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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 67

2. Any candidate having failed in his examination for a certificate as extra master may, if he so desires, proceed with the examination for a certificate as master.

3. In all such cases of failure and subsequent examination for a lower-grade certificate, candidates will be required to complete the whole of the work prescribed for the lower-grade certificate. The subsequent examination may be held during the current week, or on the occasion of the next succeeding regular examination date, as shall be directed by the Examiner.

4. Candidates will not be required to make further formal application or further payment of fee in respect of any such subsequent examination; and no part of the fee already paid by a candidate for the examination in which he has failed will be returned to him.

5. Failure to pass the Sight Tests.—Any candidate for examination who fails to pass the prescribed sight tests shall not be allowed to proceed further with the examination for a certificate of competency of any grade. If the circumstances render it necessary for any candidate to proceed with the examination in navigation and seamanship before undergoing examination in the sight tests, he must be clearly informed that the examination in navigation and seamanship will be cancelled in the event of his failure to pass either of the sight tests.

6. Failure in Examination.—In every case of failure the candidate, if eligible and if desiring to again sit for examination for a certificate of competency of the same grade as that for which he failed, or for any other grade, must be examined anew.

7. Failure in Navigation.—Any candidate having failed in navigation three times within a period of three months will not be eligible to sit for re-examination for the certificate for which he last failed, or for any higher certificate, until a period of three months since the date of his last failure has elapsed, notwithstanding that any or all of such failures may have occurred outside this Dominion.

8. Failure in Seamanship.—Any candidate having failed in seamanship will not be eligible for examination until a period of six months since the date of his failure has elapsed. Whether the whole or part of this period shall be served at sea will depend upon the subjects in seamanship in which the candidate failed; but the amount of further sea service to be required will be left to the discretion of the Examiner.

Failure due merely to inability to repeat verbatim the articles of the Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea will not be considered as failure in seamanship if the candidate understands the practical application of those regulations; but such inability will entail the same penalties as failure in navigation.

The Examiner in making his report on Form Exn. 14 shall state what amount, if any, of further sea service the candidate must perform; and he shall also insert this information on the candidate’s Form Exn. 2.

28. Failure in Seamanship for an Ordinary Certificate.—Any candidate who during his examination for an “ordinary” certificate of any grade fails in seamanship so far as regards the management of square-rigged sailing-vessels may, if he so desires, and without further formal application or further payment of fee, proceed with the examination for a certificate of competency for foreign-going steamships, or for for-and-aft-rigged vessels. Similarly, if a candidate fails in seamanship during his examination for a certificate as extra master, he may proceed with the examination for a certificate as extra master, steamships.

29. Failure in Examination for Extra Master.—A candidate who has failed in his examination for a certificate as extra master will not be allowed to present himself for examination for that grade of certificate more than three times within a period of twelve months.

30. Failure in Voluntary Examinations.—A candidate for the voluntary examination in compass-deviation, in steam, or in signalling will not be allowed to present himself for examination in respect of each of those subjects more than three times within a period of twelve months.

31. Fee in Case of Failure.—If a candidate fails to pass the examination in navigation or seamanship, no part of the fee will be returned to him.