# The Merchant Shipping (Boatmasters' Qualifications, Crew and Hours of Work) Regulations 2015, Regulation 22: Fast craft endorsements: additional conditions


A fast craft endorsement must not be issued unless the applicant—
(a) holds or at the same time is to be issued with—
(i) a cargo endorsement,
(ii) a passenger operations (general) endorsement, or
(iii) a large passenger vessel endorsement,
appropriate to the nature of the vessel and operations being undertaken; and
(b) has completed a period of qualifying service specified by the Secretary of State as sufficient to justify the issue of the licence —
(i) on vessels of the same type as the vessel on which the applicant will normally serve as master, and
(ii) on voyages following a route on which that vessel will normally operate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/410/regulation/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-boatmasters-qualifications-crew-and-hours-of-work-regulations-2015/regulation-22
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