5.—(1) The following classes of deck officer certificates of competency are to be issued in accordance with these Regulations:
(a)
Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 1 (Master Mariner);
(b)
Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 2;
(c)
Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 3;
(d)
Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 4 (Home-Trade Master);
(e)
Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 5;
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(f)
Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 4 (Special Limit);
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(g)
Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 5 (Special Limit); and
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(h)
Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 6.
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(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a certificate of competency of a class set out in paragraph (1) is to be treated as being a certificate of a class higher than a certificate of any class that is set out after it in that paragraph.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), a Class 2 or a Class 3 Certificate of Competency or its equivalent is not to be treated as being higher than, or equal to, a Certificate of Competency (Deck Officer) Class 4 (Home-Trade Master) or its equivalent for the purposes of the manning of home-trade ships.
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(4) A person who is not a qualified deck officer shall not take charge of a navigational or deck watch.