Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) (TANKERS- OFFICERS AND RATINGS) REGULATION - SECT 5

Qualifications

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) In order to be qualified for the duties described in section 4 on a tanker
of any type an officer or rating, other than a master, a chief engineer
officer, a chief mate, a second engineer officer or a person with immediate
responsibility for loading, discharging and care in transit or handling of
cargo, shall have satisfactorily completed a fire-fighting course approved by
the Authority and-

   (a)  a period of 3 months' supervised shipboard service in the same type of
        tanker; or

   (b)  a tanker familiarization course approved or recognized by the
        Authority relating to the same type of tanker and covering the matters
        specified in Schedule 2:

   (c)  (Repealed L.N. 107 of 1998) Provided that during any period of
        supervised shipboard service required under paragraph (a) there shall
        be not more than one deck officer and one engineer officer engaged in
        such service as part of the regular crew complement on that tanker.
        (L.N. 107 of 1998)

(2) An officer or rating who satisfactorily completes the service requirements
described in subsection (1) in respect of any type of tanker, shall be given a
written statement to that effect signed by the master of the tanker or the
employer, and the Authority may cause an appropriate entry to be made in the
employment registration book, service record book or discharge book of any
officer or rating who obtains such a statement.

(3) The Authority, if satisfied upon evidence which appears to him to be
sufficient that an officer or rating has successfully completed a course
described in subsection (1), may cause an appropriate entry to be made in the
employment registration book, service record book or discharge book of the
officer or rating. (L.N. 107 of 1998)

(4) Any officer or rating aggrieved by a decision of the Authority to refuse
to make an entry referred to in subsection (2) or (3) in his employment
registration book, service record book or discharge book may appeal against
the decision to the Administrative Appeals Board. (Enacted 1995)