{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-training-and-certification-regulations-1997/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-training-and-certification-regulations-1997/regulation-6.json",
  "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/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Revalidation of certificates",
  "text": "(1) The certificate of a master or other officer issued with a certificate under regulation 4 or 5 shall not be valid for sea-going service unless revalidated at intervals not exceeding 5 years to establish continued professional competence in accordance with section A-I/11 of the STCW Code.\n(2) A certificate of a category referred to in regulation 9 granted pursuant to the Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations 1992 shall not be valid for sea-going service unless revalidated at intervals not exceeding 5 years, to establish continued professional competence in accordance with section A-I/11 of the STCW Code.\n(3) Every master and officer shall, for continuing sea-going service on ships referred to in regulations 10, 11 and 12, successfully complete approved refresher training at intervals specified by the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/3."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/348/regulation/6",
    "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."
}