42Tests of health or competence

42 Tests of health or competence

(1) For the purposes of section 56 of the Act, a test of a class described in Column 2 of the following Table must be carried out by a person of the class described in Column 3 of the Table opposite the class of test.

| Column 1<br>Item number | Column 2 <br>Class of test | Column 3<br>Prescribed class of person | | 1 | Medical test | Registered medical practitioners. | | 2 | Tests related to eyesight | Registered medical practitioners, registered optometrists, occupational therapists, persons and classes of persons authorised by the Safety Director and persons employed under Part 3 of the Public Administration Act 2004 in the Department of Transport who are authorised, in writing by the Safety Director, for the purpose of eyesight testing. | | 3 | An evaluation of a person's physical and cognitive abilities or skills to be the master of a registered recreational vessel or a regulated hire and drive vessel | Occupational therapists and persons authorised in writing by the Safety Director to conduct tests of physical and cognitive abilities or skills to be the master of a registered recreational vessel or a regulated hire and drive vessel. | | 4 | A written test of knowledge of the provisions of the Act, these Regulations and any rules made under section 184 of the Act that apply to the operation of registered recreational vessels or the safe operation of a recreational vessel | Accredited persons and delegates of the Safety Director. |

(2) The Safety Director must accept, for the purposes of section 56 of the Act, a certificate of the results of a medical test conducted in another State or a Territory if the test is carried out by a person in accordance with this regulation.

Division 2—Conditions of marine licences