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No. S 393

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act

(CHAPTER 170A)

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Harbour Craft Manning Licence Examination) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 41 of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Transport, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Harbour Craft Manning Licence Examination) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and shall come into operation on 1st August 2010.

Deletion and substitution of regulation 12A and new regulation 12B

2. Regulation 12A of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Harbour Craft Manning Licence Examination) Regulations (Rg 4) is deleted and the following regulations substituted therefor:

“Requirement for manning licence

12A.—(1) No person shall take charge of a navigational, deck or engineering watch on a harbour craft unless he is the holder of a valid manning licence granted under these Regulations which is required in accordance with the table set out in the Fourth Schedule to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Harbour Craft) Regulations (Rg 3).

(2) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.

Additional training and service requirements for personnel on certain types of harbour craft

12B.—(1) The Port Master may require any holder of a manning licence to —

(a)	complete such additional training relating to the carrying out of any duty on a harbour craft;
(b)	perform such additional sea service; and
(c)	attend such refresher course relating to the carrying out of any duty on a harbour craft,

as the Port Master may specify.

(2) The Port Master may issue an endorsement to any person who has completed such training, performed such service and attended such refresher course as may be required under paragraph (1), and may stipulate a period of validity for such endorsement.

(3) The Port Master may, in his discretion, refuse to issue an endorsement to any person who has completed such training, performed such service or attended such refresher course as may be required under paragraph (1) if, in the Port Master’s opinion, the person is not a fit and proper person to carry out duties on a harbour craft.

(4) The holder of a manning licence who carries out any duties on board a harbour craft without the endorsement referred to in paragraph (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $1,000 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.”.

Deletion and substitution of regulation 19

3. Regulation 19 of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Harbour Craft Manning Licence Examination) Regulations is deleted and the following regulation substituted therefor:

“Validity of manning licence

19.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and regulation 20, a manning licence shall be valid for such period as the Port Master may specify on the licence.

(2) A manning licence shall cease to be valid on the specified date unless the Port Master receives, before the specified date, a copy of the holder’s medical report issued by a registered medical practitioner certifying that the holder is physically and mentally fit to drive a powered pleasure craft.

(3) The medical report specified in paragraph (2) shall not be issued by a registered medical practitioner more than 3 months before the specified date.

(4) A manning licence is renewable before the expiry date on payment of such fee as the Authority may determine.

(5) In this regulation, “specified date” means —

(a)	the date that the holder of a manning licence attains the age of 60 years; and
(b)	the date falling on every subsequent anniversary of the date referred to in sub-paragraph (a).”.

[G.N. Nos. S 263/2002; S 93/2003; S 505/2004; S 193/2007]

Made this 14th day of July 2010.

LUCIEN WONG

Chairman,
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.

[MPA 46/01.C12.V04/LSK; AG/LLRD/SL/170A/2010/4 Vol. 1]