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Colonial Certificates of Competency.
COLONIAL PROVISIONS OF
Name of Possession to be inserted.
2. A colonial certificate of competency shall have the name of the British Possession in which the same is granted, inserted prominently on its face and back.
Certificates to be numbered consecutively.
3. The certificates of competency granted in each British Possession shall be numbered in consecutive order.
Lists of Certificates granted, cancelled, &c., to be sent to Registrar General of Seamen.
4. The authority in each British Possession shall furnish the Registrar General of Seamen in London, from time to time, with accurate lists of all such colonial certificates of competency as may be granted therein or as may, for any cause whatsoever, be cancelled, suspended, removed, or re-issued; and shall also furnish him with duplicates of the applications for examination made by the persons to whom such certificates are granted.
Certificates to be granted only upon proof of service at sea.
5. A colonial certificate of competency shall be granted only upon proof that the previous service at sea of the person applying for the same has been such as is required by the regulations for the time being in force in the United Kingdom with respect to certificates of the like grade.
Certificates of competency granted contrary to this regulation, or upon any false, incorrect or insufficient proof, certificate, or report of service, qualification, conduct, or character shall be regarded as improperly granted. Certificates not to be granted when former are cancelled.
6. A colonial certificate of competency shall not be granted to any person who may have had a certificate, whether granted by the Board of Trade or by the authority of a British Possession, cancelled or suspended under the provisions of the said Acts or of any Act or Ordinance for the time being in force in any part of Her Majesty's Dominions, unless-
(i) in accordance with Regulation No. 7;
(ii) or the same is a certificate of a lower grade than the one so cancelled or suspended, and is issued upon the recommendation of the Court or authority which cancelled or suspended the original certificate;
(iii) or the period of suspension has expired;
(iv) or intimation has been received from the Board of Trade, or the authority by whom the cancelled or suspended certificate was originally granted, to the effect that no objection to the grant of such colonial certificate is known to exist.
Before a certificate is returned in accordance with sub-section (iii) any certificate which may have been granted temporarily or pending the suspension must be delivered up and it shall be returned to the authority by whom it was granted.