Navigation (Examination of Engineers) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1976 No. 277

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Navigation Act 1912.

Dated this ninth day of December, 1976.

JOHN R. KERR

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

PETER NIXON

Minister of State for Transport.

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Amendments of the Navigation (Examination of Engineers) Regulations 1926

Commencement.

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 January 1977.

Renewal of lost or defaced certificates.

2. Regulation 27 of the Navigation (Examination of Engineers) Regulations 1926 is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (4) the words “ Fifty cents ” and substituting the figure “ $1 ”.

Practical knowledge.

3. Regulation 81 of the Navigation (Examination of Engineers) Regulations 1926 is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (4) the words “ Two dollars ” and substituting the figure “ $3 ”.

Payment of fees for workshop tests.

4. Regulation 82 of the Navigation (Examination of Engineers) Regulations 1926 is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) the words “ Five dollars ” and substituting the figure “ $8 ”;

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) the words “ Two dollars ” and substituting the figure “ $3 ”; and

(c) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) the words “ Three dollars ” and substituting the figure “ $5 ”.

Fifth Schedule.

5. The Fifth Schedule to the Navigation (Examination of Engineers) Regulations 1926 is amended by omitting the figures “ $3.00 ” and substituting the figure “$5 ”.

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* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 15 December 1976.

  Statutory Rules 1926, No. 177 as amended by Statutory Rules 1941, No. 128; 1963, No. 97; 1966, No. 27; 1968, No. 28; 1974. No. 83; and 1975, No. 114.

Eleventh Schedule.

6. The Eleventh Schedule to the Navigation (Examination of Engineers) Regulations 1926 is amended by omitting paragraph (1) and substituting the following paragraph:—

“ (1) The following fees respectively are payable on each occasion on which an applicant presents himself for examination for, or for the endorsement of, a certificate: —

Certificates of Imperial Validity
$
Second Class Engineer’s Certificate...................................................................................................	6
First Class Engineer’s Certificate if the applicant holds a valid and appropriate Second Class Certificate of Competency......................................................................................................................................	9
First Class Engineer’s Certificate if the applicant docs not hold a Second Class Certificate, as above described.........................................................................................................................................................	12
Endorsement of First Class Engineer’s Certificate if the applicant has previously held a Second Class Certificate appropriate to the endorsement desired...............................................................................................	6
Endorsement of a First Class Engineer’s Certificate if the applicant has not previously held a Second Class Certificate appropriate to the endorsement desired...............................................................................	9
Extra First Class Engineer’s Certificate if the applicant holds a Motor Certificate endorsed for First Class service in steamships....................................................................................................................................	9
Extra First Class Engineer’s Certificate if the applicant holds only a First Class Engineer’s Ordinary Certificate.........................................................................................................................................................	15

Certificates of Australian Validity

(Coast Engineer and Marine Engine Driver’s Certificate valid within the

Commonwealth of Australia)

Third Class Coast Engineer (or endorsement)........................................................................................................................................................	3
*Second Class Coast Engineer (or endorsement) (not including mechanical test)........................................................................................................................................................	5
First Class Coast Engineer (or endorsement)........................................................................................................................................................	6
Second Class Marine Engine Driver (or endorsement)........................................................................................................................................................	2
First Class Marine Engine Driver (or endorsement)........................................................................................................................................................	3

*If mechanical test for Second Class Coast Engineer is required, the candidate will be charged an additional fee of $3, which shall be paid before the test is arranged.”.