# The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Minimum Requirements for Seafarers etc.) Regulations 2014, Regulation 39: Recognition of existing certificates of competency


(1) A certificate of competency—
(a) issued under the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Ships' Cooks) Regulations 1981 ;
(b) treated as equivalent under regulation 8 of those Regulations; or
(c) deemed under regulation 9 of those Regulations to be issued pursuant to section 43 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 ,
which is in force and not suspended on the date when these Regulations come into force, has effect as if it were a certificate of competency as a ship's cook issued under regulation 38 of these Regulations.
(2) A certificate to which paragraph (1) applies remains valid for a period of 5 years beginning on the date on which these Regulations come into force unless it is suspended or cancelled in accordance with section 62 of the Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1613/regulation/39 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-minimum-requirements-for-seafarers-etc-regulations-2014/regulation-39
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