Regulation 20 Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Marine Engineer Officers and Licensing of Marine Engine Operators) Regulations 1986

there shall be inserted “certificates of equivalent competency” after “Certificates of competency,”;

paragraph (2) shall be renumbered as paragraph (2)(a), and the following sub-paragraph added as (b):

“(b)

(i)

A certificate of equivalent competency shall remain valid only so long as the holder holds a valid equivalent foreign certificate.

(ii)

A certificate of equivalent competency may be issued for a limited period where the equivalent foreign certificate does not require revalidation at intervals.”;

in paragraph (3) there shall be inserted “and certificates of equivalent competency” after “certificates of competency”.