# The Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations 2022, Regulation 8: Engine-room watch duties


(1) This regulation applies to a seafarer performing watchkeeping duties in a manned or periodically unmanned engine room on a ship whose main propulsion machinery has a propulsion power of not less than 350 kilowatts, but less than 750 kilowatts.
(2) The seafarer must—
(a) hold one of the engineering certificates of competency referred to in regulation 7 (qualification as an officer); or
(b) be the holder of—
(i) a marine engine operator’s licence or a senior marine engineer operator’s licence issued by the Secretary of State in compliance with the criteria specified in section 10 of Merchant Shipping Notice 1857 (M+F) Amendment 1; or
(ii) a marine engine operator’s licence issued by the Secretary of State in compliance with the criteria specified in section 3.3 of Merchant Shipping Notice 1859 (M+F) Amendment 1 or section 3 of Merchant Shipping Notice 1904 (M+F).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2022/9780348240368/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-merchant-shipping-standards-of-training-certification-and-watchkeeping-regulations-2022/regulation-8
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