Merchant Shipping (Training, Certification and Manning) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

No. S 201

Merchant Shipping Act

(Chapter 179)

Merchant Shipping (Training, Certification and Manning) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 47, 100 and 216 of the Merchant Shipping Act, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Transport, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Training, Certification and Manning) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2010.

Amendment of regulation 2

2. Regulation 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Training, Certification and Manning) Regulations (Rg 1) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “qualified marine engineer officer”, the following definition:

“ “qualified WIG craft officer” means any person who is the holder of —

(a)

a WIG craft officer certificate issued by the Director under regulation 10A(1)(b); or

(b)

any special qualification which —

(i)	signifies the competency of that person for service on a WIG craft;
(ii)	is issued by a foreign maritime administration; and
(iii)	is recognised by the Director under regulation 10C;”;

(b)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (a) of the definition of “safe manning requirements”;

(c)

by inserting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (b) of the definition of “safe manning requirements”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:

“(c)	in relation to a WIG craft to which the WIG Craft Regulations apply, such number of qualified WIG craft officers that shall be carried on the WIG craft as may be determined by the Director under regulation 15A;”; and

(d)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “type rating certificate” and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definitions:

“ “WIG craft” has the same meaning as in the WIG Craft Regulations;

“WIG craft officer certificate” means a WIG craft officer certificate issued by the Director under regulation 10A(1)(b);

“WIG Craft Officer Certification Principles” means the General Principles and Recommendations for Knowledge, Skills and Training for Officers on Wing-In-Ground (WIG) Craft Operating in Both Displacement and Ground Effect Modes set out in IMO MSC/Circ.1162 dated 20th May 2005, and any amendment thereto which has come into force and has been accepted by the Government;

“WIG Craft Regulations” means the Merchant Shipping (Wing-in-Ground Craft) Regulations 2010 (G.N. No. S 200/2010).”.

Amendment of regulation 10A

3. Regulation 10A of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(1) The Director may, in his discretion and upon such conditions as he may determine, issue —

(a)

a type rating certificate to any person in accordance with —

(i)	paragraph 2 of chapter 17 of the DSC Code; or
(ii)	paragraph 3 of chapter 18 of the HSC Code; or

(b)

a WIG craft officer certificate to any person in accordance with the WIG Craft Officer Certification Principles.”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “type rating certificate” wherever they appear in paragraphs (2) and (4) to (7), the words “or WIG craft officer certificate”; and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the word “certificate” in the regulation heading, the words “and WIG craft officer certificate”.

New regulation 10C

4. The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 10B, the following regulation:

“Recognition of foreign certificate of WIG craft competency

10C. The Director may recognise any special qualification which —

(a)	signifies the competency of a person for service on a WIG craft; and
(b)	is issued by a foreign maritime administration,

in accordance with the WIG Craft Officer Certification Principles.”.

Amendment of regulation 11

5. Regulation 11 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (1) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(d)

the standards of competency to be attained and the conditions to be satisfied by a person before he may be issued with —

(i)

a type rating certificate to qualify him to serve on —

(A)	a dynamically supported craft as defined in the DSC Code; or
(B)	a high-speed craft as defined in the HSC Code; or

(ii)

a WIG craft officer certificate to qualify him to serve on a WIG craft; and”; and

(b)

by deleting the words “or a type rating certificate” in paragraph (3) and substituting the words “, type rating certificate or WIG craft officer certificate”.

Amendment of regulation 12

6. Regulation 12 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “regulation 11(1)(d)(i) or (ii)” in paragraph (2) and substituting the words “regulation 11(1)(d)(i)(A) or (B)”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:

“(2A) Every holder of a WIG craft officer certificate shall, in order to requalify or continue to qualify for sea service on board a WIG craft, at regular intervals to be determined by the Director but not exceeding 2 years, satisfy the Director as to his medical fitness (including eyesight and hearing), and professional competence, as may be specified by the Director.”;

(c)

by deleting paragraph (3) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(3) Where the Director is of the opinion that the holder of a certificate of competency, type rating certificate or WIG craft officer certificate, as the case may be, is not a fit and proper person, the Director may refuse to revalidate that certificate.”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the words “type rating certificate” in paragraph (4), the words “or WIG craft officer certificate”.

New regulation 15A

7. The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 15, the following regulation:

“Manning and certification requirements for WIG craft

15A.—(1) Every WIG craft to which the WIG Craft Regulations apply shall carry such number of qualified WIG craft officers as may be determined by the Director.

(2) No person other than a qualified WIG craft officer shall operate, or assume or be charged with any duty or immediate responsibility on board, a WIG craft.”.

Amendment of regulation 20

8. Regulation 20(1) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “and the HSC Code” wherever they appear and substituting in each case the words “, the HSC Code and the WIG Craft Regulations”.

Amendment of regulation 21

9. Regulation 21(1) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting sub-paragraph (b) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:

“(b)

verify that —

(i)	every person serving on board a Singapore registered ship who is required to be certificated in accordance with the DSC Code, the HSC Code or the WIG Craft Regulations; and
(ii)	every person serving on board a foreign registered ship who is required to be certificated in accordance with the HSC Code or the WIG Craft Regulations,

holds an appropriate certificate, or a valid dispensation;”.

Amendment of regulation 23

10. The principal Regulations are amended by renumbering regulation 23 as paragraph (1) of that regulation, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:

“(2) The Director may exempt any person or WIG craft, or description of persons or of WIG craft, from all or any of the provisions of these Regulations, subject to such conditions as he thinks fit to impose.”.

[G.N. No. S 388/2005]

Made this 30th day of March 2010.

LUCIEN WONG

Chairman,
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.

[MPA 46/02.C13.V06/LSK; AG/LLRD/SL/179/2005/1 Vol. 1]

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