The Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) (Amendment) Regulations 2000

• Citation: S.I. 2000/484
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.

Section 2 Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) Regulations 1997

(1) The Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) Regulations 1997 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1), before the definition of “company” there shall be inserted:

“certificate of equivalent competency” means a document entitled “certificate of equivalent competency” issued under regulation 5(2) and (3) of the Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification) Regulations 1997 ;

(3) In paragraphs (a) and (b) of regulation 4(2), before “seaman” there shall be inserted “master and”.

(4) In paragraph (a) of regulation 4(2), after “certificate” there shall be inserted “or a certificate of equivalent competency”.

(5) In paragraph (c) of regulation 4(2), before “seamen” there shall be inserted “masters and”.

(6) In paragraph (a) of regulation 15(1), before “all seamen” there shall be inserted “the master and”.

(7) In paragraph (b) of regulation15(1), before “seamen” there shall be inserted “master or”.

(8) In paragraph (a) of regulation 15(3), before “any seaman” there shall be inserted “the master or”.

(9) In regulation 18, after “individual cases” there shall be added “, and may alter or cancel any exemptions so granted”.