Merchant Shipping (Deck Officers) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1996

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 22 Nov 1996

No. S 488

Merchant Shipping Act

(Chapter 179)

Merchant Shipping (Deck Officers) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1996

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

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Deck Officers) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1996 and shall come into operation on 22nd November 1996.

2. Regulation 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Deck Officers) Regulations 1994 (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended by deleting the definition of “certificate of competency” and substituting the following definitions:

“ “certificate of competency” means a certificate of competency issued by the Director under these Regulations or a certificate which is treated as equivalent to such a certificate by virtue of regulation 6, but does not include a certificate of competency issued by a foreign maritime administration;

“certificate of recognition” means a certificate of recognition issued by the Director under regulation 7(1);”.

[G.N. Nos.]

[S 238/94]

[S 64/96]

3. Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (2) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, an officer shall be qualified if he is for the time being —

(a)	the holder of a relevant certificate of competency issued under these Regulations or a certificate which is treated as equivalent to such a certificate by virtue of regulation 6; or
(b)	the holder of a relevant certificate of competency issued by a foreign maritime administration which is recognised by the Director under regulation 7.

(3) In paragraph (2)(a), “relevant”, in relation to a certificate of competency, means the certificate is, at the material time, valid and in force in relation to the person named in it and is of a class appropriate to the capacity in which the holder is to be employed on the ship or of a higher class.

(4) In paragraph (2)(b), “relevant”, in relation to a certificate of competency issued by a foreign maritime administration, means the certificate is, at the material time, valid and in force in relation to the person named in it and is of a grade appropriate to the capacity in which the holder is to be employed on the ship or of a higher grade.”.

4. Regulation 7 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, recognise any valid certificate of competency issued by a foreign maritime administration by issuing to the holder of the certificate a certificate of recognition.”.

(b)

by inserting, immediately before the word “employed” in paragraph (2)(a), the words “to be”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the word “ship” in the third line of paragraph (3), the words “or that the person has breached any condition upon which his certificate is recognised”;

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the word “therefor” at the end of paragraph (5), the words “, and the person shall, on being so required by the Director, forthwith deliver his certificate of recognition to the Director for cancellation”; and

(e)

by inserting, immediately after paragraph (5), the following paragraph:

“(5A) Any person who fails to deliver his certificate of recognition to the Director when required by the Director to do so under paragraph (5) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.”.

Made this 13th day of November 1996.

PETER HO HAK EAN

Chairman,
Maritime and Port Authority
of Singapore.

[PY/LS/1.22/SL; AG/LEG/SL/179/96/1]

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