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Merchant Shipping (Certification of Officers) Regulations

[1981 Ed.

[Subsidiary]

Manning of ship.

PART VII

MANNING OF Ships by OffICERS

13. (1) Subject to regulation 14, a ship of the description mentioned in column 1 of the following table shall be manned, when it proceeds to sea, by at least the number of qualified deck officers of the classes mentioned in column 2 and at least the number of qualified marine engineer officers of the classes mentioned in column 3 of the table.

TABLE

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Deck Officer

Marine Engineer Officer

Description of ships

Class Class Class Class Class Class Class Class

2 3 4

2 3 4

Ships not voyaging only within river traße limits.

1. Any passenger ships.

1

2. Ships, other than passenger ships, of 1 600 GRT

or more.

3. Ships, other than passenger ships, of under

1 600 GRT.

:

4.

Any ships of 3000 kilowatts registered power

5.

or more.

Any ships of 350 kilowatts or more but under

3 000 kilowatts registered power.

Ships voyaging only within fiver trade limits.

6. Any passenger ships.

L.N. 293/81.

7. Any passenger ships

2

(a) of 3 000 kilowatts registered power or more; (b) of under 3 000 kilowatts registered power.

(2) Deck Officers manning dynamically supported ships, being passenger ships, shall, in addition to holding the appropriate certificates of competency, satisfy such conditions as to training or otherwise as the Director may specify.

(3) Dynamically supported ships, being passenger ships, shall, when operating between sunset and sunrise, be manned by such additional deck officers as the Director may specify.

(4)/ In respect of ships of 350 kilowatts or more but under 3 000 kilowatts registered power, not voyaging within river trade limits, the Class 2 certificate mentioned in the table in paragraph (1) shall be valid only if/the Director is satisfied that the officer is competent to man such a ship as Chief Engineer and has endorsed the certificate to that effect.

(5) Engineer Officers manning dynamically supported ships, being passenger ships, shall, in addition to holding the appropriate certificates of competency, satisfy such conditions as to training or otherwise as the Director may specify.