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Shipping and Port Control

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(e) the recognition of one type of local certificate of com- petency as equivalent to another type of local certificate of competency for all or specified purposes;

(f) the procedure for applying for a local certificate of com- petency and for the conduct of examinations under sub- section (1);

(g) the subjects to be taken at such examinations or the

manner in which those subjects are to be specified;

(h) the standards of competency to be attained by candidates in order to pass such examinations and other conditions to be satisfied by candidates, and applicants for a local certificate of competency;

(i) the requirements to be satisfied for a person to be exempted under subsection (5) from any part of such an examination;

(j) the requirements to be satisfied for the grant of a local

certificate of competency under subsection (4);

(k) the recognition of certificates of competency issued by the Director under any enactment or by the appropriate authority of another country as equivalent, for all purposes or for purposes specified by the Director, to local certificates of competency required to be held by any person under this Part;

(1) the issue of a copy of any local certificate of competency which has been lost, destroyed, damaged or defaced;

(m) the surrender of local certificates of competency upon their

expiry or replacement;

(n) fees and forms, in relation to examinations conducted

under subsection (1), the issue of local certificates of competency and recognition of certificates of competency as equivalent to local certificates of competency;

(0) generally, provisions in respect of local certificates of

competency. (Replaced, 36 of 1986, s. 3)

(3) The Director may publish any rules made under subsec- tion (2) in such manner as he thinks fit, and shall, on payment of such charge as the Director may determine, provide a copy of the rules to any person.

(4) The Director may grant a local certificate of competency as a master or deck or engineering crew to a person without requiring him to undergo the appropriate examination prescribed in the rules made under subsection (2), if the person produces to the Director suitable documentary evidence, or satisfies the Director in a manner prescribed in the rules, of his competence for the grant of such a certificate. (Replaced, 36 of 1986, s. 3)