15Eligibility requirements

15 Eligibility requirements

(1)  A person is eligible to hold a pilotage exemption certificate if –

(a) he or she –

(i) holds a valid Australian certificate of competency, that qualifies the applicant to act in the capacity of master in relation to the size of vessel to which the exemption is intended to apply, issued by AMSA; or

(ii) in the case of a vessel registered in a port outside Australia, holds a valid certificate, competency or certificate of recognition, that qualifies the applicant to act in the capacity of master in relation to the size of vessel to which the exemption is intended to apply, issued by an approved organisation, in relation to that port, that is party to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping of Seafarers 1995; or

(iii) has other approved experience and qualifications; and

(b) he or she has undertaken the required number and type of voyages specified in the Marine Pilotage Code for the pilotage area to which the application relates; and

(c) he or she holds a valid certificate of medical and mental fitness issued in accordance with the Medical Health and Fitness Order.

(2)  For the purposes of subregulation (1)(b) , an applicant for a pilotage exemption certificate must –

(a) maintain a record in an approved form of each voyage completed under pilotage; and

(b) ensure that the record is endorsed by –

(i) the pilot; or

(ii) the exempt master in charge of the vessel.