(c) Where a Hot Work Permit is issued, no welding or flame-cutting operations shall commence until such time as the Harbour Master or Enforcement Officer is satisfied that the requirements of the Hot Work Permit have been met in full. (d) The Harbour Master or Enforcement Officer may grant written exemption, as set out in Schedule 2, Exemptions, of this Bylaw, from compliance with clause 4.6.2 (a), (b), and (c) to a master or owner of a vessel lying at any vessel repair establishment. 3. Dangerous Goods: (a) The master of every commercial vessel shall ensure that, when loading, carrying or discharging Dangerous Goods, the requirements of Maritime Rule Part 24A are complied with at all times. 4.7. French Pass, and Stephens Island Passage and Cape Jackson 1. No vessel of 40 metres in length or more is permitted to transit Stephens Island Passage or the passage that exists between Cape Jackson and Walker's Rock. 2. The Harbour Master may, in writing, exempt the master of every vessel to which clause 4.7.1 applies. Any such exemption will be subject to such conditions as set out in Schedule 2, Exemptions. Any exemption issued in accordance with this clause shall remain valid for such period of time as is shown on the exemption document, but may be withdrawn at any time at the Harbour Master’s discretion if the conditions of it being granted have been breached. 3. The master of every vessel intending to transit French Pass or Stephens Island Passage shall broadcast, or cause to be broadcast a radio message addressed to ‘All Ships’ giving warning of the intention to transit French Pass or Stephens Island Passage not less than 10 (ten) minutes before the proposed transit. This message is to be transmitted on marine VHF channel 16 and should be repeated on marine VHF channels 01 and 65. 4. All vessels intending to transit French Pass or Stephens Island Passage, upon hearing the warning broadcast referred to in clause 4.7.3 are required to establish radio contact with the other vessel and establish if they are going to be in the area at the same time. 5. Where two vessels are likely to pass each other in the vicinity of French Pass or Stephens Island Passage, the vessel which is transiting French Pass or Stephens Island Passage in the same direction as the tidal flow shall have priority and the vessel intending to transit French Pass or Stephens Island Passage against the tidal flow shall wait clear of French Pass or Stephens Island Passage until the other vessel is clear. Page 27