{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/war-pensions-mercantile-marine-scheme-1964/schedule-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/war-pensions-mercantile-marine-scheme-1964/schedule-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1964/2058",
  "legislation_title": "The War Pensions (Mercantile Marine) Scheme 1964",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/war-pensions-mercantile-marine-scheme-1964",
  "path": "schedule/4",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "EQUIVALENT NAVAL RANKS OF MEMBERS OF THE LIGHT VESSEL SERVICE",
  "text": "In this Schedule “certificated” , in relation to the service of a person in any grade in a tender, means that the person holds a valid certificate of competency under the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 of that grade or of a higher grade.\nTABLE I\nLIGHTSHIPS\nGrade\nEquivalent naval rank\nSenior Master\nChief Petty Officer.\nJunior Master\nLamplighter\nLeading Rating.\nSenior Light and For Signal Driver\nJunior Light and Fog Signal Driver\nFog Signal Driver\nA.B.\nSeaman\nTABLE II\nLIGHTHOUSE TENDERS AND LIGHTSHIP TENDERS\nGrade, or grade and circumstances, and qualifications\nEquivalent naval rank\nDeck Department\nMaster\nLieutenant.\nFirst Officer\nSub-Lieutenant.\nSecond Officer, if certificated\nSecond Officer, if not certificated\nWarrant Officer.\nBoatswain\nCarpenter\nChief Petty Officer.\nDonkeyman\nCoxswain\nLeading Rating.\nWinchman\nSeaman\nA.B.\nSeaman Wireless Operator\nEngineers' Department\nFirst Engineer\nLieutenant.\nSecond Engineer, if certificated\nSub-Lieutenant.\nSecond Engineer, if not certificated\nWarrant Officer.\nThird Engineer, if certificated\nSub-Lieutenant.\nThird Engineer, if not certificated\nWarrant Officer.\nSenior Fireman\nLeading Rating.\nGreaser\nFireman\nA.B.\nCoal Trimmer\nCatering Department\nChief Steward\nChief Petty Officer.\nCook, First Class\nPetty Officer.\nCook, Second Class\nCook Steward\nA.B.\nSteward\nAssistant Steward",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1964/2058/schedule/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T00:01:16.459253+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."
}