Section 82: Competency test
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82. Competency test
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a skipper’s licence shall not be granted to
an applicant unless he produces a valid Skipper’s Competency Test Certificate issued by the Authority.
(2) The Authority may grant the applicant a provisional skipper’s licence
in such form and manner and subject to such terms and conditions as the
Authority may impose.
(3) Where a person to whom a provisional skipper’s licence is granted
fails to comply with any of the conditions subject to which it is granted, he
shall commit an offence and, shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not
less than 1,000 rupees and not exceeding 10,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months.
(4) A person who is disqualified from holding or obtaining a provisional
skipper licence shall not be entitled to undergo the Skipper’s Competency
Test during the period of disqualification.
(5) Where a person is issued with a provisional skipper's licence, he shall
not operate nor be in charge of a pleasure craft in a navigational area for
commercial purposes.
(6) Any person who contravenes subsection (5) shall commit an offence
and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not less than 5,000 rupees and
not exceeding 50,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
one year.
[S. 82 amended by s. 29 (b) of Act 38 of 2011 w.e.f. 15 December 2011.]
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