Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) (TANKERS- OFFICERS AND RATINGS) REGULATION - SECT 4

Obligation on employer and master

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) It shall be the duty of every employer to ensure that any tanker for which
he employs the master carries sufficient qualified officers and ratings to
perform all duties which may arise in respect of the cargo and cargo
equipment.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the master of any tanker shall not permit an
officer or rating to have specific duties or responsibilities in connection
with the cargo or cargo equipment on the tanker unless that officer or rating-

   (a)  is qualified; or

   (b)  is an officer whose certificate of competency or service is endorsed
        with a dangerous cargo endorsement for the same type of tanker in
        accordance with the relevant determinations made under the
        Certification Regulation.

(3) Subsection (2) shall not prohibit the participation of an additional
officer or rating in duties connected with cargo or cargo equipment in the
course of supervised shipboard service.

(4) It shall be the duty of every employer to ensure that masters, chief
engineer officers, chief mates, second engineer officers and any person with
immediate responsibility of loading, discharging and care in transit or
handling of cargo shall have-

   (a)  experience appropriate to their duties on the type of tanker on which
        they serve; and

   (b)  completed a specialized training programme approved or recognized by
        the Authority and covering the matters specified in Schedule 1 that
        are appropriate to their duties on the type of tanker on which they
        serve. (L.N. 107 of 1998) (Enacted 1995)