Harbours (Amendment) Act 2009
Amendment of section 72 (pilotage exemption certificates) of Principal Act. |
15.— Section 72 of the Principal Act is amended by substituting the following for paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (1): | |
“(b) the person is— | ||
(i) the holder of a subsisting certificate of competency, issued pursuant to regulations made under section 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Seamen) Act 1979 , in any of the following capacities: | ||
(I) master, | ||
(II) chief mate, or | ||
(III) officer in charge of a navigational watch, | ||
(ii) the holder of a subsisting document issued by another Member State of the European Communities or the Kingdom of Norway or the Republic of Iceland, certifying a level of competency which corresponds to a certificate of competency to which subparagraph (i) relates, | ||
(c) the person is the holder of a subsisting certificate of competency which— | ||
(i) is a certificate to which regulation I/2 of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers 1978, done at London on 7 July 1978, relates, and | ||
(ii) was issued to a master or deck officer by or under the authority of the government of any other state where such certificate is recognised by the State for the purposes of regulation I/10 of that Convention by virtue of an order made under section 7 (as amended by section 28 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1992 ) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1947 ,”. |