(1) The hearing of a candidate for an examination for certification under the Fourth Schedule, as certified by a registered medical practitioner, shall be as follows: 

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(a) an examination for a certificate, other than for a radio amateur operator's certificate, shall not be less than seventy-five per cent of normal hearing in each ear; and 

 

(b) an examination for a radiotelephone operator's restricted certificate, shall not be less than seventy five per cent of normal hearing in one ear.

 

(2) Notwithstanding subparagraph (1) (b), a candidate who, with the assistance of a hearing aid complies with the hearing requirements and if a certificate is issued to him shall bear an endorsement stating that where the operation of a radiocommunications equipment may involve the safety of life, the holder of the certificate is authorised to act as a radio operator only if another operator whose certificate is not similarly endorsed is on duty at the same time.