Section 63 Qualifying for personal watercraft licence

(1) The chief executive or the general manager may grant a personal watercraft licence to an applicant only if the applicant—

(a) holds—

(i) a recreational marine driver licence; or

(ii) a licence issued under the law of another State equivalent to a recreational marine driver licence; or

(iii) a certificate of competency issued, or taken to have been issued, under the national law authorising a person to operate a ship as its master; and

(b) is 16 years or more; and

(c) has knowledge, to the reasonable satisfaction of the chief executive or the general manager, of—

(i) the Act and this regulation as they affect personal watercraft; and

(ii) the collision regulations; and

(d) has demonstrated competency in safe operating practices for personal watercraft to the reasonable satisfaction of the chief executive or the general manager.

(2) Subsection (3) applies if the applicant does not have the licence, certificate of competency, knowledge or competency required for a personal watercraft licence under subsection (1).

(3) The chief executive or the general manager may grant the licence to the applicant if reasonably satisfied the applicant has other qualifications, training or experience at least equivalent to the licence, certificate of competency, knowledge or competency required under subsection (1).