12. CREW LEVELS AND COMPETENCY
12.1 The Master and the Owner of a Craft or Boat for Hire shall at all times when the Craft or Boat for Hire is being worked or navigated or let for hire for carrying persons or being used for carrying passengers, ensure that there are on board a crew of sufficient numbers and sufficient competence and experience to man the Craft or Boat for Hire having regard to any notification given by the Harbourmaster in relation to that vessel under Byelaw 12.2 below.
12.2 The Harbourmaster may specify in any notification given to the Owner of any Craft or Boat for Hire, the number of persons and the standard of competence and experience which are to be treated as sufficient for the purposes of Byelaw 12.1 above.
12.3 A person who offends against Byelaw 12.1 shall be guilty of an offence and be liable, on conviction before a court of summary jurisdiction, to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
12.4 This Byelaw shall not apply to any vessel which is exempt from the requirement for licensing under section 124 (Unlicensed vessels not to be navigated) of the Act.