Regulation 8 Engine-room watch dutiesI1

United Kingdom

(1)

This regulation applies to a seafarer performing watchkeeping duties in a manned or periodically unmanned engine room on a ship whose main propulsion machinery has a propulsion power of not less than 350 kilowatts, but less than 750 kilowatts.

(2)

The seafarer must—

(a)

hold one of the engineering certificates of competency referred to in regulation 7 (qualification as an officer); or

(b)

be the holder of—

(i)

a marine engine operator’s licence or a senior marine engineer operator’s licence issued by the Secretary of State in compliance with the criteria specified in section 10 of Merchant Shipping Notice 1857 (M+F) Amendment 1; or

(ii)

a marine engine operator’s licence issued by the Secretary of State in compliance with the criteria specified in section 3.3 of Merchant Shipping Notice 1859 (M+F) Amendment 1 or section 3 of Merchant Shipping Notice 1904 (M+F)^f1.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 8 in force at 10.1.2023, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: Merchant Shipping Notice 1857 (M+F) Amendment 1, Merchant Shipping Notice 1859 (M+F) Amendment 1 and Merchant Shipping Notice 1904 (M+F) can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/merchant-shipping-notices-msns and in hard copy from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency of Spring Place, 105 Commercial Road, Southampton SO15 1EG (telephone 020 3817 2000 and email [email protected]) and on https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency.