reg 13 Classification of crew
(1) An operator may classify a crew member for the purpose of article 5(3) and a crew member classified under this article is referred to in this Order as a “ classified crew member ”. (2) But an operator must not classify a crew member unless— (a) at the crew member's most recent medical examination or, as the case may be, health review, under article 14 (medical surveillance), a doctor determined that the crew member is— (i) fit to work as a classified crew member; or (ii) fit, subject to certain conditions, to work as a classified crew member; and (b) in a case within sub-paragraph (a)(ii), the conditions are complied with. (3) An operator must, as soon as is practicable following a crew member's most recent medical examination or, as the case may be, health review, under article 14, review the suitability of the crew member for the crew member's classification, having regard to the results of— (a) any monitoring under article 9 or 16 undertaken in relation to the crew member since the beginning of the year in which the medical examination or health review takes place; (b) the crew member's most recent medical examination or health review under article 14; and (c) any other medical examination the crew member has been subject to since the date of the crew member's most recent medical examination or health review under article 14. (4) An operator must cease to classify a crew member as a classified crew member if— (a) at the crew member's most recent medical examination or, as the case may be, health review, in accordance with article 14, a doctor determines that the crew member is— (i) unfit to work as a classified crew member; or (ii) fit, subject to certain conditions, to work as a classified crew member; and (b) in a case within sub-paragraph (a)(ii), the conditions are not complied with.