71Consistency in assessment

71 Consistency in assessment

To ensure consistency in the assessment of pilots, AMSA may review assessments conducted by a check pilot or be present during the conduct of an assessment on a check pilotage voyage or through a competency assessment.

Division 8 Approved pilotage training courses

Subdivision 8.1 Application, decision etc

72 Application

(1) A person (the applicant) may apply to AMSA for approval to provide a stated pilotage training course for a stated pilotage area.

(2) The application must be in writing.

Note If a form is approved for the application, the approved form must be used and is available on the AMSA website at http://www.amsa.gov.au — see Marine Order 1 (Administration) 2013.

(3) AMSA may, in writing, require the applicant to give AMSA additional information or documents that AMSA reasonably needs to decide the application.

(4) If AMSA requires additional information or documents of an applicant under subsection (3), AMSA is taken to have received the application only when AMSA receives the additional information or documents.

(5) AMSA must, after receiving the application, conduct a training course audit of the applicant under Subdivision 8.2.