87Licence revalidation

87 Licence revalidation

87.1 A person is eligible to apply for revalidation of the person’s pilot licence if the person, at the time of applying for the revalidation:

(a) holds a licence other than a trainee pilot licence that is:

(i) in force; or

(ii) not in force, and not suspended or cancelled; and

(b) completes an approved training course within 4 years before applying for revalidation; and

(d) for a pilot licence other than check pilots licence — meets the requirements of provision 87.2; and

(e) for a check pilot licence — meets the requirements for the unrestricted licence for the pilotage area to which the licence is related.

87.2 A person is eligible to apply for revalidation of the person’s restricted pilot licence or unrestricted pilot licence if, at the time of applying for the revalidation:

(a) for a licence to pilot in the Hydrographers Passage pilotage area — the person has performed pilotage duties on at least 8 transits of the area during the 2 years before the day the application is made, of which:

(i) at least 4 transits have been completed during the 12 months before the revalidation; and

(b) for a licence to pilot in the inner route pilotage area — the holder has performed pilotage duties on no less than 8 transits of the area during the 2 years before the day the application is made, of which:

(i) at least 4 transits have been completed during the 12 months before the revalidation; and

(c) for a licence to pilot in the Great North East Channel pilotage area — the holder has performed pilotage duties on at least 4 transits of the area during the 2 years before the day the application is made, of which:

(i) at least 2 transits have been completed during the 12 months before the revalidation; and

(d) for a licence to pilot in the Whitsundays pilotage area — the holder has performed pilotage duties in the area during the 2 years before the day the application is made; or

(e) for a licence to pilot in the Whitsundays pilotage area permitting anchorage of passenger ships in cruise ship anchorages — the holder has performed pilotage duties of pilot anchoring passenger ships in cruise ship anchorages in the area during the 2 years before the revalidation.

87.3 If a person is, under provision 87.2, required to undertake a check pilot voyage for eligibility to revalidate the person’s restricted or unrestricted licence to pilot in a stated pilotage area, the person is taken to have completed the voyage if the person successfully completes an assessment on an approved bridge simulator for the area.

87.4 If AMSA is satisfied that circumstances exist in which it would be unreasonable or impracticable for a licensed pilot to meet the requirements of provision 87.2, AMSA may revalidate the pilot’s unrestricted licence or restricted licence: