21.—(1) The Director may authorise an officer of the Authority to go on board any ship to —
(a)
verify that all seafarers serving on board who are required to be certificated in accordance with the Convention hold an appropriate certificate or a valid dispensation, or provide documentary proof that an application for an endorsement has been submitted to the foreign maritime administration in accordance with regulation I/10, paragraph 5 of the Convention;
(aa)
verify that all seafarers —
(i)
serving on board Singapore registered ships who are required to be certificated in accordance with the DSC Code and the HSC Code; and
(ii)
serving on board foreign registered ships who are required to be certificated in accordance with the HSC Code,
hold an appropriate certificate, or a valid dispensation;
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(b)
verify that the numbers and certificates of the seafarers serving on board are in conformity with the applicable safe manning requirements; and
(c)
assess, in accordance with section A-I/4 of the STCW Code, the ability of the seafarers of the ship to maintain watchkeeping standards as required by the Convention if there are clear grounds for believing that such standards are not being maintained because any of the following has occurred:
(i)
the ship has been involved in a collision, grounding or standing;
(ii)
there has been a discharge of substances from the ship when underway, at anchor or at berth which is illegal under any international convention;
(iii)
the ship has been manoeuvred in an erratic or unsafe manner whereby routeing measures adopted by the IMO or safe navigation practices and procedures have not been followed; or
(iv)
the ship is otherwise being operated in such a manner as to pose a danger to persons, property or the environment.
(2) Deficiencies that are deemed to pose a danger to persons, property or the environment include the following:
(a)
failure of seafarers to hold a certificate, to have an appropriate certificate, to have a valid dispensation or to provide documentary proof that an application for an endorsement has been submitted to the foreign maritime administration in accordance with regulation I/10, paragraph 5 of the Convention;
(b)
failure to comply with the applicable safe manning requirements;
(c)
failure of navigational or engineering watch arrangements to conform to the requirements specified for the ship under regulation 18 of Chapter V of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Regulations (Rg 11);
(d)
absence in a watch of a person qualified to operate equipment essential to safe navigation, safety radiocommunications or the prevention of marine pollution; and
(e)
inability to provide for the first watch at the commencement of a voyage, and for subsequent relieving watches, persons who are sufficiently rested and otherwise fit for duty.
(3) Failure to correct any of the deficiencies referred to in paragraph (2), in so far as it has been determined by the Director that they pose a danger to persons, property or the environment, shall be the grounds, under these Regulations, on which the Director may cause a ship to be detained.