# The Merchant Shipping (Seamen’s Documents) Regulations 1987, Regulation 19: Form and content of discharge books


A discharge book shall be in book form and shall provide for there to be recorded in it from time to time, in relation to its holder, statements of the following particulars—
(a) those specified in Schedule 3 to these Regulations (except paragraph 4);
(b) (i) the name of each ship registered in the United Kingdom in which he is employed, its port of registry, official number and gross or register tonnage, the capacity in which he is employed in the ship, the date on which and the place at which he begins to be so employed, and the description of each voyage and the date and place of his discharge;
(ii) like details in respect of employment in any other vessel;
(c) (i) dates of any Merchant Navy Training Board training courses he attends for instruction in survival at sea and the certificates or other qualifications (if any) obtained;
(ii) dates and nature of any other training courses (including pre-sea training courses) he attends and the certificates or other qualifications (if any) obtained;
(d) his income tax code, the year to which it applies and the date on which it becomes effective;
(e) his inoculation and vaccination certificates;
(f) records of tests of his eyesight except where these formed part of a statutory medical examination; and
(g) a record of certificates issued under the Merchant Shipping (Medical Examination) Regulations 1983.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/408/regulation/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-seamens-documents-regulations-1987/regulation-19
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