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CAP. 281]
Merchant Shipping (Engine Room Watch Ratings) Regulations
[1985 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
(Cap. 135.)
(Cap. 135. sub. leg.)
Application.
Obligation on employer, master and chief
engineer officer.
Power to issue certificates.
First Schedule.
Second Schedule.
"sea-going ship" means a ship other than one which navigates exclusively in inland waters, or in areas where port regulations apply:
"Seamen's Recruiting Office" means the Seamen's Recruiting Office established under section 4(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Recruiting of Seamen) Ordinance;
"Service Record Book" means a service record book issued under the Merchant Shipping (Recruiting of Seamen) (Service Record Books) Regulations.
3. (1) These regulations apply to all sea-going ships registered in Hong Kong having registered power of 750 kilowatts or more:
Provided that these regulations shall not apply to-
(a) fishing vessels; or
(b) pleasure craft not engaged in trade.
(2) The Director of Marine may exempt from all or any provisions of these regulations any ship or class of ships.
4. (1) It shall be the duty of every employer to ensure that any ship for which he employs the master and to which these regulations apply carries such qualified engine room watch ratings as are necessary to enable the master and chief engineer officer to comply with the requirements of paragraph (2).
(2) Neither the master nor the chief engineer officer of any ship to which these regulations apply shall permit a member of the ship's crew who is not a qualified engineer officer or a qualified engine room watch rating to form part of an engine room watch or to perform duties for which he is not qualified as part of that watch unless that member's duties while on watch are of an unskilled nature:
Provided that nothing in this regulation shall prohibit the participation of additional members of the ship's crew in engine room watchkeeping duties as part of their training under the supervision of a qualified engineer officer or qualified engine room watch rating.
5. (1) The Director, if satisfied as to the matters set out in the First Schedule in respect of a rating shall, upon application by the rating and payment of the prescribed fee, issue an Engine Room Watch Rating Certificate in the form set out in the Second Schedule:
Provided that if the rating cannot satisfy the Director that he has adequate knowledge of the safe operation of a ship's boilers and an ability to maintain correct water levels and steam pressures, the certificate shall be expressed to exclude a boiler watch. If the rating