Regulation 9 Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Deck Officers) Regulations 1985

in paragraph (1) there shall be inserted “, certificates of equivalent competency” after “certificates of competency”;

paragraph (2) shall be renumbered as paragraph (2)(a), and a new 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 “, all certificates of equivalent competency” after “certificates of competency”.