Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations 1924 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1929. No. 100.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1926.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Navigation Act 1912-1926, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this fifth day of September, 1929.

STONEHAVEN

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

H. S. GULLETT

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

 

Amendment of Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1924, No. 205, as amended to this date.)

1. Regulation 6 of the Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations is amended by inserting in sub-regulation (2) thereof, after the word “examined”, the words “, in the case of an application for examination for a certificate as Extra Master at least fourteen clear days, and in other cases”.

2. Regulation 16 of the Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations is amended by omitting the words “obtaining a pass in any of the examinations prescribed in Parts III., IV., V. or VI. of these Regulations,” and inserting in their stead the words “passing in all subjects prescribed in these Regulations as parts of the examination for the particular Certificate of Competency he desires to obtain,”.

3. The Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations are amended by inserting after regulation 30 the following regulation:—

Examination in signalling.

“30a. (1) A candidate for any grade of certificate for which signalling is required may take this part of the examination at any time within the six months immediately before or after he presents himself for examination in navigation and seamanship.

(2) A candidate who fails in signalling, but passes in every other subject may, at any time within the six months immediately following the date of failure, be re-examined in signalling only, and, if he then passes, will receive his Certificate of Competency.

 

(3) Where a candidate for examination for any Certificate of Competency has made application in proper form and has paid the full fee prescribed in Schedule I. for that examination, he may be examined in signalling without further fee, provided that the signalling examination is taken within seven days before or after commencing the examination in the other subjects.

(4) An application for examination in signalling as a separate subject, or for re-examination in signalling after failure therein, shall be made on Form M & M-C, and the fee prescribed in Schedule I. in respect of an examination for a Certificate of Ordinary Signalling shall be paid.

(5) If at any stage after commencing the written portion of the examination in navigation a candidate decides to defer examination in signalling to a later date, no refund of any portion of the fee paid shall be made, except in cases of illness or other special circumstances, when refund may be allowed at the discretion of the Deputy Director.

(6) In cases where the signalling part of an examination has been held first, and a candidate who has paid the full fee prescribed for a Certificate of Competency then decides, on completion of that part, to defer examination in the remaining subjects, the fee paid, less a deduction of 10s., shall be returned to him.

(7) Sectional Pass Forms shall be issued by the Examiner as follows:—

Section I.—To candidates who pass in navigation and seamanship, but fail in signalling.

Section II.—To candidates who pass in signalling, but fail in navigation or seamanship.

Section III.—To successful candidates who have been examined in navigation and seamanship only, or in signalling only, or in Voluntary Compass Deviation only.

(8) The production of a Sectional Pass Form shall exempt, for a period of six months, the candidate from re-examination in the subject or subjects in which he has passed, and, if within that period he passes in the remaining portion of the examination, he shall receive his Certificate of Competency.

(9) Failure to pass in signalling shall not entail any penalty in the form of further sea service, and candidates may apply for re-examination in signalling at intervals of not less than seven days.”

4. Regulation 133 of the Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1) thereof the word and letters “Form M & M-B”, and inserting in their stead the word and letters “Form M & M-C”.

5. Regulation 134 of the Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (3) thereof the words and letters “Form M & M-B”, and inserting in their stead the word and letters “Form M & M-C”.

6. Schedule I to the Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations is amended by omitting the table headed “Fees for other Certificates” and inserting in its stead the following table:—

“Fees for other Certificates and for Examination in Single Subjects.

Certificate Desired.	Examination Fee.
£	s.	d.
Ordinary or Voluntary Signalling, taken at usual examination............................	No extra fee
Ordinary Signalling only..................................................................................	0	10	0
Voluntary Signalling only................................................................................	1	5	0
Voluntary Examination in Steam......................................................................	1	10	0
Voluntary Examination in Compass Deviation..................................................	2	0	0
Master, Yachts................................................................................................	3	0	0
Extra Master, Yachts.......................................................................................	5	0	0
Efficiency Certificates—R.N.V.R. (Ordinary)...................................................	3	0	0
Efficiency Certificates—R.N.V.R. (Extra)........................................................	5	0	0
Sight Test........................................................................................................	0	2	6
Sight Test—On Appeal....................................................................................	2	2	0
Sight Test—On Second Appeal........................................................................	5	5	0
Certificate of Efficiency as Lifeboatman only....................................................	0	10	0
Certificate of Efficiency as Lifeboatman taken at usual examination...................	No extra fee.”

7. Appendix “A” to the Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the following entry:—

“Fremantle Master, Sub-grade A, L.C.T. 2nd Monday in each month

and inserting in its stead the following entry:—

“Fremantle All grades First Tuesday in March and September respectively.”

(b) by inserting the following further footnote:—

“Applications for examination must be lodged at least four clear days, and in the case of candidates for Certificate as Extra Master, at least fourteen clear days, before the date of the examination.”

 

By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.