1985 Ed.]
Merchant Shipping (Navigational Watch Ratings) Regulations
[CAP. 281
E 1
MERCHANT SHIPPING (NAVIGATIONAL WATCH RATINGS) MERCHANT/S
HONG
REGULATIONS
(Cap. 281, sections 5, 6A and 114)
[Subsidiary]
L.N. 184/84.
L.N. 122/85.
L.N. 310/85.
L.N. 343/85.
J.
LAW
LIBRARY
[6 July 1984.]
regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Navigational Watch Ratings) Regulations.
2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-
“Convention" means the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978;
"employer" means the person for the time being employing a master; "fishing vessel" means-
(a) a vessel for the time being employed in sea fishing by way of trade; or
(b) a Government research fishing vessel;
"GRT" in relation to a ship means its gross register tonnage and in relation to a ship having alternative gross register tonnages means the lower of those tonnages;
"Navigational Watch Rating Certificate" means a certificate issued under regulation 5(1);
"pleasure craft" means a vessel primarily used for sport or recreation;
“qualified deck officer" means an officer who is qualified for the purposes of regulation 4 of the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Officers) Regulations;
"qualified navigational watch rating" means a rating who holds a valid qualifying document;
"qualifying document" means either a Navigational Watch Rating Certificate or, in the case of a rating who is a national of a country which is a party to the Convention, a document issued to its nationals by the appropriate authority of such country under provisions equivalent to these regulations for the purposes of the Convention;
"rating" means a member of the ship's crew other than the master or a qualified deck officer;
"sea service" means service at sea on board a sea-going ship, (whether or not a ship to which these regulations apply);
"sea-going ship" means a ship other than one which navigates exclusively in inland waters or in areas where port regulations apply;
Citation.
Interpretation.
¡Cap. 281, sub. leg.)