reg 17 Form, validity, record and surrender of certificates
(1) Certificates and endorsements under these Regulations shall be issued by the Secretary of State on receipt of any fee payable, and delivered to the person entitled to hold them. (2) A certificate or endorsement shall remain valid for sea-going service only so long as the holder can comply with the standards and conditions as to medical fitness and professional competency to act in the appropriate capacity specified by the Secretary of State. (3) A record of all certificates and endorsements which are issued under this Part of these Regulations, have expired or have been revalidated, suspended, cancelled, or reported lost or destroyed and any alteration of or any other matters affecting any such certificates or endorsements, shall be kept, in such manner as the Secretary of State may require, by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen or by such other person as the Secretary of State may direct. (4) Where the holder of a certificate is issued with an appropriate certificate at a higher level he shall surrender the the first-mentioned certificate to the Secretary of State, or to such person as the Secretary of State directs, for cancellation. (5) Where a person is convicted of an offence under section 47(5) of the Act, or where a certificate or endorsement is issued and the conditions for its issue prescribed in this Part of these Regulations or specified by the Secretary of State have not been complied with, then the holder of the relevant certificate shall, at the direction of the Secretary of State, deliver it to the Secretary of State, or to such person as the Secretary of State directs, for cancellation.