Cancellation of marine pilot’s licences on notification
38A Cancellation of marine pilot’s licences on notification
The holder of a marine pilot’s licence must give written notice to the responsible regulator as soon as practicable after the holder—
retires, or
has not been employed as a marine pilot by a pilotage service provider for a continuous period of 2 years.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
The responsible regulator may cancel the holder’s marine pilot’s licence if the responsible regulator is notified, or otherwise becomes aware, that the holder—
is retired, or
has not been employed as a marine pilot by a pilotage service provider for a continuous period of 2 years.
Before cancelling the licence, the responsible regulator must—
give the holder of the marine pilot’s licence written notice of the proposed cancellation, and
give the holder of the marine pilot’s licence a reasonable opportunity to make submissions about the proposed cancellation, and
consider the submissions received.
The responsible regulator may, by written notice given to the holder of the marine pilot’s licence, require the holder to give the responsible regulator additional information that the responsible regulator considers reasonably necessary to decide whether to cancel the licence.
The responsible regulator must give the holder of the marine pilot’s licence written notice of the cancellation.
The cancellation takes effect on the date the notice of the cancellation is given.
The notice given to the holder must state—
the date the cancellation takes effect, and
the reasons for the cancellation, and
the holder’s right to appeal the decision to cancel the licence.
In this section—
pilotage service provider has the same meaning as in Part 6.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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