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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-certification-of-deck-officers-and-engineer-officers-regulations-1984/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-certification-of-deck-officers-and-engineer-officers-regulations-1984/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1984/1115",
  "legislation_title": "The Fishing Vessels (Certification of Deck Officers and Engineer Officers) Regulations 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-certification-of-deck-officers-and-engineer-officers-regulations-1984",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "These Regulations require certain UK fishing vessels and government fishery research vessels to carry a specified number of deck and engineer officers (regulations 3 and 4). Such officers must be qualified by holding an appropriate certificate of competency issued under these Regulations or an equivalent certificate (regulation 5). Existing certificates of competency issued under section 414 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 and certificates of service issued under these Regulations are to be treated as equivalent to specified certificates of competency issued under these Regulations ( regulation 7).\nProvision is made for specification by the Secretary of State of the standards and conditions for the issue of certificates of competency under these Regulations. The conditions for the issue of certificates of service are set out (regulation 8). Offences are created in the following cases:\n(a) acting in a capacity requiring a certificate without holding an appropriate certificate;\n(b) by a skipper permitting a person who does not hold an appropriate certificate to be in charge of a navigational watch;\n(c) appointing any person to act in a capacity for which he is not qualified under the Regulations ( regulations 11 and 12).\nOther relevant offences are contained in the Merchant Shipping Act 1970: making a false statement to obtain a certificate or other document ( section 43(5)); going to sea undermanned ( section 45); and going to sea as a qualified person when unqualified (section 46).\nThe Merchant Shipping (Fishing Boats) Order 1948, the Merchant Shipping (Fishing Boats) (Amendment) Order 1976, and the Merchant Shipping (United Kingdom Fishing Vessels: Manning) Regulations 1980 are revoked (regulation 1(3)).\nThe Department of Transport publications setting out the detailed requirements regarding the certificates of competency may be amended or replaced, and such changes will be published in Merchant Shipping Notices obtainable from the Department of Transport Marine Library, Sunley House, 90 High Holborn London WC1 and from any Department of Transport Marine Office.\nProvisions of the Regulations which enable certificates to be issued under the Regulations come into operation on 1st September 1984, and other provisions come into operation on 1st January 1987.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1984/1115/note",
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  "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."
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