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THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1989

WHICH

ONE CODE OF PRACTICE TO BE A "LOCAL CRAFT USERS CODE" WOULD BE SIMILAR IN CONCEPT AND USE TO THE "ROAD USERS CODE" ISSUED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT.

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REGISTRATION AND LICENSING TO BE SIMILAR TO VEHICLES ALTHOUGH CALLED BY DIFFERENT NAMES.

THAT FOR ROAD

ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY

INSTANCE,

IN THE

SURVEY IN 90-DAY

DATES AS PRE-LICENSING

IS DONE, PERIOD FOR

FOR

ROADWORTHINESS TEST OF A CAR.

MARINE

STAFF DEPARTMENT

SURVEY SUCH AS LARGE CAPACITY PASSENGER VESSELS, DANGEROUS GOODS VESSELS.

WILL

HIGH

RISK

VESSELS

OIL TANKERS AND

TWO PRINCIPAL TYPES OF COMMERCIAL VESSEL WILL BE RECOGNISED, NAMELY PASSENGER AND NON-PASSENGER CARRYING VESSELS.

OF PLEASURE

VESSELS COMMERCIAL

SO THAT SUCH PURPOSES WOULD

A BETTER DEFINITION VESSELS AT PRESENT OPERATED FOR BE RE-CLASSIFIED TO THEIR APPROPRIATE COMMERCIAL CLASS.

A COMPUTER SYSTEM.

A FIXED PENALTY SYSTEM FOR CERTAIN COMMON OFFENCES.

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A

APPROPRIATE MORE STRUCTURE, LICENCES,

AND

TO

BE CALLED

SIMPLIFIED COXSWAINS

"DRIVING LICENCE" AND ENGINE OPERATOR

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A UNIFIED TONNAGE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM.

COMPREHENSIVE TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS TO BE MADE.

APPROPRIATE ALL

TO ADVISE THE MATTERS CONCERNING

A SINGLE BROAD-BASED CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE DIRECTOR OF MARINE ON LOCAL CRAFT.

WOULD

BE

MR PYRKE SAID THE TARGET DATE FOR NEW LEGISLATION

SOME PROPOSALS EARLY 1990'S, BUT NOTED THAT UNDER CURRENT LEGISLATION IF POSSIBLE.

WAS IN THE IMPLEMENTED

MR PYRKE POINTED THAT SOME OF THE AND ANOMALOUS

ON THE RATIONALE FOR UNDERTAKING THE REVIEW,

TIME FOR SOME RECOGNISED OUT THAT IT HAD BEEN

OVER-COMPLICATED, AND PROCEDURES WERE PRESENT LAWS ARCHAIC AND HAD, IN SOME INSTANCES, HINDERED MARINE DEVELOPMENT.

LOCAL CRAFT

AND LEGISLATION

ADMINISTRATIVE "OVER THE YEARS

TO MEET SPECIFIC PROBLEMS PRACTICES HAVE BEEN MODIFIED AND WIDENED

INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, NEW TYPES, VESSEL SUCH AS CHANGING

CENTRES CONVENTIONS, CHANGING PATTERNS OF MARINE TRADE AND POPULATION BUT NO OVERALL REVIEW HAD TAKEN PLACE IN RECENT YEARS," HE SAID.

THE REVIEW HAD BEEN INITIATED THAT MR PYRKE STRESSED CARRIED OUT ENTIRELY BY THE DEPARTMENT.

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