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REPLIES OF THE GOVERNMENTS

Appendix to Chapter 1.*

CANADA

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The Government of Canada is in favour of the adoption of a Convention concerning the establishment of such national systems of minimum requirements.

1.

NEW ZEALAND

Yes; as a matter of fact these requirements are provided for in the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908.

2.

Master or Skipper: Yes; the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, defines a Master as any person (except a Pilot) having command or charge of any ship.

Navigating Officer in charge of a watch: Yes; the manning scale in Section 21 of the Act requires the employment of certain certificated officers for navigation and watch-keeping

purposes.

Chief Engineer: Yes.

Engineer Officer in charge of a watch: Yes; the manning scale in Section 21 of the Act requires the employment of certain certificated engineers.

3. Yes; as a matter of fact the Shipping and Seamen Act provides for certain exemptions in the case of small-type vessels.

4. Yes; the rules for the examination of Masters, Mates and Engineers in New Zealand provide for this.

5.

Yes.

(a) Section 21 of the Act provides for this in New Zealand. (b) Section 32 of the Act provides for this in New Zealand.

6. Yes; authority to detain a vessel in such circumstances is given in Section 226 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, and in Section 3 of the Shipping and Seamen Amendment Act, 1909.

* See footnote, ante, p. 9.

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PORTUGAL

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1. It does not appear indispensable that the International Labour Conference should adopt a Draft Convention stipulating that national laws or regulations are to require certificates of professional capacity for the employment of certain classes of persons on board ship, seeing that an obligation to this effect is already implied in Article 48 of the international Convention for the safety of life at sea, which Article is as follows:

The contracting Governments undertake, each for its national ships, to maintain, or, if it is necessary, to adopt, measures for the purpose of ensuring that, from the point of view of safety of life at sea, all ships shall be sufficiently and efficiently manned.”

However, if the Conference decides to adopt a Draft Convention, Portugal would agree that national laws or regulations should require certificates of professional capacity for employment as:

(a) Master or skipper;

(b) Navigating officer in charge of a watch;

(c) Chief engineer ;

(d) Engineer officer in charge of a watch.

2.

3.

The reply is in the affirmative.

The reply is in the affirmative; but all fishing vessels should be excepted, as they do not carry persons belonging

to the mercantile marine.

4. The reply is in the affirmative.

5.

6.

The reply is in the negative.

The reply is in the affirmative. In conformity with the reply given to Question 1, the Portuguese Government considers that the points referred to in Questions 4 to 6 should, at the most, be dealt with in Recommendations. The measures contemplated in Question 5, in particular, are not required in countries where there exists a service for supervising condi- tions of safety and where the public authority for regulating registration and authorising the carrying of passengers makes its approval depend on the material condition of the vessel and on the number and qualifications of the staff responsible for navigating the vessel or running its propelling machinery.

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