Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) (CERTIFICATION OF OFFICERS) - SECT 5

Certificates equivalent to certificates of competency or service

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(1) Certificates of competency and of service issued under or recognized by
the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Deck Officers) Regulations 1985 (S.I.
1985/1306 U.K.) which have an equivalent under this Regulation, shall be
equivalent to certificates of competency of the same class or description
issued under this Regulation.

(2) A certificate of competency, other than one issued under this Regulation,
which was specified before 1 January 1989 by the Secretary of State under
regulation 5(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Deck Officers)
Regulations 1985 (S.I. 1985/1306 U.K.) as having the same force as a
certificate of a specified class issued under those Regulations shall be
equivalent to a certificate issued under this Regulation of the same class or
description.

(3) A certificate of competency as Master, First Mate and Second Mate of a
foreign-going ship obtained under section 6A of the Merchant 
Shipping Ordinance ( Cap. 281) before 1 September 1981 shall be equivalent,
respectively, to a Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 1 (Master
Mariner), a Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 2 and a Certificate
of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 3, issued under this Regulation.

(4) A Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 4 issued under the
repealed Regulations, as in force at any time before the commencement of this
Regulation, shall be equivalent to a Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer)
Class 3 issued under this Regulation.

(5) A certificate of service (Deck Officer) as Third Mate of a foreign-going
ship granted by the Director of Marine under the repealed  Regulations shall
be equivalent to a Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 3 issued
under this Regulation where, but only where, the officer who holds such
certificate is the most junior deck officer on a ship which is required under
this Regulation to be manned by not less than 4 qualified deck officers.

(6) A certificate of service as master of a foreign-going ship granted under
section 99 of the principal Act shall be equivalent to a certificate of
competency issued under this Regulation as it is treated as equivalent to a
certificate of competency issued under the Merchant Shipping (Certification of
Deck Officers) Regulations 1985 (S.I. 1985/1306 U.K.).

(7) A certificate of service (Deck Officer) (River Trade) Class 3 granted by
the Director of Marine under the repealed Regulations shall be equivalent to a
Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) (River Trade) Class 3 issued under
this Regulation. (Enacted 1995)