Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2020
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Amendment of section 72 of Act of 1996 | ||
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92. Section 72 of the Act of 1996 is amended— | ||
(a) in subsection (1) — | ||
(i) by the insertion of “the conditions specified in paragraph (a), either paragraph (b) or (c), and paragraph (d) are satisfied” after “grant to that person a certificate (in this Part referred to as ‘a pilotage exemption certificate’) if”, | ||
(ii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b): | ||
“(b) the person is, at the time of the making of the application— | ||
(i) the holder of a certificate of competency, issued pursuant to the European Union (Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers) Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 242 of 2014 ), in any of the following capacities: | ||
(I) master; | ||
(II) chief mate; or | ||
(III) officer in charge of a navigational watch, | ||
or | ||
(ii) the holder of a document issued by another Member State 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,”, | ||
(iii) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “the person is, at the time of the making of the application, the holder of a certificate of competency which—” for “the person is the holder of a subsisting certificate of competency which—”, and | ||
(iv) by the deletion of “or” after paragraph (c), | ||
(b) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “3 years” for “1 year”, and | ||
(c) in subsection (4), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a): | ||
“(a) A company which has granted a pilotage exemption certificate under subsection (1) may, in accordance with any bye-laws made by it under section 71 relating to renewal of such certificates, renew it and, for this purpose— | ||
(i) a reference to an application under subsection (1) includes an application for renewal, and | ||
(ii) such an application may be made at any time prior to the expiration of the pilotage exemption certificate.”. |