Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) (CERTIFICATION OF OFFICERS) REGULATION - SECT 16

Officers to act only in a capacity for which certificated

PART VIII

WATCHKEEPING REQUIREMENTS

(1) Subject to subsection (2), an officer shall not man a station in a ship
unless he holds a certificate of a class appropriate to the  station.

(2) Where-

   (a)  an officer dies or is incapacitated while the ship is at sea; or

   (b)  a ship proceeds to sea in the circumstances referred to in section 14,
        and there is no other officer who holds a certificate of a class 
        appropriate to the station, the officer in the same department who
        holds a certificate of a class next below that first-mentioned
        certificate may man that station for a period not exceeding 28 days.

(3) No person shall appoint or permit any officer to man a station except as
permitted by this section. (Enacted 1995)