{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-standards-of-training-certification-and-watchkeeping-regulations-2022/regulation-27",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2022/9780348240368",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-standards-of-training-certification-and-watchkeeping-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/27",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Safety familiarisation, basic training and instruction for all seafarers",
  "text": "(1) Before being assigned to shipboard duties, a seafarer must—\n(a) receive safety familiarisation and basic training or instruction in accordance with section A-VI/1 of the STCW Code (mandatory minimum requirements for safety familiarisation, basic training and instruction for all seafarers);\n(b) meet the appropriate standard of competence specified in that section; and\n(c) hold a certificate of proficiency in safety familiarisation.\n(2) The Secretary of State or an approved training provider may issue a certificate of proficiency required by paragraph (1) only to a seafarer who meets each of the requirements specified in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of that paragraph.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2022/9780348240368/regulation/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:44:31.055001+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}