# The Merchant Shipping (Certification of Deck and Marine Engineer Officers) (Amendment) Regulations 1995, Regulation 17: Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Marine Engineer Officers and Licensing of Marine Engine Operators) Regulations 1986


There shall be inserted after regulation 5 the following regulation:
“Certificates of equivalent competency
5A Subject to regulation 6 below, the Secretary of State may authorise any person already holding an equivalent foreign certificate to serve as an officer and shall accordingly issue to such person a certificate of equivalent competency under this regulation of equivalent class and with the same endorsements as the equivalent foreign certificate.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1429/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-certification-of-deck-and-marine-engineer-officers-amendment-regulations-1995/regulation-17
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