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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-training-and-certification-regulations-1997/regulation-16",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/348",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-training-and-certification-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Mandatory requirements relating to medical first aid and medical care",
  "text": "(1) Seamen designated to provide medical first aid on board ship shall meet the standard of competence in medical first aid specified in section A-VI/4, paragraphs 1 to 3 of the STCW Code.\n(2) Seamen designated to take charge of medical care on board ship shall meet the standard of competence in medical care on board ships specified in section A-VI/4, paragraphs 4 to 6 of the STCW Code.\n(3) Where training in medical first aid or medical care is not included in the qualifications for the certificate to be issued, a special certificate or documentary evidence, as appropriate, shall be issued indicating that the holder has attended a course of training in medical first aid or in medical care.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/348/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:25:28.589270+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."
}