1985 Ed.]
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(2) The master of a sea-going ship, whether or not a ship to which these regulations apply, in which a rating has taken turns at the wheel in steering the ship, may issue him with a Steering Certificate in the form set out in the Third Schedule.
(3) If a person to whom a Navigational Watch Rating Certificate has been issued proves to the satisfaction of the Director that the certificate has been lost or destroyed, the Director shall, upon payment of the prescribed fee (if any), issue a copy of the certificate, certified as such, which shall have the same effect as the certificate originally issued.
(4) The Director of Marine may, by notice in the Gazette, amend the First Schedule in relation to the qualifications for the issue of a Navigational Watch Rating Certificate.
6. (1) An employer who contravenes regulation 4(1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $50,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) A master who contravenes regulation 4(2) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
*7. (1) Any person who in connexion with an application for or the issue of a Navigational Watch Rating Certificate, a substitute certificate under the proviso to regulation 5(1) or a copy of a certificate under regulation 5(3)—
(a) makes a false pretence; or
(b) supplies false information,
knowing it to be false or not believing it to be true, commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $50,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) Where any person is convicted of an offence under paragraph (1) or of a conspiracy to commit such an offence or of a conspiracy to defraud in relation to a document mentioned in paragraph (1), the Director may cancel or suspend for any period any such document held by such person.
8. The fees prescribed in the Fourth Schedule shall be payable in respect of the matters specified in relation thereto in that Schedule.
Third Schedule.
L.N. 310/85.
First Schedule.
Offences by employers and masters.
False pretences and supply of false information.
Fees. Fourth Schedule.
FIRST SCHEDULE
[reg. 5(1).]
QUALIFICATIONS FOR ISSUE OF A Navigational Watch RATING CERTIFICATE
1. To qualify for a Navigational Watch Rating Certificate a rating must-
(a) have attained the age of 17 years; and
(b) either be registered with the Seamen's Recruiting Office or have been granted a dispensation from such requirement in writing by the Director of
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1985 Ed.]
Merchant Shipping (Navigational Watch Ratings) Regulations
[CAP. 281
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[Subsidiary]
(2) The master of a sea-going ship, whether or not a ship to which these regulations apply, in which a rating has taken turns at the wheel in steering the ship, may issue him with a Steering Certificate in the form set out in the Third Schedule.
(3) If a person to whom a Navigational Watch Rating Certi- ficate has been issued proves to the satisfaction of the Director that the certificate has been lost or destroyed, the Director shall, upon payment of the prescribed fee (if any), issue a copy of the certificate, certified as such, which shall have the same effect as the certificate originally issued.
(4) The Director of Marine may, by notice in the Gazette, amend the First Schedule in relation to the qualifications for the issue of a Navigational Watch Rating Certificate.
6. (1) An employer who contravenes regulation 4(1) com- mits an offence and is liable to a fine of $50,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) A master who contravenes regulation 4(2) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10.000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
*7. (1) Any person who in connexion with an application for or the issue of a Navigational Watch Rating Certificate. a substitute certificate under the proviso to regulation 5(1) or a copy of a certificate under regulation 5(3)—
(a) makes a false pretence; or
(b) supplies false information,
knowing it to be false or not believing it to be true, commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $50,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) Where any person is convicted of an offence under para- graph (1) or of a conspiracy to commit such an offence or of a conspiracy to defraud in relation to a document mentioned in paragraph (1), the Director may cancel or suspend for any period any such document held by such person.
8. The fees prescribed in the Fourth Schedule shall be payable in respect of the matters specified in relation thereto in that Schedule.
Third Schedule.
L.N. 310/85.
First Schedule.
Offences by employers and
masters.
False pretences and supply of false information.
Fees. Fourth Schedule.
FIRST SCHEDULE
[reg. 5(1).]
QUALIFICATIONS FOR ISSUE OF A Navigational Watch RATING CERTIFICATE
1. To qualify for a Navigational Watch Rating Certificate a rating must- (a) have attained the age of 17 years; and
(b) either be registered with the Seamen's Recruiting Office or have been granted a dispensation from such requirement in writing by the Director of
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