{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-amendment-no-3-regulations-1987/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2113",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Fees) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fees-amendment-no-3-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 1987 shall be further amended as follows—\nin the Schedule, in Part IV\n(a) the following shall be substituted for the words from the beginning of Part IV down to the end of service 3 of Section B\n“PART IV\nEXAMINATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT FOR CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY AS AN OFFICER, AND OTHER SERVICES\nSECTION A\nFees for examinations for certificates of competency as deck or marine engineer officer (fishing vessel).\nService\n1 For examination for a certificate of competency on each occasion on which a candidate presents himself for the practical oral part of the examination as—\n(a) deck officer (fishing vessel) Class 1\n£85\n(b) deck officer (fishing vessel) Class 2\n£70\n(c) deck officer (fishing vessel) Class 3\n£85\n(d) engineer officer (fishing vessel) Class 1\n£85\n(e) engineer officer (fishing vessel) Class 2\n£70\n2 For examination for a sight test certificate where it is a requirement for a candidate for an examination for a certificate of competency as a deck officer (fishing vessel) in cases 1(a), (b) or (c) above and for the grant of a certificate to a person passing the examination\n£15\nSECTION B\nFees for examinations for certificates of competency as master, deck officer or marine engineer officer (merchant ship).\nService\n1 For examination for a certificate of competency, where the written part is conducted by the Department of Transport, on each occasion on which a candidate presents himself for the whole examination as—\n(a) deck officer Class 1 (master mariner)\n£455\n(b) deck officer Class 2\n£221\n(c) deck officer Class 4\n£161\n2 Where a candidate in case 1(a), (b) or (c) is examined in any part of the written but not in the practical oral part of the examination, or vice versa\n50% of the appropriate fee in 1, subject to a minimum of £105\n3 For examination for a certificate of competency where the written part is not or has not been conducted by the Department of Transport on each occasion on which a candidate presents himself for the practical oral part of the examination as\n(a) deck officer Class 1 (master mariner)\n£85\n(b) deck officer Class 2\n£85\n(c) deck officer Class 4\n£70\n(d) deck officer Class 5\n£70\n(e) marine engineer officer Class 1\n£85\n(f) marine engineer officer Class 2\n£85\n(g) marine engineer officer Class 3\n£85\n(h) marine engineer officer Class 4\n£70\n”;\n(b) the following shall be substituted for the words in service 7 of Section B—\n“\nFor examination for a sight test certificate where it is a requirement for a candidate for an examination for a certificate of competency as a deck officer or for a command endorsement in cases 1(a), (b) or (c) or 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) or 4(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) and for the grant of a certificate to a person passing the examination\n£15\n”; and\n(c) there shall be added to section D the following paragraph—\n“\n7 For the grant of a certificate of continued proficiency and up-dating of knowledge in respect of a certificate of competency or service\n£16.\n”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/63, to which there were amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2113/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:15:42.923478+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}