Regulation 4 I1
Subject to the provisions of this regulation—
for every 15 posts in the effective officer complement for the qualifying ships operated by the company during a year, and
in any case where there are less than 15 posts in that effective officer complement,
a tonnage tax company shall during that year provide the first year of training on a relevant course for not less than one eligible officer trainee.
Where a safe manning document is required to be carried on board a qualifying ship, the number of posts in the effective officer complement shall be calculated by adding the number of relevant officers required by the safe manning document for the ship and the number of back-up officers required for that ship.
Where a safe manning document is not required to be carried on board a qualifying ship, the number of posts in the effective officer complement shall be deemed to be three.
Where the number of posts in the effective officer complement is more than 15 but is not a multiple of 15, the calculation of the number of eligible officer trainees for whom training is to be provided under paragraph (1) is as follows—
divide the number of posts in the effective officer complement by 15,
if the resulting number involves a fraction of less than a half, round it down to the nearest whole number, and
if the resulting number involves a fraction of a half or more, round it up to the nearest whole number.
For the purposes of paragraph (2) and regulation 8(4)(b)(iv)(bb), the number of back-up officers required for a ship shall be calculated by reference to the ratio of leave to work for officers on that ship, but shall not in any event be less than 50% of the number of relevant officers required by the safe manning document for that ship.
In addition to the training provided under paragraph (1) during a year, the company shall during that year provide training on a relevant course for not less than the same number of eligible officer trainees as the number referred to in paragraph (7).
The number referred to in paragraph (6) is the total number of eligible officer trainees who, in a previous year when the company was a tonnage tax company—
started a relevant course which continues in the year in question; but this shall not include any eligible officer trainee who started a relevant course more than two years before the year in question, or
would have started a relevant course which would have continued in the year in question, if the company had provided the first year of training for the minimum number of eligible officer trainees for whom such training was required under paragraph (1); and for these purposes such a course shall be deemed to continue for three years.
A tonnage tax company may satisfy the requirement for providing the first year of training for an eligible officer trainee, other than a conversion trainee, by providing approved training for three eligible rating trainees.
Where the training provided for an eligible officer trainee consists of conversion training, the trainee shall count as half a trainee for the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (6).
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Reg. 4(7) substituted (1.10.2003) by The Tonnage Tax (Training Requirement) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2320), regs. 1(1), 3
- F2
Reg. 4(7A) inserted (1.10.2015) by The Tonnage Tax (Training Requirement) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/788), regs. 1, 2(3)
Commencement
- I1
Reg. 4 in force at 31.8.2000, see reg. 1