CO129-536-10 Need for leglisation concerning number of certificated officers carried on passenger ships 18-11-1931 - 15-6-1932 — Page 20

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QUESTION 2

REPLIES OF THE GOVERNMENTS

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It would appear, in view of the very different circumstances in which navigation is carried on in the different countries, that it should be left to national laws or regulations to deter- mine the requirements as to the minimum of professional capacity for the different classes of officers.

YUGOSLAVIA

1. The reply is in the affirmative.

Question 2.

Definition of the duties for which certificates are to be required.

2. Do you consider that the scope of the Draft Convention should be determined on the basis of general definitions, which might be as follows:-

Master or skipper - Any person having command or charge of a vessel;

Navigating officer in charge of a watch not being a pilot, who is navigating a ship ;

Any person,

Chief engineer- Any person permanently responsible

for the engine-room staff ;

Engineer officer in charge of a watch Any person who is running a ship's engines?

AUSTRALIA

2. The reply is in the affirmative. The following definitions are suggested as appropriate :

Master or skipper No alteration suggested.

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Navigating officer in charge of

watch

Any person, not being a pilot, on watch and controlling, for the time being, the navigation of the ship.

Chief engineer Any person permanently responsible for the propelling machinery of the ship, and in control of the engine-room staff.

Engineer officer in charge of a watch — Any person on watch controlling for the time being the engines and engine room of the ship.

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BELGIUM

The scope of the Draft Convention should be determined on the basis of general definitions, which might be as follows:

(a) Ships All vessels of at least 25 tons intended to be ordinarily employed at sea and in maritime waters in the carriage of passengers or goods, in fishing, as tugs, or in any form of navigation for profit.

(b) Master or skipper · charge of a vessel.

Any person having command or

(c) Navigating officer in charge of a watch - Any person, not being a pilot, who takes the place of and assists the master or skipper in the navigation of a vessel.

(d) Chief engineer- Any person permanently responsible for running the propelling or other machinery of a vessel.

(e) Engineer officer in charge of a watch Any person who takes the place of the chief engineer and assists him in running the propelling or other machinery of a vessel.

CUBA

2. The scope of the Draft Convention should comprise all the persons included in the present question and the definitions contained therein.

CZECHOSLOVAKIA

See reply under Question 1, ante, p. 10.

DENMARK

2. The general definitions proposed may be agreed to.

ESTONIA

2. All the definitions in this question are acceptable.

FINLAND

2. The four general definitions suggested are approved. They are in conformity with the provisions of Sections 44-48 of the Seamen's Act of 8 March 1921.

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