1981 Ed.]
Merchant Shipping (Certification of Officers) Regulations
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PART II
[Subsidiary]
4.
CERTIFICATION OF DECK Officers
(1) For the purposes of these regulations, a deck officer shall be qualified-
(a) if he holds a certificate of competency as a deck officer issued under these regulations or a certificate which is to be treated as equivalent to such a certificate under regulation 5; and
(b) such certificate is in force in relation to a class appropriate to the station held by him in the ship.
(2) (a) A general certificate of competency issued by the Director shall be of one of the following classes----
Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 1 (Master Mariner)
Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 2 Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 3 Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 4.
(b) A certificate of competency of a class mentioned in the list in this paragraph shall be of a higher class than a certificate of a class mentioned after it in that list.
(3) (a) A river trade certificate of competency issued by the Director shall be of one of the following classes-
Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) (River Trade) Class 1
Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) (River Trade) Class 2
Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) (River Trade) Class 3.
(b) A river trade certificate of competency of a class mentioned in the list in this paragraph shall be of a higher class than a certificate of a class mentioned after it in that list.
(4) Any certificate issued to a deck officer may be issued subject to any qualifications or limitations endorsed thereon.
5. (1) Certificates of competency and of service issued under or recognized by the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Deck Officers) Regulations 1980, which have an equivalent under these regulations, shall be equivalent to certificates of competency or of service of the same class or description issued under these regulations.
Qualified deck officer and classes of certificates.
Certificates equivalent to a certificate of competency or service. (5.1. 1980/2026.)
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