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[Subsidiary]
CAP. 281] Merchant Shipping (Tankers-Officers and [1984 Ed. Ratings) Regulations
(Cap. 135, sub. leg.)
Application.
Obligation on employer and master.
Qualifications.
"Service Record Book" means a service record book issued under the Merchant Shipping (Recruiting of Seamen) (Service Record Books) Regulations;
"supervised shipboard service" means the performance of duties connected with cargo or cargo equipment on a tanker (whether or not a tanker to which these regulations apply) under the supervision of a qualified officer or rating in order to acquire an adequate knowledge of safe operational practices on a tanker;
"tanker" means a ship which is constructed or adapted and used for the carriage of bulk cargoes consisting in whole or in part of petroleum, liquid chemicals or liquefied gases and any reference to a type of tanker shall be a reference to the type of cargo which the tanker carries.
3. (1) These regulations apply to all sea-going tankers registered in Hong Kong.
(2) The Director of Marine may exempt from all or any provisions of these regulations any tanker or class of tankers.
4. (1) It shall be the duty of every employer to ensure that any tanker for which he employs the master and to which these regulations apply carries sufficient qualified officers and ratings to perform all duties which may arise in respect of the cargo and cargo equipment.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the master of any tanker to which these regulations apply shall not permit an officer or rating to have specific duties or responsibilities in connexion with the cargo or cargo equipment on the tanker unless that officer or rating-
(a) is qualified in accordance with regulation 5; or
(b) is an officer whose certificate of competency or service is endorsed with a dangerous cargo endorsement for the same type of tanker in accordance with either rule 3(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Certificates of Competency for Deck Officers) Rules 1982 or rule 3(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Certificates of Competency for Marine Engineer Officers) Rules 1982, made under regulations 8 and 15 of the Certification Regulations.
(3) Paragraph (2) shall not prohibit the participation of an additional officer or rating in duties connected with cargo or cargo equipment in the course of supervised shipboard service.
5. (1) In order to be qualified for the duties described in regulation 4 on a tanker of any type an officer or rating shall-