{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-training-and-certification-and-minimum-standards-of-safety-communications-amendment-regulations-2006/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/89",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification and Minimum Standards of Safety Communications) (Amendment) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-training-and-certification-and-minimum-standards-of-safety-communications-amendment-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendment to the Training and Certification Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 7 of the Training and Certification Regulations—\n(a) before the words “Any officer” there is inserted “(1) Subject to paragraph (2)”;\n(b) after the table there is inserted—\n“(2) In the circumstances specified in paragraph (3), where a person does not hold an appropriate certificate the Secretary of State may permit that person to serve in an appropriate capacity on board a ship for a maximum period of three months.\n(3) The circumstances specified in paragraph (2) are that—\n(a) the person holds a valid certificate issued by a third Party;\n(b) that certificate is appropriate for the capacity in which the person is to serve; and\n(c) the person has submitted an application under regulation 5A for a certificate of equivalent competency and keeps available for inspection such documents as may be specified by the Secretary of State together with the certificate referred to in paragraph (3)(a).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/89/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:39:24.573112+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}