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Issue of local certificates of competency. L.N. 33/70.

Thirteenth Schedule.

Loss, etc. of local certificates of competency. L.N. 33/70.

CAP. 281] Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Craft) [1983 Ed. Regulations

48B. (1) The Director may issue local certificates of competency as master or engineer in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.

(2) Every application for a local certificate of competency as master or engineer shall be made on a form to be obtained from the Marine Department and shall be accompanied by—

(a) 3 identical photographs of passport size of the applicant; and

(b) the prescribed fee (if any).

(3) A local certificate of competency as master or engineer shall not be issued—

(a) in relation to a fishing vessel, to a person who is under 18 years of age; or

(b) in relation to any other vessel, to a person who is under 21 years of age.

(4) A local certificate of competency as master or engineer shall not be issued to any person in relation to a vessel, other than a fishing vessel, unless that person has served in the manner provided by paragraph (5) on a vessel equipped with mechanical means of propulsion for not less than 3 years.

(5) For the purpose of paragraph (4) an applicant for examination for a local certificate of competency—

(a) as a master, shall have served as a deck hand; and

(b) as an engineer, shall have served in such capacity in relation to the machinery as the Director considers likely to provide adequate practical mechanical experience.

(6) Before issuing a local certificate of competency as master or engineer the Director may require the applicant therefor to satisfy him by examination in such other manner, and in such other subjects or matters, as the Director may determine, as to his competency to be a master or engineer, as the case may be.

(7) A local certificate of competency as master or engineer shall be issued in the appropriate form prescribed in the Thirteenth Schedule:

Provided that the Director may modify the form of any local certificate of competency issued in relation to a fishing vessel in such manner as he may consider appropriate.

48C. (1) If the Director is satisfied that a local certificate of competency issued under regulation 48B has been lost, destroyed or defaced he may, upon payment of the appropriate prescribed fee (if any), issue a duplicate certificate.