1964_MERCHANT_SHIPPING_(NAVIGATIONAL_WATCH_RATINGS)_REGULATIONS — Page 2

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[Subsidiary]

(Cap. 135.)

(Cap. 135, sub. leg.)

Application.

Obligation on employer and

master.

Power to issue certificates.

First Schedule.

Second Schedule.

CAP. 281] Merchant Shipping (Navigational Watch

Ratings) Regulations

[1985 Ed.

"Seamen's Recruiting Office" means the Seamen's Recruiting Office established under section 4(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Re- cruiting of Seamen) Ordinance;

"Service Record Book" means a service record book issued under the Merchant Shipping (Recruiting of Seamen) (Service Record Books) Regulations;

"Steering Certificate" means a certificate issued under regulation 5(2) or a certificate in substantially similar terms issued to a rating by the master of a ship in which the rating has taken turns at the wheel in steering the ship.

3.

(1) These regulations apply to all sea-going ships of 200 GRT or more registered in Hong Kong:

Provided that these regulations shall not apply to-

(a) fishing vessels; or

(b) pleasure craft not engaged in trade.

(2) The Director of Marine may exempt from all or any provisions of these regulations any ship or class of ships.

4. (1) It shall be the duty of every employer to ensure that any ship for which he employs the master and to which these regulations apply carries such qualified navigational watch ratings as are necessary to enable the master to comply with the require- ments of paragraph (2).

(2) The master of any ship to which these regulations apply shall not permit a member of the ship's crew who is not a qualified deck officer or a qualified navigational watch rating to form part of a navigational watch or to perform duties for which he is not qualified as part of that watch:

Provided that nothing in this regulation shall prohibit the participation of additional members of the ship's crew in naviga- tional watchkeeping duties as part of their training under the supervision of a qualified deck officer or qualified navigational watch rating.

5. (1) The Director, if satisfied as to the matters set out in the First Schedule in respect of a rating shall, upon application by the rating and payment of the prescribed fee, issue a Navigational Watch Rating Certificate in the form set out in the Second Schedule:

Provided that if the rating cannot satisfy the Director that he has had adequate experience or training in the use of the gyro compass or in the changeover from automatic pilot to hand steering and vice versa, the certificate shall be expressed to that effect. If the rating subsequently satisfies the Director that he has obtained such experience or training a substitute certificate expressed accordingly may be issued by the Director, upon payment of the prescribed fee, and the original destroyed.