Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations 1931 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1938. No. 9.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1935.*

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 1912-1935.

Dated this Second day of February, 1938.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

for Minister of State for Commerce.

 

Amendments of the Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations. 

Examination of Officers of Royal Australian Navy.

1. Regulation 17 of the Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “ on the conditions as prescribed in regulation 132, if on the active list ” and inserting in their stead the words “ in accordance with these Regulations ”.

Certificates of efficiency as Life-boatman.

2. Regulation 28a of the Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting after sub-regulation (1.) the following sub-regulation :—

“(1a.) Where a person makes an application for examination for a Certificate of Efficiency as Lifeboat-man and arrangements cannot be made to hold the examination prior to the date of examination for his Certificate of Competency, he may, if he so desires, proceed with the written and signalling portion of his examination for Certificate of Competency and, if he is successful, he shall be issued with a Sectional Pass in accordance with Form M. & M. EE (1) for those portions of the examination, but he shall not be examined in the oral portion of the examination until after the production of a valid Certificate of Efficiency as Lifeboat-man.” ; and

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1938.

  Statutory Rules 1931, No. 20, as amended by Statutory Rules 1932, No. 14; 1933, No. 123; 1934, No. 151; and 1935, No. 62.

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(b) by omitting sub-regulation (3.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(3.) A person shall not be admitted to examination for a Certificate of Efficiency as Lifeboatman unless he is at least eighteen years of age, and is—

(a) a certificated deck officer;

(b) an engineer, surgeon, wireless operator or purser who has served at sea for at least six months; or

(c) an apprentice or other rating who has served at sea for at least twelve months.”.

Sight tests.

3. Regulation 30 of the Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (5.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulations:—

“(5.) Every candidate shall undergo the lantern test on the first occasion on which he presents himself for examination under these Regulations for his first Certificate of Competency, and if he then passes he shall not be required to undergo the lantern test on any subsequent occasion.

“(5a.) A person who holds a Certificate of Competency recognized by the Board of Trade of the United Kingdom or issued under the Act shall not be examined in the lantern test unless the Director authorizes the examination of that person.

“(5b.) A candidate who fails to pass the lantern test, or a special lantern test, shall not be re-examined in that test unless the Director authorizes the re-examination of that person.”.

General Second Mate (Foreign-going).

4. Regulation 34 of the Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations is repealed.

Qualifications First Mate (Foreign-going).

5. Regulation 36 of the Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

“(c) service in a capacity not lower than that of third of three watchkeeping officers whilst holding a certificate as Second Mate of a foreign-going ship—

(i) for a period of two years and three months on a limited coast-trade ship where the length of the voyage between terminal ports is not less than 500 miles; or

(ii) for such period (not being less than two years and three months) as the Principal Examiner considers necessary on a home trade or limited coast-trade ship where the length of the voyage between terminal ports is less than 500 miles, the service involves real responsibility, and such portion of the period of service as the Principal Examiner considers necessary is spent in sole charge of a watch at sea outside partially smooth water limits.”.

Candidates who have served continuously with the same company.

6. Regulation 37 of the Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations is repealed.

 

Sailing ship endorsements.

7. Regulation 44 of the Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “in a sailing vessel ” and inserting in their stead the words “ in the class of sailing ship for which the endorsement is required ” ; and

(b) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation :—

“(6.) The syllabuses of examinations for sailing ship endorsements prescribed by regulations 45, 46 and 47 of these Regulations relate only to the class of sailing ship for which the endorsement is required.”.

Officers’ service in Navy or Indian Marine.

8. Regulation 132 of the Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations is repealed.

Service in Royal Australian Naval Reserve.

9. Regulation 133 of the Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “performs service on board His Majesty’s ships ” and inserting in their stead the words “ undergoes training in the Royal Australian Navy”; and

(b) by omitting sub-regulation (3.).

Service on Rivers.

10. Regulation 140 of the Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations is amended by adding at the end of sub-regulation (1.) the words “for foreign going or limited coast-trade certificates.”.

Examination Papers—How to be dealt with.

11. Regulation 146 of the Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations is repealed.

12. After regulation 162 of the Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Demonstration of understanding of work.

 “162a. — (1.) A candidate shall demonstrate his understanding of his work by means of sketches and figures drawn with reasonable accuracy, but not necessarily to scale.

(2.) A candidate shall not be required to give mathematical proofs of formulae, but shall, where possible, be able to demonstrate the truth of a formula by means of a figure.”.

First Schedule.

13. The First Schedule to the Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the first footnote to the table headed “ FEES FOR FOREIGN-GOING CERTIFICATES ”; and

(b) by inserting before the words “FEES FOR RIVER AND BAY CERTIFICATES.” the following words:—

“FEES FOR PORTION OF EXAMINATION FOR FOREIGN-GOING OR LIMITED COAST-TRADE CERTIFICATES WHEN CANDIDATE HOLDS SECTIONAL PASS.

 

When a candidate for any prescribed Foreign-going or Limited Coast-Trade Certificate of Competency holds a valid sectional pass in either the signalling, written or oral portion of the examination, the fee for examination in the remaining subjects shall be as follows:—

(a) in written work only, half fee;

(b) in written work and signals, half fee plus 10s;

(c) in oral work and signals, half fee;

(d) in oral work only, half fee less 10s,:

Provided that the minimum fee for any one portion of an examination for a certificate of competency shall be 10s.”.

Appendix B.

14. Appendix B to the Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations is amended by omitting from the column headed “ Lowest Capacity” the words “ Provided that if his service was as Second or Third Mate he will be required to prove that the length of the voyage between terminal ports was not less than 500 miles”and inserting in their stead the words “ Provided that if his service was as Second or Third Mate and the length of the voyage between terminal ports was not less than 500 miles the provisions of regulation 36 (2.) (c) (i) must have been complied with, and where the length of the voyage between terminal ports was less than 500 miles the provisions of regulation 36 (2.) (c) (ii) must have been complied with ”.

Appendix D.

15. Appendix D to the Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations is repealed and the following Appendix inserted in its stead :—

“APPENDIX D.

EXAMINATION IN SIGNALLING.

In all cases and for all grades of certificates in respect of which an examination in signalling is required, the examination will consist of an examination in the International Code, the Morse Code (flashing) and Semaphore.

International Code.—Examiners should frame the examination in the International Code of Signals upon the instructions and examples given at the commencement of the International Code Book, Vol. 1. The information there given will be found sufficient to indicate the characteristics of the Code.

The candidate should have a thorough knowledge of the International Code and be able to receive and make signals in accordance with the instructions contained at the commencement of the International Code Book, Vol. 1. He will be required to read the several flag hoists by sight in a message and therefrom, with the aid of the Code Book, decode the message, and he will also be given a message to code.

Voluntary Examination for Signalling Endorsement.—The candidate will be required to make and receive in Morse flashing a test message comprising groups of letters and also a spelling message of 25 words at a rate of 10 words a minute, and in Semaphore a spelling message of 50 words, at a rate of 12 words a minute.

Examination for a Certificate of Competency.—The candidate will be required to make and receive in Morse flashing a test message and also a spelling message of 10 words at a rate of 5 words a minute, and in Semaphore a spelling message of 25 words, at a rate of 8 words a minute. (The length of a word shall average five letters.)

Signalling Procedure.–– All candidates must have a thorough knowledge of all the procedure adopted and signs used for each method of signalling, as laid down at the commencement of the International Code Book, Vol. 1., which knowledge will be tested during the course of the examination. He must also have a good knowledge of the Distress Signals and understand the penalty which may be incurred by their improper use.

Allotment of Marks.—In the Morse flashing examination, marks will be allotted for the test message in proportion of 50/78 of a mark for each correct letter (see table at back of test card) and for spelling messages, in both Morse and Semaphore, 2 marks for each correct word or group of figures.

Percentage of Marks for a Pass.—To pass in the signalling examination a candidate must gain an aggregate of at least 90 per cent. of the maximum marks in both making and reading in each method, i.e., Morse flashing and Semaphore.

Method of Signalling.—The Morse messages should be made with the lamp supplied for the purpose and the room in which the examination is conducted should be darkened as far as possible by drawing the curtains. The Semaphore messages may be made by either hand flags or mechanical semaphore, or both, at the discretion of the Examiner.

Details of Examination.—The spelling message is left to the discretion of the Examiner and may be a passage from any book or newspaper in English.

The message as read by the candidate should be taken down by another candidate, where possible, or by a clerk or other person as the Examiner deems expedient.

Particular attention should be paid by Examiners to the accurate spacing of the Morse symbols and to the intervals between letters and words, and also to the correct making of the Semaphore signs. Any attempted increase of speed at the expense of accuracy should be discouraged.

Records.—The messages as read by the candidate, with the mistakes underlined in red, should be recorded on Form M. & M.—Y. This form, together with Form M. & M.—Z. containing the percentage of marks allotted, and any remarks the Examiner has to add with respect to the examination, should be forwarded to the Principal Examiner.”.

 

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.