Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) (CERTIFICATION OF OFFICERS) REGULATION - SECT 9

Classes of licences, etc.

PART V

LICENCES

(1) A licence issued by the Authority shall be of one of the classes specified
in column 1 of the table to this section.

(2) A licence of a class specified in column 1 of the table to this section
shall be equivalent to a certificate of competency of a class specified
opposite thereto in column 2 of that table and, accordingly, where a provision
of any enactment requires a person to hold a certificate of competency of a
particular class, any reference in that provision to such certificate may be
read as a reference to a licence of the class which it is equivalent to by
virtue of this section.

(3) The provisions of the other Parts of this Regulation (including
determinations made under those Parts, and section 19) shall have effect with
respect to a licence of a class specified in column 1 of the table to this
section, and the holder thereof, as they have effect with respect to a
certificate of competency of a class specified opposite thereto in column 2 of
that table, and the holder thereof, except in so far as those provisions are
inconsistent with the provisions of this Part (including determinations made
under this Part).

TABLE

Column 1 Column 2
Licence Certificate of competency 1. Licence (Deck Officer) Class 1
Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 1 (Master Mariner) 2. Licence
(Deck Officer) Class 2 Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 2 3.
Licence (Deck Officer) Class 3 Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class
3 4. Licence (Marine Engineer Class 1 Certificate of Competency (Marine
Officer) Engineer Officer) Class 1 5. Licence (Marine Engineer Officer) Class
2 Certificate of Competency (Marine Engineer Officer) Class 2 6. Licence
(Marine Engineer Officer) Class 3 Certificate of Competency (Marine Engineer
Officer) Class 3 (Enacted 1995)