Merchant Shipping (Deck Officers) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 02 Feb 1996

No. S 64

Merchant Shipping Act 1995

(Act 19 of 1995)

Merchant Shipping (Deck Officers) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 47 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, the Minister for Communications hereby makes the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Deck Officers) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into operation on 2nd February 1996.

2. Regulation 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Deck Officers) Regulations 1994 (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “certificate of service”, the following definitions:

“ “foreign-going ship” includes every ship employed in trading or going between some place or places in Singapore and some place or places situated beyond the limits prescribed for home-trade ships;

“home-trade ship” means a ship plying solely upon a home-trade voyage;

“home-trade voyage” means a voyage within the following limits: an imaginary line drawn from a position in the Gulf of Martaban in latitude 16° 15’ north, longitude 96° εαστ ιν α σoυτη-easterly direction to a position in latitude 15° north, longitude 97° east, thence due south to a position in latitude 9° νoρτη, λoνγιτυδε 97° east, thence in a south-westerly direction to a position in latitude 6° north, longitude 94° east, thence due south to a position in latitude 4° north, longitude 94° east, thence in a south-easterly direction to a position in latitude 8° σoυτη, λoνγιτυδε 104° east, thence in an easterly direction to a position in latitude 10° south, longitude 120° east, thence due east to a position in latitude 10° σoυτη, λoνγιτυδε 125° east, thence due north to a position in latitude 8° north, longitude 125° east, thence due west to a position in latitude 8° north, longitude 110° east, thence in a 315° direction (N.W. true) to the coast of Vietnam, thence initially westward following the coasts of Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, the Malay Peninsular and Myanmar to the starting point;”; and

(b)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “special limit voyage” and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:

“ “tons” means gross tonnage.”.

[G.N. No.]

[S 238/94]

3. Regulation 12 of the principal Regulations is deleted and the following regulation substituted therefor:

“Fraud or misrepresentation

12. Any person who, in connection with an application for or the issue of a certificate of competency or in connection with the endorsement, or extension of the validity of a certificate of competency or certificate of service, makes a statement which he knows to be false or recklessly makes a statement which is false, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.”.

4. The Second Schedule to the principal Regulations is deleted and the following Schedule substituted therefor:

“SECOND SCHEDULE

Regulation 15.

Minimum Manning Scale

COLUMN 1

COLUMN 2

COLUMN 3

TRADING AREA

DESCRIPTION OF SHIP

Minimum number of certificated officers to be carried

Class 1 Cert

Class 2 Cert

Class 3 Cert

Class 4 Cert

Local Trade Master

Class 5A Cert

Class 5 Cert

Local Trade Mate

Class 6 Cert

SPECIAL LIMIT

Below 100 tons

—

B100 tons and above

—

HOME-TRADE

Below 1,600 tons

—

1,600 tons and above

—

FOREIGN-GOING

Below 1,600 tons

—

1,600 tons and above

—

* For passenger ship, at least 12 months’ sea service is required.

# Alternatively, a Class 4 or 5A certificated officer may be provided.”.

Made this 30th day of January 1996.

TEO MING KIAN

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Communications,
Singapore.

[MARINE 0140/2B; AG/SL/10/92 Vol. 2]

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