# The Merchant Shipping (Seamen’s Documents) Regulations 1987, Regulation 16: Application for discharge books


(1) Regulation 15 shall not apply to a person if he holds a document—
(a) containing substantially the same information as a discharge book; and
(b) which has been issued to him by or under the authority of the government of a country specified in Schedule 4; and
(c) of which he has not ceased to be regarded as the holder by that government.
(2) Regulation 15 shall not apply to a person in the employment of the Crown who is not ordinarily employed as a master or seaman.
(3) For the purposes of regulation 15 no regard shall be had to employment in a fishing vessel or in a ship exempted from the requirements of section 1 of the Act (which relates to crew agreements) by regulations made under subsection (5)(a) of that section.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/408/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-seamens-documents-regulations-1987/regulation-16
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