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of the period specified in paragraph (a) of the Second Schedule reduced by any remissions granted under paragraphs 28, 32, 33 and 34 of this Part of this Schedule and paragraph 1(5) of the Second Schedule provided that a letter from the Master of Owners is produced stating that their service was satisfactorily performed during their period on board ship. In no case will a candidate be admitted to examination until he has completed a minimum period of twenty-two and one half months on board ship. In the event of a candidate having corn- pleted the required period and being short of the necessary service on board ship, he will be required to show such additional seu service, either as a seaman or a junior officer, to make up the deficiency.
The concession provided by this paragraph does not apply to any case in which a vessel on which the candidate has served has been laid up in port for a large proportion of the period concerned. The proportion of the period which can be accepted as qualifying service in such a case depends on the individual circumstances thereof and each case will be considered on its merits. The examiners will make as generous an allowance for such service as they properly can having regard to the condition that candidates for certificates of competency must have sufficient experience of actual service at sea.
A candidate who has completed his qualifying service but has not reached the age of twenty years may sit the examination as soon as he has attained the age of nineteen and one half years, but if he is successful the certificate will col be issued until he reaches the age of twenty years.
Promotion During Apprentice or Cadet Service.
27, Where an apprentice, cadet or midshipman, whether bound by indentures or not is promoted to uncertificated junior officer in the same company, for the last year of apprenticeship or cadetship, such officer's service will be treated, for the purposes of assessing sea service, as cadet or apprentice service.
Training Ships.
28. One hall the time served after the age of fourteen years on board a training ship specified in list A in Part II of this Schedule shall count # qualifying sex service, provided that the candidate can produce a satisfactory certificate from the appropriate Committee or Captain Superintendent testifying to his good conduct and proficiency up to the time of leaving the ship, subject to the Timit of time specified in that İst in the case of each training ship an to the condition that the total remission of ses service in respect of attendance at training ships and schools shall not exceed twelve months. Training ship service will not be regarded as equivalent to service in square-rigged vessela
29. Time spent after the age of fourteen years at a school for nautical training specified in Part II of this Schedule may count as service at sea in the proportion specified in that Part:
Provided tha!--
(a) the candidate produces a satisfactory certificate as regards conduct and proficiency from the authorities of the school on leaving it; and
(6) in the case of any school specified in list B or C in that Part the certificate shows whether or not the candidate completed the course. and in the case of any school specified in list C or D the certificate testifles In addition to the candidates continuous and regular attendance at all the approved classes, and in the case of any school specified in list D the certificate also states the total number of hours during which the candidate attended at the school
30. A candidate who, at different times, has attended two or more schools of nautical training specified in Part II of this Schedule will be allowed remission of sea service in respect of attendance at each of them, subject to the condition that the total remission of sea service in respect of attention Il approved schools and training ships will not exceed twelve months.
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31. Time spent at schools specified in Part 1 of this Schedule will not be I accepted in lieu of any part of the officer's service required to quality as candidate for examination for a certificate as First Male or Master; nor in lieu of sea service required in consequence of failure in any oral examination.
Mid. Apprenticeship Courses.
12. Time spent by a deck apprentice or cadet (whether indentured or un- indentured) at a fully residential course ashore at approximately the middle of his apprenticeship may attract a remission of sea service equal to the full period of residence up to a maximum of six months, provided that the total remission of sea service shall not exceed eighteen monthã. To qualify for remission the course must be recognized by the Minister.
A list of such schools is contained in list F of Part II of this Schedule.
Certificate of Education,
11. Candidates for certificates of competency as Second Male may be granted a remission of nine months sea service if they have obtained the qualifica- ilons specified below, and provided they were in receipt of a full-time cducation up to the date of gaining the qualification.
(a) In England passes in not less than five subjects in the General Certificate of Education, of which two, including either Mathematics or Physics
must be at advanced level.
(3) A Scottish Leaving Certificate (or from 1962 onwards, a Scottish Certi- ficate of Education) with passes in not less than five subjects, of which at least three should be on the Higher grade; one of the Higher grade passes must be either in Mathematics or in Science (which must include Physics).
(c) Passes in not less than five subjects in the Northern Ireland Grammar School Senior Certificate Examination, of which at least two, including either Mathematics or Physios, must be at advanced level.
W Other qualifications which are accepted by the Ministry of Transport as
being equivalent to (4), (5) or (c) above.
(e) Passes in not less than five subjects in the Irish Republic School Leaving Certificate Examination of which at least two, including either Mathe- matics or Physics, must be at honour level.
(1) Passes in not less than five subjects in the Matriculation Examination of the University of Hong Kong, of which at least two, including either Mathematica or Physics, must be passed at the advanced level.
(c) Passes in not less than dve subjects in the London University General Cerüficate of Education Examination held overseas, of which at least two, including either Mathematics or Physics, must be passed at the advanced level.
A candidate cligible for remission under this paragraph and also for remis- sion by virtue of training in training ships or school specified in Part II of this Schedule or in naval training colleges specified in paragmph 34 of this Part will be entitled to aggregate the remissions provided that the total remission of sea service does not exceed fifteen months.
A candidate who also attends a mid-apprenticeship release course referred to in paragraph 32, served in an approved cadet ship, or attends an approved 川
inloc course in navigation will gain a further three moaths remission.
Service in Naval Training Colleges.
34. Time spent at the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth or the Royal Australian Naval College or the National Defence Academy Khadatvasia will. ubject to the conditions laid down in paragraph 29, be permitted to count as
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