Regulation 3 Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Deck Officers) Regulations 1985

In regulation 2:

(i)

there shall be inserted after the definition of “certificate of competency” the following definition:

““certificate of equivalent competency” means a document entitled “certificate of equivalent competency” issued under regulation 4A below;”;

(ii)

there shall be inserted after the definition of “command endorsement” the following definition:

““equivalent foreign certificate” means a certificate, issued by an authority of a specified country outside the United Kingdom, referred to in regulation 5(1) below;”; and

(iii)

there shall be added to the end of the definition of “specified by the Secretary of State”, the following:

“and in relation to certificates of equivalent competency means specified in Merchant Shipping Notice 1558 and any subsequent amendment to that Notice which is considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant from time to time and is specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice;”