Regulation 18 Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Marine Engineer Officers and Licensing of Marine Engine Operators) Regulations 1986

the heading shall be replaced by the heading “Certificates equivalent to a certificate of competency, and equivalent foreign certificates”;

paragraph (2) shall be replaced by the following paragraph:

“(2)

The Secretary of State may specify that the standard of competence to be attained by engineer officers of any description is, in whole or in part, the standard of competence required for the issue of a certificate of competence by an authority empowered in that behalf by the laws of a specified country outside the United Kingdom.”.