Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts The Governor may make
regulations prescribing all matters that are necessary or convenient to be
prescribed for giving effect to the purposes of this Division and, in
particular —
(a) for
the classification of certificates of competency;
(b)
providing for the conduct of examinations of persons who are candidates for
examination for certificates of competency as masters, mates, marine
engineers, marine engine drivers, and coxswains, for exemptions from all or
any of such examinations and for appeals in respect of failure in
examinations;
(c)
prescribing the qualifications required to be possessed by candidates for
examinations under this Division;
(d)
providing for the production of evidence of medical fitness by candidates for
examinations under this Division and regulating the conduct of sight tests of
such candidates;
(e)
regulating the appointment of, and prescribing the qualifications to possessed
by, persons conducting examinations under this Division;
(f)
providing for the grant, endorsement, and revalidation of certificates of
competency to and the surrender of certificates of competency by masters,
mates, marine engineers, marine engine drivers, and coxswains and providing
for applications to the State Administrative Tribunal for review of decisions
about the grant, endorsement, and revalidation of those certificates of
competency;
(g)
enabling and regulating the suspension or cancellation of certificates of
competency and making provisions for applications to the State Administrative
Tribunal for review of such suspension or cancellation;
(h)
providing for the grant of temporary permits and temporary dispensations from
requirements under this Division; and
(i)
providing for the acceptance of overseas qualifications
and the recognition of certificates of competency of the various Australian
authorities.
[Section 10
amended by No. 55 of 2004 s. 1310.]