Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) (CERTIFICATION OF OFFICERS) - SECT 7

Certificates equivalent to certificates of competency or service

Caution: This is a past version. See the current version here.

Amendments retroactively made - see 23 of 1998 s. 2

(1) Certificates of competency and of service issued under or recognized by
the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Marine Engineer Officers and Licensing
of Marine Engine Operators) Regulations 1986 (S.I. 1986/1935 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 6(2) of the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Marine Engineer
Officers and Licensing of Marine Engine Operators) Regulations 1986 (S.I.
1986/1935 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 First Class Engineer or Second Class
Engineer obtained under section 6A of the Merchant Shipping  Ordinance (
Cap 281) before 1 September 1981 shall be equivalent, respectively, to a
Certificate of Competency (Marine Engineer Officer) Class 1 and a Certificate
of Competency (Marine Engineer Officer) Class 2 issued under this Regulation.

(4) A Certificate of Competency (Marine Engineer 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the repealed Regulations, as in force at any time before the commencement of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 (Marine
Engineer Officer) Class 3 issued under this Regulation.

(5) A certificate of service as Marine Engineer Officer Class 3 or 4 of a
sea-going ship granted by the Director of Marine under the repealed 
Regulations shall be equivalent to a Certificate of Competency as Marine
Engineer Officer Class 3 issued under this Regulation. (23 of 1998 s. 2)

(6) A certificate of service as First Class Engineer or Second Class Engineer
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 Marine Engineer Officers and Licensing of Marine Engine
Operators) Regulations 1986 (S.I. 1986/1935 U.K.).

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granted by the Director of Marine under the repealed  Regulations shall be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