
4. Interpretation
5. These Regulations not to apply in relation to examinations for
certificates as coast engineers and marine engine-drivers
6. Sea service
PART II-QUALIFICATIONS FOR EXAMINATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES
Division 1-Second Class Certificates
7. Prescribed qualifications
8. Age of candidate
9. Service as apprentice engineer or journeyman
10. Service as student or technical apprentice
11. Technical college, &c., service
12. Service under marine engineer training scheme
13. Equivalent service
14. Qualifying sea service for steam certificate by person who does
not hold a certificate
15. Qualifying sea service for motor certificate by a person who
does
not hold a certificate
16. Qualifying sea service for steam and motor certificate by a
person who does not hold a certificate
17. Qualifying sea service for motor certificate by holder of steam
certificate
18. Qualifying sea service for steam certificate by holder of motor
certificate
19. Reduction in qualifying sea service
20. Sea service to have been mainly served when regular watch is
being kept on the ship
Division 2-First Class Certificates
21. Prescribed qualifications
22. Certificate to be held
23. Qualifying sea service
24. Reduction in qualifying sea service
25. Permission to sit in special circumstances
26. Sea service to have been mainly served when regular watch is
being kept on the ship
Division 3-Extra First Class Certificate
27. Prescribed qualifications
Division 4-Calculation of Sea Service as Qualifying Sea
Service
28. Length of period of sea service under an agreement
28A. Part only of sea service otherwise than in keeping regular
watch
to be counted
29. Reckoning of sea service as qualifying sea service
30. Qualifying sea service-limited coast-trade ship, &c.
31. Qualifying sea service-river and bay ship, &c.
PART III-EXAMINATIONS AND EXEMPTIONS
32. Places and times of examinations
33. Appointment of examiners
33A. Eligibility for examination
34. Application for examination
35. Testimonials of sea service
36. Physical defects
37. Declaration covering twelve months preceding application
38. Fees
39. Prescribed examination for candidates for second class
certificates who do not already hold certificates
40. Method of taking examination referred to in regulation 39
41. Prescribed examination for candidates for second class
certificates who already hold certificates
42. Prescribed examination for candidates for first class
certificates who do not already hold first class certificates
43. Method of taking examination referred to in regulation 42
44. Prescribed examination for candidates for certificates of
competency as first class engineer, steamship and motorship who
already hold first class certificates
45. Prescribed examination for candidates for extra first class
certificates
46. Method of taking examination for extra first class certificate
47. Notification of examination results
48. Exemptions
49. Exemption-transitional provision
50. Penalties for failure
51. Conduct in examination room
51A. Certificate of efficiency as lifeboatman
PART IV-CERTIFICATES
52. Sub-grades of certificates of competency
53. Form of certificates of competency
54. Prescribed qualifications for the holder of a first or second
class certificate
55. Fee for duplicate certificate or permit
PART V-PERMITS
56. Minister may issue permits
SCHEDULE 1
Forms
SCHEDULE 2
Syllabus for examination for a second class certificate
SCHEDULE 3
Syllabus for examination for a first class certificate
SCHEDULE 4
Syllabus for examination for an extra first class certificate
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 1.
Citation
PART I-PRELIMINARY
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Navigation (Examination of
Engineers) Regulations 1964.*1*
See notes to first article of this Chapter.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 2.
Parts
Amended by 1965 No. 109 r. 1
2. These Regulations are divided into Parts, as follows:
Part I-Preliminary (Regulations 1-6)
Part II-Qualifications for Examinations for Certificates
Division 1-Second Class Certificates (Regulations 7-20)
Division 2-First Class Certificates (Regulations 21-26)
Division 3-Extra First Class Certificate (Regulation 27)
Division 4-Calculation of Sea Service as Qualifying Sea Service
(Regulations 28-31).
Part III-Examinations and Exemptions (Regulations 32-51)
Part IV-Certificates (Regulations 52-55)
Part V-Permits (Regulation 56).
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 3.
Repeal
3. The Navigation (Examination of Engineers) Regulations 1941 (being
Statutory Rules 1941, No. 129) are repealed.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 4.
Interpretation
Sub-reg. (1) amended by 1969 No. 92 r. 1; 1972 No. 155 r. 1; 1975 No. 77 r.
1;
1980 No. 205
4. (1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears-
"Australian-trade ship" means a ship (other than a foreign-going ship, a
limited coast-trade ship or a river and bay ship) employed in trading or going
between places in Australia;
"certificate" means an extra first class certificate, a first class
certificate or a second class certificate;
"certificate of efficiency as lifeboatman" means a certificate issued
after examination according to the syllabus for examination for a certificate
of efficiency as lifeboatman specified in the Tenth Schedule to the Navigation
(Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations or an examination that, in the
opinion of the Principal Examiner, is equivalent to that examination;
"certificate of proficiency in first aid" means a certificate of
proficiency in first aid issued after examination by a body approved for the
purposes of these Regulations by the Minister;
"examiner" means a person appointed under regulation 33 of these
Regulations to conduct examinations under these Regulations, and includes the
Principal Examiner;
"extra first class certificate" means a certificate of competency as extra
first class engineer;
"first class certificate" means a certificate of competency of a sub-grade
specified in column 2 of the table in sub-regulation (1) of regulation 52 of
these Regulations opposite to the grade of first class engineer in column 1;
"nominal horsepower ", in relation to a steamship, means the horsepower
specified as the horsepower of the steamship in the certificate of registry of
the steamship;
"limited coast-trade ship" means a ship engaged in making voyages between
terminal ports in Australia outside river and bay limits but less than five
hundred miles apart, not being voyages between-
(a) Brisbane and Sydney; (b) Sydney and Melbourne; (c) Melbourne
and Adelaide; or (d) Melbourne and Hobart; "miles" means Admiralty
nautical miles;
"Principal Examiner" means the person appointed by the Minister to be the
Principal Examiner of Engineers, being a person for the time being holding or
performing the duties of an office of Marine Education Officer, Grade 2, in
the Department of Transport;
"qualifying sea service" means sea service calculated as qualifying sea
service in accordance with Division 4 of Part II;
"regular watch" means a system of keeping watch that requires each person
keeping watch to keep watch for eight hours in each twenty-four hours or a
system of work that requires each person working in accordance with the system
to perform work for at least one-third of the period during which work is
being performed in accordance with the system;
"second class certificate" means a certificate of competency of a
sub-grade specified in column 2 of the table in sub-regulation (1) of
regulation 52 of these Regulations opposite to the grade of second class
engineer in column 1;
"the Act" means the Navigation Act 1912-1961;
"workshop service" means-
(a) service in a workshop in a Commonwealth country; or
(b) service in a workshop in a country other than a Commonwealth
country, being a workshop the standard of workmanship in which is, in the
opinion of the Principal Examiner, not less than that in a similar workshop in
Australia.
(2) A reference in these Regulations to a Schedule by a number shall be read
as a reference to the Schedule so numbered to these Regulations.
Amended by 1975 No. 77 r. 1
(3) A reference in these Regulations to a form by number shall be read as a
reference to the form so numbered in Schedule 1.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 5.
These Regulations not to apply in relation to examinations for certificates
as
coast engineers and marine engine-drivers
5. Nothing in these Regulations affects the operation of the provisions of
the Navigation (Examination of Engineers) Regulations 1926 relating to the
qualifications and examinations for candidates for certificates of competency
as first class coast engineer, second class coast engineer or third class
coast engineer, or first class marine engine-driver or second class marine
engine-driver.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 6.
Sea service
6. (1) For the purposes of these Regulations, "sea service ", in relation
to a candidate for a second class certificate, means, subject to
sub-regulation (3) of this regulation, service on articles as an engineer in a
steamship of not less than 66 nominal horse-power or a motorship of not less
than 373 brake horse-power by a person-
(a) who, when regular watch is being kept on board the ship, joins in
keeping that regular watch; or
(b) who does not keep regular watch but all of whose work is performed
within the engine or boiler spaces of the ship,
being-
(c) service in a ship trading entirely abroad, a foreign-going ship, an
Australian-trade ship or a limited coast-trade ship;
(d) service in a river and bay ship, if-
(i) the person is, at the time of that service, a person referred to in
paragraph (a) of this sub-regulation; and
(ii) the person has, whether before or after that service, served three
months' qualifying sea service in a ship of a kind referred to in the last
preceding paragraph;
(e) service in a sea-going ship that is a tug, dredger or fishing vessel,
or in a pilot vessel, if the person is, at the time of that service, a person
referred to in paragraph (a) of this sub-regulation; or
(f) service in a yacht if, at the time of that service-
(i) the person is a person referred to in paragraph (a) of this
sub-regulation; and
(ii) the person's name and rank are entered on the yacht's Articles.
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, "sea service ", in relation to a
candidate for a first class certificate, means, subject to the next succeeding
sub-regulation, service on articles as an engineer in a steamship of not less
than 99 nominal horse-power or a motorship of not less than 560 brake
horse-power by a person who, when regular watch is being kept on board the
ship, keeps regular watch-
(a) as senior engineer in charge of the entire watch; or
(b) if the ship is propelled by two or more sets of engines or is a
single-screw ship on which three or more engineers keep regular watch at the
same time-as an engineer of a lower rank,
being-
(c) service in a ship trading entirely abroad, a foreign-going ship, an
Australian-trade ship or a limited coast-trade ship;
(d) service in a river and bay ship, in a sea-going ship that is a tug,
dredger or fishing vessel or in a pilot vessel, if the person has, whether
before or after that service, served six months' qualifying sea service in a
ship of a kind referred to in the last preceding paragraph; or
(e) service in a yacht, if-
(i) the person's name and rank are, at the time of that service,
entered on the yacht's Articles; and
(ii) the person has, at some time, completed service of either of the
following kinds:
(A) three months' qualifying sea service in a ship of a kind referred
to in paragraph (c) of this sub-regulation;
(B) two years and three months' service as first engineer, or three
years' service as second engineer or partly as second engineer and partly as
first engineer, in a steam yacht of not less than 99 nominal horse-power or a
motor yacht of not less than 560 brake horse-power.
(3) For the purposes of these Regulations, service of any of the following
kinds shall be deemed not to be sea service:
(a) service in a ship where an engineer on regular watch is, as part of his
regular duties, required to do stoking or other work not usually performed by
an engineer in the merchant navy;
(b) service in a pilot ship when it is not on, going to or coming from its
station;
(c) service that has been counted as workshop service under regulation 9 of
these Regulations.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 7.
Prescribed qualifications
PART II-QUALIFICATIONS FOR EXAMINATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES
Division 1-Second Class Certificates
7. (1) For the purposes of paragraph (c) of section 17 of the Act the other
qualifications that a person is required to possess before being admitted to
an examination for a second class certificate are, subject to the next
succeeding sub-regulation, such of the qualifications specified in the
succeeding provisions of this Division as are applicable to the person.
Amended by 1972 No. 155 r. 2
(2) The qualifications relating to age and sea service specified in the
succeeding provisions of this Division are not qualifications that a person is
required to possess before being admitted to Part A of the examination
specified in regulation 39 of these Regulations or to so much of Part B of
that examination as consists of papers in Electrotechnology and Naval
Architecture.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 8.
Age of candidate
8. A candidate shall not be less than twenty-one years of age.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 9.
Service as apprentice engineer or journeyman
Sub-reg. (1) amended by 1975 No. 77 r. 2
9. (1) Subject to sub-regulation (1A), a candidate shall have performed
workshop service, in accordance with this regulation, for not less than four
years as an apprentice engineer or a journeyman on work relating to the
manufacture or maintenance of machinery, being work affording suitable
training for a marine engineer.
Inserted by 1975 No. 77 r. 2
(1A) Where a candidate has completed his apprenticeship in less than 4
years, that candidate shall have performed workshop service in accordance with
this regulation on work of a kind referred to in sub-regulation (1) for not
less than the period of his apprenticeship.
Amended by 1972 No. 155 r. 3; 1975 No. 77 r. 2
(2) Of the period during which a candidate performed workshop service in
accordance with sub-regulation (1) or (1A), whichever is applicable, a period
of not less than the prescribed period shall have been spent in fitting,
erecting or repairing machinery of a size or description affording suitable
training for a marine engineer.
Inserted by 1975 No. 77 r. 2
(2A) For the purposes of sub-regulation (2), the prescribed period is-
(a) where the period of the apprenticeship is 3 years or less-6 months;
(b) where the period of the apprenticeship is more than 3 years but not
more than 3 years and 6 months-7 months and 15 days; or
(c) in any other case-9 months.
Amended by 1975 No. 77 r. 2
(3) That part, if any, of the period during which a candidate performed
workshop service in accordance with sub-regulation (1) or (1A), whichever is
applicable, not spent as specified in sub-regulation (2) shall have been spent
in performing work of a type specified in column 1 of the table in this
sub-regulation or any other type of work that affords suitable training for a
marine engineer but, in calculating this period-
(a) any time spent in performing work of a type specified in column 1 of
the table in this sub-regulation in excess of the maximum period specified in
column 2 of that table opposite to that type of work shall be disregarded;
and
(b) any time spent in performing any other work in excess of the maximum
period approved by the Minister with respect to that type of work shall be
disregarded.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Column 1 Column 2
Type of Work Maximum Period
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-- Metal turning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 years Brass finishing
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 year Boiler making or repairing . . . . .
. . . . . . 1 year Pattern making . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
year Planing, slotting, shaping and milling . . . . . 1 year Tool room work
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 year Training in the use of hand and
small machine tools under a scheme of training approved by the Minister 1 year
Smith work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 months Coppersmith work
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 months Welding . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 6 months Work in a drawing office as a draughtsman or
engineer engaged on arrangement, detail or design 1 year or, if more than one
year has been so spent, 1 year plus half the time in excess of one year so
spent Electrical shop or repair work not already specified in this column (not
being work of a minor nature) 1 year or, if more than one year has been so
spent, 1 year plus half the time in excess of one year so spent or 1 year plus
six months, whichever is the less
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--
Amended by 1975 No. 77 r. 2
(4) A candidate who has performed workshop service as an apprentice engineer
or a journeyman for not less than the period for which, by virtue of
sub-regulation (1) or (1A), whichever is applicable, he is required to have
performed workshop service but who would, but for this sub-regulation, fail,
because of the nature of the work performed by him during some or all of that
service, to satisfy the requirements of the preceding provisions of this
regulation may, for the purpose of satisfying those requirements, count as
workshop service of a kind required to satisfy those requirements any service
at sea by him, after attaining the age of twenty years, as engineer on board a
ship trading entirely abroad, a foreign-going ship, an Australian-trade ship
or a limited coast-trade ship, being a steamship of not less than 66 nominal
horse-power or a motorship of not less than 373 brake horse-power.
(5) In counting service at sea as workshop service by virtue of the last
preceding sub-regulation-
(a) each day of service at sea in a ship trading entirely abroad engaged on
a voyage the terminal ports of which are not less than five hundred miles
apart, in a foreign-going ship or in an Australian-trade ship shall be counted
as two-thirds of a day of workshop service; and
(b) each day of service at sea in a ship trading entirely abroad engaged on
a voyage the terminal ports of which are less than five hundred miles apart or
in a limited coast-trade ship shall be counted as four-ninths of a day of
workshop service.
(6) This regulation does not apply to a candidate who-
(a) satisfies the requirements of regulation 10, 11, 12 or 13 of these
Regulations; or
(b) already holds a certificate.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 10.
Service as student or technical apprentice
Sub-reg. (1) amended by 1972 No. 155 r. 4
10. (1) A candidate-
(a) shall have performed workshop service, in accordance with this
regulation, for not less than four years in a student or technical
apprenticeship acceptable to the Principal Examiner; and
(b) shall have obtained one of the following United Kingdom technical
qualifications:
(i) a Higher National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering;
(ii) a Higher National Certificate in Mechanical Engineering;
(iii) an Ordinary National Certificate in Mechanical Engineering;
(iv) an Ordinary National Diploma in Engineering.
Amended by 1972 No. 155 r. 4
(2) Of the period of service specified in paragraph (a) of the last
preceding sub-regulation, a period of at least nine months shall have been
spent in fitting, erecting or repairing machinery of a size or description
affording suitable training for a marine engineer.
(3) This regulation does not apply to a candidate who-
(a) satisfies the requirements of regulation 9, 11, 12 or 13 of these
Regulations; or
(b) already holds a certificate.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 11.
Technical college, &c., service
11. (1) A candidate-
(a) shall have satisfactorily completed a full-time course of study of at
least the standard of the course leading to the United Kingdom Higher National
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering for a period of not less than three years at
a technical college or university; and
(b) shall have performed workshop service, in accordance with this
regulation, for a period of not less than two years.
(2) Of the period of service specified in paragraph (b) of the last
preceding sub-regulation, a period of at least six consecutive months shall
have been spent in fitting, erecting or repairing machinery of a size or
description affording suitable training for a marine engineer.
(3) That part, if any, of the period of service specified in paragraph (b)
of sub-regulation (1) of this regulation not spent as specified in the last
preceding sub-regulation shall have been spent in accordance with the
requirements laid down in sub-regulation (3) of regulation 9 of these
Regulations with respect to the period of service specified in sub-regulation
(1) of that regulation.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1) of this
regulation-
(a) a period of service of less than one month shall be disregarded;
(b) periods spent in works apprentice training schemes for fitters or
turners or in similar training in technical college or university workshops
shall, to the extent that they exceed in the aggregate six months, be
disregarded; and
(c) periods of workshop training carried out during technical college or
university vacations and periods referred to in the last preceding paragraph
shall, to the extent that they exceed in the aggregate nine months, be
disregarded.
(5) This regulation does not apply to a candidate who-
(a) satisfies the requirements of regulation 9, 10, 12 or 13 of these
Regulations; or
(b) already holds a certificate.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 12.
Service under marine engineer training scheme
Sub-reg. (1) amended by 1972 No. 155 r. 5; 1975 No. 77 r. 3
12. (1) A candidate shall have successfully completed training acceptable to
the Principal Examiner under which the candidate is required-
(a) to complete a 2-year course leading to-
(i) the United Kingdom Ordinary National Diploma in Engineering;
(ii) the Marine Engineering Technician's Certificate of the City and
Guilds of London Institute; or
(iii) the United Kingdom Higher National Diploma in Mechanical
Engineering (Marine); and
(b) to perform prescribed service for a period of not less than thirty
months.
Inserted by 1972 No. 155 r. 5
(1A) For the purposes of the last preceding sub-regulation, prescribed
service is-
(a) service at sea as an apprentice engineer; or
(b) workshop service, being service in a shipyard or the engineering works
of a marine-engine builder or other service suitable for the training of a
marine engineer,
but the candidate shall not be taken to have satisfied the requirements of
paragraph (b) of that sub-regulation unless the period of the prescribed
service performed by him included service of the kind referred to in paragraph
(a) of this sub-regulation for a period of not less than eighteen months and
service of a kind referred to in paragraph (b) of this sub-regulation for a
period of not less than six months.
(2) This regulation does not apply to a candidate who-
(a) satisfies the requirements of regulation 9, 10, 11 or 13 of these
Regulations; or
(b) already holds a certificate.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 13.
Equivalent service
13. (1) A candidate shall have undergone training as a marine engineer that
is, in the opinion of the Principal Examiner, equivalent to the training
specified in regulation 10, 11 or 12 of these Regulations.
(2) This regulation does not apply to a candidate who-
(a) satisfies the requirements of regulation 9, 10, 11 or 12 of these
Regulations; or
(b) already holds a certificate.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 14.
Qualifying sea service for steam certificate by person who does not hold a
certificate
14. (1) Subject to this regulation, a candidate for a certificate of
competency as second class engineer of a steamship who does not already hold a
certificate shall have served twenty-one months' qualifying sea service in
accordance with this regulation.
(2) Of the period of qualifying sea service specified in the last preceding
sub-regulation a period of at least six months shall have been spent in
connexion with the boilers of a steamship.
(3) Of the period of qualifying sea service specified in sub-regulation (1)
of this regulation a period of at least six months shall have been spent in
connexion with the main propelling machinery of a steamship.
(4) The periods, or parts of the periods, of qualifying sea service
specified in the last two preceding sub-regulations may have been served
simultaneously as long as the periods spent in connexion with the boilers, the
main propelling machinery and both the boilers and the main propelling
machinery amount in the aggregate to not less than nine months.
(5) That part, if any, of the period of qualifying sea service specified in
sub-regulation (1) of this regulation not spent as specified in sub-regulation
(2) or (3) of this regulation shall have been spent on some or all of the
following types of service:
(a) service in connexion with the main propelling machinery of a
motorship;
(b) service in connexion with auxiliary machinery of a steamship or a
motorship, being machinery that affords suitable training for a marine
engineer;
(c) any other engineering service within the engine or boiler spaces of a
ship.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 15.
Qualifying sea service for motor certificate by a person who does not hold a
certificate
15. (1) A candidate for certificate of competency as second class engineer
of a motorship who does not already hold a certificate shall have served
twenty-one months' qualifying sea service in accordance with this regulation.
(2) Of the period of qualifying sea service specified in the last preceding
sub-regulation a period of at least six months shall have been spent in
connexion with the main propelling machinery of a motorship.
(3) That part, if any, of the period of qualifying sea service specified in
sub-regulation (1) of this regulation not spent as specified in the last
preceding sub-regulation shall have been spent on some or all of the following
types of service:
(a) service in connexion with the main propelling machinery of a
steamship;
(b) service in connexion with auxiliary machinery of a steamship or a
motorship, being machinery that affords suitable training for a marine
engineer;
(c) service in connexion with the boilers of a steamship;
(d) any other engineering service within the engine or boiler spaces of a
ship.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 16.
Qualifying sea service for steam and motor certificate by a person who does
not
hold a certificate
16. (1) A candidate for a certificate of competency as second class
engineer, steamship and motorship, who does not already hold a certificate
shall have served twenty-four months' qualifying sea service in accordance
with this regulation.
(2) Of the period of qualifying sea service specified in the last preceding
sub-regulation a period of at least six months shall have been spent in
connexion with the boilers of a steamship.
(3) Of the period of qualifying sea service specified in sub-regulation (1)
of this regulation a period of at least six months shall have been spent in
connexion with the main propelling machinery of a steamship.
(4) The periods, or parts of the periods, of qualifying sea service
specified in the last two preceding sub-regulations may have been served
simultaneously as long as the periods spent in connexion with the boilers, the
main propelling machinery and both the boilers and the main propelling
machinery amount in the aggregate to not less than nine months.
(5) Of the period of qualifying sea service specified in sub-regulation (1)
of this regulation a period of at least six months shall have been spent in
connexion with the main propelling machinery of a motorship.
(6) That part, if any, of the period of qualifying sea service specified in
sub-regulation (1) of this regulation not spent as specified in sub-regulation
(2), (3) or (5) of this regulation shall have been spent on either of the
following types of service:
(a) service in connexion with auxiliary machinery of a steamship or a
motorship, being machinery that affords suitable training for a marine
engineer;
(b) any other engineering service in the engine or boiler spaces of a ship.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 17.
Qualifying sea service for motor certificate by holder of steam certificate
17. A candidate for a certificate of competency as second class engineer of
a motorship who already holds a certificate of competency as first class
engineer of a steamship or a candidate for a certificate of competency as
second class engineer, steamship and motorship who already holds a certificate
of competency as second class engineer of a steamship-
(a) shall have served three months' qualifying sea service in addition to
the qualifying sea service that he was required to serve to qualify for the
certificate that he holds; and
(b) shall have spent not less than six months' qualifying sea service,
whether before or after, or partly before and partly after, the issue of the
certificate that he holds, in connexion with the main propelling machinery of
a motorship.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 18.
Qualifying sea service for steam certificate by holder of motor certificate
Sub-reg. (1) amended by 1972 No. 155 r. 6
18. (1) A candidate for a certificate of competency as second class engineer
of a steamship who already holds a certificate of competency as first class
engineer of a motorship or a candidate for a certificate of competency as
second class engineer, steamship and motorship who already holds a certificate
of competency as second class engineer of a motorship-
(a) shall have served three months' qualifying sea service in addition to
the qualifying sea service that he was required to serve to qualify for the
certificate that he holds;
(b) shall have spent not less than six months' qualifying sea service,
whether before or after, or partly before and partly after, the issue of the
certificate that he holds, in connexion with the boilers of a steamship; and
(c) shall have spent not less than six months' qualifying sea service,
whether before or after, or partly before and partly after, the issue of the
certificate that he holds, in connexion with the main propelling machinery of
a steamship.
(2) The periods, or parts of the periods, of qualifying sea service
specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of the last preceding sub-regulation may
have been served simultaneously as long as the periods of qualifying sea
service spent in connexion with the boilers, the main propelling machinery and
both the boilers and the main propelling machinery amount in the aggregate to
not less than nine months.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 19.
Reduction in qualifying sea service
19. (1) The qualifying sea service that a candidate, not being a candidate
who already holds a certificate, would, but for this regulation, be required
to have served in accordance with this Division may be reduced by a period,
determined by the Principal Examiner, not exceeding three months if the
qualifications of the candidate for the purposes of this Division include
workshop service that is, in the opinion of the Principal Examiner, suitable
training for a marine engineer.
(2) The qualifying sea service that a candidate, not being a candidate who
already holds a certificate, would, but for this sub-regulation, be required
to have served in accordance with this Division shall be reduced by three
months if the candidate, before commencing his sea service, had passed or had
qualified for exemption from, Part A of the examination specified in
sub-regulation (1) of regulation 39 of these Regulations.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 20.
Sea service to have been mainly served when regular watch is being kept on
the
ship
20. (1) Two-thirds at least of the period of sea service of a candidate
shall have been served in a ship at a time when regular watch is being kept on
the ship.
Sub-reg. (2) omitted by 1972 No. 155 r. 7
* * * * * * * *
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 21.
Prescribed qualifications
Division 2-First Class Certificates
21. (1) For the purposes of paragraph (c) of section 17 of the Act the other
qualifications that a person is required to possess before being admitted to
an examination for a first class certificate are, subject to the next
succeeding sub-regulation, such of the qualifications specified in the
succeeding provisions of this Division as are applicable to the person.
Amended by 1972 No. 155 r. 8
(2) The qualifications relating to sea service specified in the succeeding
provisions of this Division are not qualifications that a person is required
to possess before being admitted to Part A of the examination referred to in
regulation 42 of these Regulations or to so much of Part B of that examination
as consists of papers in Electrotechnology and Naval Architecture.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 22.
Certificate to be held
22. A candidate for a first class certificate shall already hold a
certificate.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 23.
Qualifying sea service
23. (1) A candidate who holds a second class certificate shall, since being
issued with a second class certificate, whether his present certificate or a
former certificate, have served a period of qualifying sea service (being sea
service as defined in sub-regulation (2) of regulation 6 of these Regulations)
of-
(a) in the case of a candidate for a certificate of competency as first
class engineer of a steamship-twenty-one months in accordance with
sub-regulations (2), (3) and (4), and paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (5), of
regulation 14 of these Regulations;
(b) in the case of a candidate for a certificate of competency as first
class engineer of a motorship-twenty-one months in accordance with
sub-regulation (2), and paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (3), of regulation 15
of these Regulations; or
(c) in the case of a candidate for a certificate of competency as first
class engineer, steamship and motorship-twenty-four months in accordance with
sub-regulations (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) of regulation 16 of these
Regulations.
(2) A candidate for a certificate of competency as first class engineer,
steamship and motorship who holds a certificate of competency as first class
engineer of a steamship-
(a) shall have served three months' qualifying sea service in addition to
the qualifying sea service that he was required to serve to qualify for the
certificate that he holds; and
(b) shall have spent not less than six months' qualifying sea service,
whether before or after, or partly before and partly after, the issue of the
certificate that he holds, in connexion with the main propelling machinery of
a motorship.
Amended by 1972 No. 155 r. 9
(3) A candidate for a certificate of competency as first class engineer,
steamship and motorship who holds a certificate of competency as first class
engineer of a motorship-
(a) shall have served three months' qualifying sea service in addition to
the qualifying sea service that he was required to serve to qualify for the
certificate that he holds;
(b) shall have spent not less than six months' qualifying sea service,
whether before or after, or partly before and partly after, the issue of the
certificate that he holds, in connexion with the boilers of a steamship; and
(c) shall have spent not less than six months' qualifying sea service,
whether before or after, or partly before and partly after, the issue of the
certificate that he holds in connexion with the main propelling machinery of a
steamship.
(4) The periods or parts of the periods, of qualifying sea service specified
in paragraphs (b) and (c) of the last preceding sub-regulation may have been
served simultaneously as long as the periods of qualifying sea service spent
in connexion with the boilers, the main propelling machinery and both the
boilers and the main propelling machinery amount in the aggregate to not less
than nine months.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 24.
Reduction in qualifying sea service
24. (1) The qualifying sea service that a candidate, not being a candidate
who already holds a first class certificate, would, but for this regulation,
be required to have served in accordance with this Division may be reduced by
a period determined by the Principal Examiner not exceeding three months if
the candidate, when he was a candidate for a second class certificate,
performed workshop service that was, in the opinion of the Principal Examiner,
suitable training for a marine engineer.
(2) The qualifying sea service that a candidate, not being a candidate who
already holds a first class certificate, would, but for this sub-regulation,
be required to have served in accordance with this Division shall be reduced
by three months if the candidate, before commencing his sea service for his
first class certificate, had passed, or had qualified for exemption from, Part
A of the examination specified in sub-regulation (1) of regulation 42 of these
Regulations.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 25.
Permission to sit in special circumstances
25. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Division, the Minister
may, in special circumstances, permit a candidate-
(a) who, as a result of service abroad, has not had an opportunity to
obtain a second class certificate; and
(b) whose sea service, and workshop training are, in the opinion of the
Principal Examiner, adequate,
to sit for the examination specified in sub-regulation (1) of regulation 42 of
these Regulations.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 26.
Sea service to have been mainly served when regular watch is being kept on
the
ship
Substituted by 1972 No. 155 r. 10
26. Two-thirds at least of the period of sea service of a candidate shall
have been served in a ship at a time when regular watch is being kept on the
ship.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 27.
Prescribed qualifications
Division 3-Extra First Class Certificate
Amended by 1975 No. 77 r. 4
27. For the purposes of paragraph (c) of section 17 of the Act a person
before being admitted to an examination for an extra first class certificate,
shall be the holder of-
(a) a certificate of competency as first class engineer, steamship and
motorship; or
(b) a certificate of service corresponding with a certificate of competency
as first class engineer, steamship and motorship.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 28.
Length of period of sea service under an agreement
Division 4-Calculation of Sea Service as Qualifying Sea Service
28. Each period of sea service by a candidate under an agreement shall, for
the purposes of these Regulations, be deemed to include both the day on which
the agreement commences and the day on which the agreement ends.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 28A.
Part only of sea service otherwise than in keeping regular watch to be
counted
Inserted by 1972 No. 155 r. 11
28A. Not more than one-half of the period of sea service of a candidate that
is spent in the engine or boiler spaces of a ship otherwise than whilst
keeping watch in pursuance of a regular watch shall be counted as qualifying
sea service.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 29.
Reckoning of sea service as qualifying sea service
Sub-reg. (1) amended by 1972 No. 155 r. 12
29. (1) Subject to sub-regulation (2A) of this regulation, in this
regulation, "full-rate period of sea service" means-
(a) in relation to a candidate for a second class certificate-a period of
sea service during which the candidate-
(i) performs service only in connexion with the boilers or the main
propelling machinery of the ship or with auxiliary machinery essential to the
running of the boilers or the main propelling machinery of the ship; and
(ii) whenever regular watch is being kept on the ship, keeps watch in
pursuance of a regular watch; or
(b) in relation to a candidate for a first class certificate-a period of
sea service during which the candidate-
(i) performs service only in connexion with the boilers or the main
propelling machinery of the ship or with auxiliary machinery essential to the
running of the boilers or the main propelling machinery of the ship; and
(ii) whenever regular watch is being kept on the ship, keeps watch in
pursuance of a regular watch as-
(A) senior engineer in charge of the entire watch; or
(B) where the ship is propelled by two or more sets of engines or is a
single-screw ship in which three or more engineers are on watch in pursuance
of a regular watch at the same time-second in seniority in the watch.
(2) Each full-rate period of sea service and any other period of sea service
by a candidate shall be expressed in months, as follows:
(a) a period, not being or including a calendar month, that is less than
thirty days shall be expressed as a fraction of a month, being the fraction
obtained by dividing by thirty a number equal to the number of days in the
period;
(b) a period of thirty days, not being or including a calendar month, shall
be expressed as one month;
(c) a period that is a calendar month or more shall be expressed as a
number of months equal to the number of complete calendar months in the period
plus-
(i) if the period includes a part of a calendar month, being a part
that consists of less than thirty days-a fraction of a month, being the
fraction obtained by dividing by thirty a number equal to the number of days
in that part of the calendar month; or
(ii) if the period includes a part of a calendar month, being a part
that consists of thirty days-one month.
Inserted by 1972 No. 155 r. 12
(2A) So much of the sum of the full-rate periods of sea service by a
candidate, expressed in months in accordance with the last preceding
sub-regulation, being periods of sea service during which the candidate did
not keep watch in pursuance of a regular watch or, in the case of a candidate
for a first-class certificate, kept watch in pursuance of a regular watch
otherwise than in the capacity referred to in clause (A) or clause (B), as the
case may be, of sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1) of
this regulation, as exceeds eight months shall be deemed not to be full-rate
periods of sea service.
Amended by 1972 No. 155 r. 12
(3) A full-rate period of sea service by a candidate, expressed in months in
accordance with sub-regulation (2) of this regulation, shall, unless otherwise
provided in this Division, be reckoned as a period of qualifying sea service
of a number of months equal to the number of months in that full-rate period
of sea service.
(4) A period of sea service (other than a full-rate period of sea service)
by a candidate, expressed in months in accordance with sub-regulation (2) of
this regulation, shall, unless otherwise provided in this Division, be
reckoned as a period of qualifying sea service of a number of months equal to
one-half of the number of months in the period of sea service.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 30.
Qualifying sea service-limited coast-trade ship, &c.
30. A period of sea service by a candidate in-
(a) a limited coast-trade ship;
(b) a ship trading entirely abroad engaged on a voyage the terminal ports
of which are less than five hundred miles apart; or
(c) a yacht,
shall be reckoned as two-thirds of the period of qualifying sea service that
it would have been reckoned as but for this regulation.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 31.
Qualifying sea service-river and bay ship, &c.
31. A period of sea service by a candidate in-
(a) a river and bay ship;
(b) a sea-going ship that is a tug, dredger or fishing vessel; or
(c) a pilot vessel,
shall be reckoned as one-half of the period of qualifying sea service that it
would have been reckoned as but for this regulation.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 32.
Places and times of examinations
PART III-EXAMINATIONS AND EXEMPTIONS
32. (1) For the purposes of section 16 of the Act, the prescribed places for
the holding of examinations of candidates for a certificate are the following
ports:
(a) Sydney;
(b) Melbourne;
(c) Brisbane;
(d) Newcastle;
(e) Port Adelaide;
(f) Fremantle.
(2) Subject to this regulation, examinations for a certificate shall be
held at such times as the Principal Examiner determines.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 33.
Appointment of examiners
33. (1) The Minister may, by instrument in writing, appoint persons to
conduct examinations under these Regulations.
(2) Each instrument of appointment shall specify the kinds of examination
that the person appointed may conduct.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 33A.
Eligibility for examination
Inserted by 1968 No. 29 r. 1
33A. For the purposes of paragraph (a) of section 17 of the Act, each of the
following sub-grades is a prescribed sub-grade:
(a) second class engineer of a steamship;
(b) second class engineer of a motorship;
(c) second class engineer, steamship and motorship.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 34.
Application for examination
34. (1) An application to sit for an examination under these Regulations
shall be made in accordance with a form approved by the Minister to an
examiner, being an examiner appointed to conduct examinations of the kind that
includes that examination.
Amended by 1968 No. 29 r. 2; 1969 No. 92 r. 2; 1972 No. 155 r. 13; 1975 No.
77
r. 5
(2) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, the application shall be
accompanied by-
(a) documentary evidence of the candidate's nationality;
(aa) if the candidate is not a British subject-documentary evidence that he
has been continuously resident in Australia since a date at least one year
before the date of the examination and that he intends to continue so to
reside until at least the date of the examination;
(b) the candidate's original certificate of apprenticeship;
(c) the candidate's discharges;
(d) any notification of examination results issued to the candidate under
regulation 47 of these Regulations or under the Navigation (Examination of
Engineers) Regulations 1941;
(e) any testimonials or other documents that relate to the application;
(f) where a candidate for the examination to which the application relates
is required by these Regulations to be not less than twenty-one years of age-a
certified copy of the birth certificate of the candidate or other documentary
evidence of the age of the candidate; and
(g) the certificate of proficiency in first aid (if any) last obtained by
the candidate.
Added by 1968 No. 29 r. 2
(3) An application to sit for an examination for a certificate of competency
of a sub-grade referred to in the last preceding regulation is not required to
be accompanied by the documentary evidence referred to in paragraph (aa) of
the last preceding sub-regulation.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 35.
Testimonials of sea service
35. (1) Each period of a candidate's sea service shall be covered by a
testimonial in accordance with Form 1.
(2) A testimonial shall be signed by-
(a) if the service to which the testimonial relates was performed as Chief
Engineer of the ship-the Engineer Superintendent, or some other representative
of the ship owner; or
(b) in any other case-the Chief Engineer of the ship.
(3) A testimonial shall be countersigned by the master of the ship or the
Engineer Superintendent or other representative (not being the person who
signed the testimonial) of the shipowner.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 36.
Physical defects
36. Where a candidate is somewhat hard of hearing or suffers from any other
physical defect that could interfere with the proper performance of his duties
as an engineer on regular watch, his testimonials shall state whether the
defect did in fact interfere in any way with the proper performance of those
duties.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 37.
Declaration covering twelve months preceding application
37. (1) If a candidate has spent the whole or a part of the period of twelve
months immediately preceding the making of his application to sit for an
examination under these Regulations otherwise than in obtaining the
qualifications specified in Division 1 or Division 2, as the case may be, of
Part II, he shall forward or lodge with his application a declaration setting
out-
(a) the address or addresses at which he resided during the whole or that
part of that period, as the case may be;
(b) the occupation or occupations (if any) followed by him during the whole
or that part of that period, as the case may be, the address or addresses at
which he followed that occupation or those occupations and the dates on which
he commenced and ceased to follow that occupation or those occupations; and
(c) the names and addresses of the person (if any) by whom he was employed
during the whole or that part of that period, as the case may be.
Amended by 1968 No. 29 r. 3
(2) A person who wilfully makes a false statement in a declaration under
this regulation is guilty of an offence punishable upon conviction by a fine
not exceeding Two hundred dollars.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 38.
Fees
38. (1) The fees for examinations for certificates shall be such fees as are
fixed by the Minister.
(2) The fee for an examination shall be paid before the candidate sits for
the examination.
(3) Where a person who makes application to sit for an examination is found
on investigation to be ineligible to sit, any fee paid by him under this
regulation shall be refunded to him.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 39.
Prescribed examination for candidates for second class certificates who do
not
already hold certificates
Sub-reg. (1) amended by 1975 No. 77 r. 6
39. (1) For the purposes of section 18 of the Act, the prescribed
examination for candidates (not being candidates who already hold a
certificate) for a second class certificate consists of two Parts, as
follows:
Part A
(a) a paper in Applied Mechanics;
(b) a paper in Heat and Heat Engines;
(c) a paper in Mathematics;
(d) a paper in Drawing;
Part B
(e) a paper in Electrotechnology;
(f) a paper in Naval Architecture;
(g) a paper in Engineering Knowledge (All Candidates);
(h) in the case of a candidate other than a candidate for a certificate
of competency as second class engineer of a motorship-a paper in Engineering
Knowledge (Steam);
(i) in the case of a candidate other than a candidate for a certificate
of competency as second class engineer of a steamship-a paper in Engineering
Knowledge (Motor);
(j) an oral examination.
Amended by 1975 No. 77 r. 6
(2) Each paper, other than the paper in Drawing, referred to in the last
preceding sub-regulation shall be a three-hour paper.
Amended by 1975 No. 77 r. 6
(3) The paper in Drawing referred to in sub-regulation (1) of this
regulation shall be a six-hour paper.
(4) The papers in Engineering Knowledge may require that answers to
questions in the paper be illustrated by means of freehand sketches.
Amended by 1975 No. 77 r. 6
(5) The syllabus for the examination referred to in sub-regulation (1) of
this regulation is the syllabus set out in Schedule 2.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 40.
Method of taking examination referred to in regulation 39
40. (1) In this regulation-
"Part A" means Part A of the examination specified in sub-regulation (1)
of the last preceding regulation;
"Part B" means Part B of the examination specified in sub-regulation (1)
of the last preceding regulation.
(2) Subject to this regulation, a candidate is required to take the whole,
or such part as he is not exempted from, of Part A at the one time.
(3) A candidate who-
(a) takes the whole of Part A at the one time; and
(b) passes in two or three subjects only,
is not required to take those subjects again and may apply to take the
remaining subject or subjects at any examination held not less than one month
after the examination at which he failed.
(4) A candidate who-
(a) takes the whole of Part A at the one time; and
(b) passes in one subject only,
is not entitled to be credited with a pass in that subject but may apply to
take the whole of Part A again at any examination held not less than one month
after the examination at which he failed.
Amended by 1972 No. 155 r. 14
(5) Subject to this regulation, a candidate is required to take the whole,
or such part as he is not exempted from, of Part B at the one time.
(6) A candidate who has not passed the whole, or such part as he is not
exempted from, of Part A is not entitled to take Part B unless he takes at the
same time the whole, or such part as he is not exempted from and has not
passed, of Part A.
(7) A candidate-
(a) who-
(i) takes Part B at the same time as he takes the whole or a part of
Part A; and
(ii) fails to pass in all the subjects of Part A that he took; or
(b) who, when taking Part B, fails to pass in-
(i) Electrotechnology or Naval Architecture; and
(ii) one of the examinations, either written or oral, in Engineering
Knowledge,
is not entitled to be credited with a pass in Part B or in any subject in Part
B but may, subject to the last preceding sub-regulation, apply to take the
whole of Part B again at any examination held not less than one month after
the examination at which he failed.
(8) A candidate who, when taking Part B, passes in all the examinations,
both written and oral, in Engineering Knowledge that he is required, by virtue
of sub-regulation (1) of the last preceding regulation, to take but fails to
pass in Electrotechnology or Naval Architecture is entitled, subject to the
last preceding sub-regulation, to be credited with a pass in each of the
examinations in Engineering Knowledge and, if so credited, may apply to take
both Electrotechnology and Naval Architecture again at any examination held
not less than one month after the examination at which he failed.
(9) A candidate who, when taking Part B, passes in both Electrotechnology
and Naval Architecture but fails to pass in one of the examinations, either
written or oral, in Engineering Knowledge is entitled, subject to
sub-regulation (7) of this regulation, to be credited with a pass in both
Electrotechnology and Naval Architecture and, if so credited, may apply to
take again, at any examination held not less than one month after the
examination at which he failed, all the examinations, both written and oral,
in Engineering Knowledge that he is required, by virtue of sub-regulation (1)
of the last preceding regulation, to take.
Added by 1972 No. 155 r. 14; amended by 1975 No. 77 r. 7
(10) Notwithstanding sub-regulation (5) of this regulation-
(a) a candidate may at the one time take the examinations in both
Electrotechnology and Naval Architecture or, if he has been granted an
exemption under sub-regulation 48 (3) from one of those subjects, the
examination in the other of those subjects without at the same time taking the
examinations in Engineering Knowledge that he is required, by virtue of
sub-regulation (1) of the last preceding regulation, to take, and, if he
passes in Electrotechnology, Naval Architecture or both of those subjects, he
is entitled to be credited with a pass in that subject or with passes in both
of those subjects, as the case may be; and
(b) subject to regulation 7 of these Regulations, a candidate who is so
credited with a pass in Electrotechnology or Naval Architecture or with passes
in both of those subjects may apply to take, at any examination held not less
than 1 month after the examination at which he passed that subject or those
subjects, all the examinations, both written and oral, in Engineering
Knowledge that he is required, by virtue of sub-regulation (1) of the last
preceding regulation, to take.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 41.
Prescribed examination for candidates for second class certificates who
already
hold certificates
41. (1) For the purposes of section 18 of the Act, the prescribed
examination for candidates for a second class certificate who already hold a
certificate consists of-
(a) one paper in-
(i) where the candidate holds a certificate relating to
motorships-Engineering Knowledge (Steam); or
(ii) where the candidate holds a certificate relating to
steamships-Engineering Knowledge (Motor); and
(b) an oral examination in Engineering Knowledge.
Amended by 1975 No. 77 r. 8
(2) The paper referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation-
(a) shall be a three-hour paper; and
(b) may require that answers to questions on the paper be illustrated by
means of freehand sketches.
Amended by 1975 No. 77 r. 8
(3) The syllabus for the examination referred to in sub-regulation (1) of
this regulation is the relevant part of the syllabus set out in Schedule 2.
(4) A candidate is required to take the whole of the examination referred to
in this regulation at the one time.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 42.
Prescribed examination for candidates for first class certificates who do not
already hold first class certificates
Sub-reg. (1) amended by 1975 No. 77 r. 9
42. (1) For the purposes of section 18 of the Act, the prescribed
examination for candidates (not being candidates who already hold a first
class certificate) for a first class certificate consists of two Parts, as
follows:
Part A
(a) a paper in Applied Mechanics;
(b) a paper in Heat and Heat Engines;
Part B
(c) a paper in Electrotechnology;
(d) a paper in Naval Architecture;
(e) a paper in Engineering Knowledge (All Candidates);
(f) in the case of a candidate other than a candidate for a certificate
of competency as first class engineer of a motorship-a paper in Engineering
Knowledge (Steam);
(g) in the case of a candidate other than a candidate for a certificate
of competency as first class engineer of a steamship-a paper in Engineering
Knowledge (Motor);
(h) an oral examination.
Amended by 1975 No. 77 r. 9
(2) Each paper referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation shall be a
three-hour paper.
(3) The papers in Engineering Knowledge may require that questions on the
paper be illustrated by means of freehand sketches.
Amended by 1975 No. 77 r. 9
(4) The syllabus for the examination referred to in sub-regulation (1) of
this regulation is the syllabus set out in Schedule 3.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 43.
Method of taking examination referred to in regulation 42
43. (1) In this regulation-
"Part A" means Part A of the examination specified in sub-regulation (1)
of the last preceding regulation;
"Part B" means Part B of the examination specified in sub-regulation (1)
of the last preceding regulation.
(2) Subject to this regulation, a candidate is required to take the whole,
or such part as he is not exempted from, of Part A at the one time.
(3) A candidate who-
(a) takes the whole of Part A at the one time; and
(b) passes in one subject only,
is not required to take that subject again and may apply to take the remaining
subject again at any examination held not less than one month after the
examination at which he failed.
Amended by 1972 No. 155 r. 15
(4) Subject to this regulation, a candidate is required to take the whole,
or such part as he is not exempted from, of Part B at the one time.
(5) A candidate who has not passed the whole, or such part as he is not
exempted from, of Part A is not entitled to take Part B unless he takes at the
same time the whole, or such part as he is not exempted from and has not
passed, of Part A.
(6) A candidate-
(a) who-
(i) takes Part B at the same time as he takes the whole or a part of
Part A; and
(ii) fails to pass in all the subjects of Part A that he took; or
(b) who, when taking Part B, fails to pass in-
(i) Electrotechnology or Naval Architecture; and
(ii) one of the examinations, either written or oral, in Engineering
Knowledge,
is not entitled to be credited with a pass in Part B or in any subject in Part
B but may, subject to the last preceding sub-regulation, apply to take the
whole of Part B again at any examination held not less than one month after
the examination at which he failed.
(7) A candidate who, when taking Part B, passes in all the examinations,
both written and oral, in Engineering Knowledge that he is required, by virtue
of sub-regulation (1) of the last preceding regulation, to take but fails to
pass in Electrotechnology or Naval Architecture, is entitled, subject to the
last preceding sub-regulation, to be credited with a pass in each of the
examinations, both written and oral, in Engineering Knowledge and, if so
credited, may apply to take both Electrotechnology and Naval Architecture
again at any examination held not less than one month after the examination at
which he failed.
(8) A candidate who, when taking Part B, passes in both Electrotechnology
and Naval Architecture, but fails to pass in one of the examinations, either
written or oral, in Engineering Knowledge, is entitled, subject to
sub-regulation (6) of this regulation, to be credited with a pass in both
Electrotechnology and Naval Architecture and, if so credited, may apply to
take again, at any examination held not less than one month after the
examination at which he failed, all examinations, both written and oral, in
Engineering Knowledge that he is required, by virtue of sub-regulation (1) of
the last preceding regulation, to take.
Added by 1972 No. 155 r. 15; amended by 1975 No. 77 r. 10
(9) Notwithstanding sub-regulation (4) of this regulation-
(a) a candidate may at the one time take the examinations in both
Electrotechnology and Naval Architecture or, if he has been granted an
exemption under sub-regulation 48 (3) from one of those subjects, the
examination in the other of those subjects without at the same time taking the
examinations in Engineering Knowledge that he is required, by virtue of
sub-regulation (1) of the last preceding regulation, to take, and, if he
passes in Electrotechnology, Naval Architecture or both of those subjects, he
is entitled to be credited with a pass in that subject or with passes in both
of those subjects, as the case may be; and
(b) subject to regulation 21 of these Regulations, a candidate who is so
credited with a pass in Electrotechnology or Naval Architecture or with passes
in both of those subjects may apply to take, at any examination held not less
than 1 month after the examination at which he passed that subject or those
subjects, all the examinations, both written and oral, in Engineering
Knowledge that he is required, by virtue of sub-regulation (1) of the last
preceding regulation, to take.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 44.
Prescribed examination for candidates for certificates of competency as first
class engineer, steamship and motorship who already hold first class
certificates
44. (1) For the purposes of section 18 of the Act, the prescribed
examination for candidates for a certificate of competency as first class
engineer, steamship and motorship who already hold a first class certificate
consists of-
(a) one paper in-
(i) where the candidate holds a certificate of competency as first
class engineer of a motorship-Engineering Knowledge (Steam); or
(ii) where the candidate holds a certificate of competency as first
class engineer of a steamship-Engineering Knowledge (Motor); and
(b) an oral examination in Engineering Knowledge.
Amended by 1975 No. 77 r. 11
(2) The paper referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation-
(a) shall be a three-hour paper; and
(b) may require that answers to questions on the paper be illustrated by
means of freehand sketches.
Amended by 1975 No. 77 r. 11
(3) The syllabus for the examination referred to in sub-regulation (1) of
this regulation is the relevant part of the syllabus set out in Schedule 3.
(4) A candidate is required to take the whole of the examination referred
to in this regulation at the one time.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 45.
Prescribed examination for candidates for extra first class certificates
45. (1) For the purposes of section 18 of the Act, the prescribed
examination for candidates for an extra first class certificate consists of
two Parts, as follows:
Part A
(a) a paper in Theory of Machines (Mechanics of Fluids);
(b) a paper in Strength and Properties of Materials;
(c) a paper in Applied Thermodynamics;
(d) a paper in Marine Heat Engines;
Part B
(e) an essay, on a subject chosen by the candidate, being one of two
subjects set for the purpose;
(f) a paper in Electrotechnology;
(g) a paper in Naval Architecture;
(h) a paper in Machine Design (Drawing); and
(i) a paper in Engineering Knowledge.
(2) Each paper (other than the paper in Machine Design (Drawing)) and the
essay referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation shall be a three-hour
paper or essay, as the case may be.
Amended by 1975 No. 77 r. 12
(3) The paper in Machine Design (Drawing) shall be a six-hour paper.
(4) The paper in Engineering Knowledge may require that answers to questions
on the paper be illustrated by means of freehand sketches.
Amended by 1975 No. 77 r. 12
(5) The syllabus for the examination referred to in sub-regulation (1) of
this regulation is the syllabus set out in Schedule 4.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 46.
Method of taking examination for extra first class certificate
46. (1) In this regulation-
"Part A" means Part A of the examination referred to in the last preceding
regulation;
"Part B" means Part B of the examination referred to in the last preceding
regulation.
(2) A candidate is required to take the whole of Part A at the one time and
the whole of Part B at the one time.
(3) A candidate is not entitled to take Part B unless-
(a) he has passed in Part A; or
(b) he takes Part A at the same time as he takes Part B.
(4) A candidate referred to in paragraph (b) of the last preceding
sub-regulation who fails in Part A but passes in Part B is entitled to be
credited with a pass in Part B and may apply to take Part A again at any
subsequent examination.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 47.
Notification of examination results
47. (1) Where a candidate who has sat for his first examination, or the
first part of his examination, for a certificate is not entitled, under
section 18 of the Act, to have the certificate delivered to him, the examiner
shall issue to him a notification of the results of his examination, after
confirmation by the Principal Examiner, in accordance with Form 2 or, in the
case of a candidate for an extra first class certificate, in accordance with
such form as the Minister approves.
(2) The results of each examination for which a candidate has sat shall,
after confirmation by the Principal Examiner, be entered in the form issued
under the last preceding sub-regulation by the examiner and the form shall
then be returned to the candidate for retention by him.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 48.
Exemptions
48. (1) Where a candidate for the examination referred to in regulation 39
of these Regulations has attended a course of instruction approved by the
Principal Examiner covering not less than three of the four subjects in Part A
of that examination and has passed the appropriate examination in all the
subjects of the course at the termination of the course, the Principal
Examiner may grant the candidate exemption from those subjects in Part A that
are covered by the course.
(2) Where a person who has been granted exemption from the subject of
Applied Mechanics or the subject of Heat and Heat Engines or both of those
subjects under the last preceding sub-regulation becomes a candidate for the
examination referred to in regulation 42 of these Regulations, the Principal
Examiner may grant the candidate exemption from the subject of that name or
the subjects of those names, as the case may be, in that examination.
Amended by 1972 No. 155 r. 16; 1975 No. 77 r. 13
(3) The Principal Examiner may grant a candidate for the examination
referred to in regulation 39 or 42 of these Regulations exemption from any of
the subjects in Part A, or from Electrotechnology, Naval Architecture or both
of those subjects in Part B, of that examination if the Principal Examiner is
satisfied that, because of the special qualifications of the candidate, the
taking of the examination in that subject or those subjects by the candidate
is unnecessary.
Amended by 1968 No. 29 r. 4
(4) A candidate for an examination under these Regulations who has passed in
a subject of the examination for a certificate of competency as extra first
class engineer, first class engineer or second class engineer conducted by the
government of the United Kingdom, or by the government of a country recognized
under a law in force in the United Kingdom (being a certificate of competency
that corresponds to a certificate under these Regulations) is exempted from
the subject of the examination under these Regulations that corresponds, in
the opinion of the Principal Examiner, to that first-mentioned subject.
Sub-reg. (5) omitted by 1968 No. 29 r. 5
* * * * * * * *
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 49.
Exemption-transitional provision
49. A candidate for an examination referred to in this Part who was,
immediately before the commencement of these Regulations, entitled, under the
Navigation (Examination of Engineers) Regulation 1941, to be credited with a
pass in a subject in an examination under those Regulations, is exempt from
the subject in that first-mentioned examination that corresponds, in the
opinion of the Principal Examiner, to that first-mentioned subject.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 50.
Penalties for failure
50. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Part-
(a) a candidate who, within any period of three months, fails three times
in Part A, or three times in Part B, of an examination referred to in this
Part is not entitled to sit for re-examination for such period, not exceeding
six months, as the Principal Examiner fixes in his case;
(b) a candidate-
(i) who fails in any examination, whether written or oral, in
Engineering Knowledge in an examination referred to in this Part; and
(ii) whose answers to questions in that examination show, in the opinion
of the examiner, that he lacks knowledge of subjects that form a vital part of
a marine engineer's daily work,
is not entitled to sit for re-examination for such period, not exceeding
six months, as the Principal Examiner fixes in his case; and
(c) a candidate-
(i) who fails in an examination; and
(ii) whose answers to questions in that examination show, in the opinion
of the examiner, that he lacks knowledge of fundamental principles or are, in
the opinion of the examiner, generally defective,
is not entitled to sit for re-examination for such period, not exceeding
three months, as the Principal Examiner fixes in his case.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 51.
Conduct in examination room
51. A candidate who conducts himself, in the opinion of the examiner, in an
improper manner in the examination room may be removed from the room at any
time whether or not he has completed the examination.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 51A.
Certificate of efficiency as lifeboatman
Inserted by 1969 No. 92 r. 3
51A. (1) A person who is a candidate for an examination for a second class
certificate or a first class certificate and does not already hold a
certificate of efficiency as lifeboatman may, with the approval of an examiner
appointed under the Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations,
present himself at an examination for a certificate of efficiency as
lifeboatman held under those Regulations. (2) If the person passes the
examination, a certificate of efficiency as lifeboatman in accordance with
Form 2 in the Twelfth Schedule to the Navigation (Examination of Masters and
Mates) Regulations shall be issued to him.
(3) If the Minister is satisfied that a certificate of efficiency as
lifeboatman issued to a person under the last preceding sub-regulation has
been lost or destroyed he may issue to that person a certified copy of the
certificate.
NAVIGATION (EXAMINATION OF ENGINEERS) REGULATIONS 1964 - SECT. 52.
Sub-grades of certificates of competency
PART IV-CERTIFICATES
52. (1) For the purpose of sub-section (1) of section 15 of the Act, each
grade of certificate of competency specified in column 1 of the table in this
regulation is divided into the sub-grades specified in column 2 of that table
opposite to that grade.
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-- Column 1 Column 2
Grade Sub-Grade
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-- First class engineer . . . . . . . . First class engineer of a steamship
First class engineer of a motorship First class engineer, steamship and
motorship
Second class engineer . . . . . . . Second class engineer of a steamship
Second class engineer of a motorship Second class engineer, steamship and
motorship
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-- (2) The holder of a certificate of competency of the grade of extra first
class engineer shall be deemed to be the holder of a certificate of competency
of any of the sub-grades specified in column 2 of the table in the last
preceding sub-regulation.
(3) The holder of a certificate of competency of a sub-grade specified in
column 1 of the table in this sub-regulation shall be deemed to be the holder
of a certificate of competency of the sub-grade, or of any of the sub-grades,
specified in column 2 of that table opposite to that first-mentioned
sub-grade.
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-- Column 1 Column 2
Sub-grade of certificate held Sub-grade of certificate deemed to be
held
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-- First class engineer of a steamship Second class engineer of a
steamship
First class engineer of a motorship Second class engineer of a motorship
First class engineer, steamship and motorship . . . . . . . . . . . . . First
class engineer of a steamship First class engineer of a motorship Second class
engineer, steamship and motorship
Second class engineer of a steamship
Second class engineer of a motorship Second class engineer, steamship and
motorship Second class engineer of a steamship Second class engineer of a
motorship
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