# The Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations 2022, Regulation 47: Register of certificates and endorsements


(1) The Registrar must keep a register of certificates and endorsements issued under this Part (“the register”) recording the items of information listed in section A-I/2, paragraph 9, of the STCW Code (database of certificate registration).
(2) Upon the request of—
(a) an EEA State;
(b) a third party State; or
(c) a company which employs, or is considering employing, the seafarer to whom the information relates on board a ship,
the Registrar must provide from the register the information listed in paragraph (3) in so far as such information is necessary to verify the authenticity or validity of documents held by a seafarer.
(3) The information referred to in paragraph (2) is information on the status of—
(a) a certificate of competency;
(b) a certificate of proficiency in training for tanker cargo operations issued to a master or an officer;
(c) an endorsement in respect of a certificate referred to in paragraph (a) or (b); or
(d) any dispensation or exemption granted under sections 48 or 54 of the Act which relates to the seafarer to whom the request relates.
(4) In this regulation, “the Registrar” means the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen or such other person appointed by the Secretary of State to perform the functions under this regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2022/9780348240368/regulation/47 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-standards-of-training-certification-and-watchkeeping-regulations-2022/regulation-47
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