Certificate of endorsement
9.—(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 a certificate of endorsement attesting the recognition of the certificate in accordance with Regulation I/10 of the Convention.
(2)  The certificate of endorsement referred to in paragraph (1) is to contain the information set out in paragraph 3 of section A-I/2 of the STCW Code.
(3)  The recognition of any certificate of competency issued by any foreign maritime administration is subject to the following conditions:
(a)that the Director is of the opinion that the certificate of competency is of a grade appropriate to the capacity in which the holder of the certificate is to be employed on a Singapore ship or is of a higher grade; and
(b)that the Director is satisfied that the holder of the certificate of competency is a fit and proper person to be employed on a Singapore ship.
(4)  Where the Director is of the opinion that a person whose certificate of competency is recognised under this regulation is not a fit and proper person to be employed on a Singapore ship or that the person has breached any condition upon which his certificate is recognised, the Director may issue a written notice to the person informing that person of his intention to cease recognition of such certificate and giving the reasons therefor and requiring that person to show cause why his certificate should not cease to be recognised.
(5)  A person required to show cause under paragraph (4) may do so in writing addressed to the Director or may, at the discretion of the Director, appear before an officer appointed by the Director to investigate the matter.
(6)  Where no cause or insufficient cause is shown, the Director shall issue a written notice to the person informing him that his certificate of competency will cease to be recognised as from a specified date and giving the reasons therefor and the person shall, on being so required by the Director, forthwith deliver his certificate of recognition to the Director to cancel the endorsement attesting to the recognition of the certificate.
(7)  Any person who fails to deliver his certificate to the Director when required to do so under paragraph (6) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.
(8)  Any person aggrieved by any decision of the Director to cease recognition of his certificate may appeal to the Minister whose decision shall be final.
(9)  An appeal lodged under paragraph (8) shall not operate as a stay of the decision of the Director to cease recognition of the certificate of the appellant unless the Director consents in writing.