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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-certificates-of-competency-as-ab-regulations-1970/schedule-1/paragraph-16",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1970/294",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Certificates of Competency as A.B.) Regulations 1970",
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  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/16",
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  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "If no lifeboatman's certificate is held, a candidate will be required to satisfy the examiner that:—\n(a) he understands the general principles of boat management and can carry out orders relating to lifeboat launching and operation and the handling of a boat under sail;\n(b) he is familiar with a lifeboat and its equipment and the starting and running of the engines of a power boat;\n(c) he is familiar with the various methods of launching liferafts, the precautions to be taken before and during launching, methods of boarding and survival procedure.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1970/294/schedule/1/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T23:02:26.722137+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."
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