# The Merchant Shipping (Local Passenger Vessels) (Crew) Regulations 2006, Regulation 4: Qualifications of members of the crew of local passenger vessels


(1) The owner of a vessel to which this regulation applies must give notice in writing to the Secretary of State proposing either that it is appropriate or that it is not appropriate that, when the vessel is engaged on a voyage, a member of the crew should be the holder of—
(a) a boatmaster’s licence of any class,
(b) a boatmaster’s certificate of any class, or
(c) any other qualification which it would be appropriate for a master of the vessel to hold and which is prescribed for that purpose by the Boatmasters’ Qualifications Regulations.
(2) The Secretary of State may approve the vessel owner’s proposal that—
(a) a member of the crew should be the holder of a qualification specified in the notice given under paragraph (1), or
(b) that no crew member need be the holder of any such qualification,
and if he does so he must record that approval in writing and send a copy to the vessel owner.
(3) An approval made under paragraph (2) may be made subject to conditions.
(4) The record of an approval under paragraph (2) must specify—
(a) the date on which the approval takes effect, and
(b) the conditions (if any) to which it is subject.
(5) A vessel to which this regulation applies must not proceed on a voyage unless—
(a) notice has been given to the Secretary of State in accordance with paragraph (1),
(b) the Secretary of State has recorded, in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4), his approval of the proposal made in that notice as to which qualifications (if any) should be held by a member of the crew, and
(c) the vessel is crewed in accordance with that approval.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/3224/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-local-passenger-vessels-crew-regulations-2006/regulation-4
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