# The Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification) Regulations 1997, Regulation 4: Qualification as an officer


A person is qualified as an officer for the purposes of section 47 of the Act if he holds a certificate of competency or certificate of equivalent competency, or a certificate treated as equivalent pursuant to regulation 1(3)(a), in one of the following capacities:
(a) (i) master;
(ii) chief mate; or
(iii) officer in charge of a navigational watch; or
(b) (i) chief engineer officer;
(ii) second engineer officer; or
(iii) officer in charge of an engineering watch; or
(c) radio operator.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/348/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-training-and-certification-regulations-1997/regulation-4
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