The Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations 2022

PART 3 U.K. Training and certification: hovercraft

Hovercraft personnel U.K.

51.—(1) This Part applies to every seagoing hovercraft registered in the United Kingdom which was constructed on or after 1st January 1996.

(2) A seafarer on a hovercraft to which this Part applies must meet the standards of competence specified in paragraph (3) in order to be qualified for the purposes of section 47 of the Act (manning).

(3) The owner of a hovercraft to which this paragraph applies must ensure that a seafarer on board a hovercraft to which this regulation applies has completed the training specified in paragraph 18.3.3 of the High Speed Craft Code (type rating training).

(4) A person providing the training referred to in paragraph (3) must issue documentary evidence to every person successfully completing such training.

(5) In the case of a master or an officer, the documentary evidence must be a certificate in the form specified by the Secretary of State in Merchant Shipping Notice 1740 (M) and the certificate must be endorsed in a manner so specified.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 51 in force at 10.1.2023, see reg. 1(1)

Certificates and approved training providers U.K.

52.—(1) Regulations 31 to 34 (application and issuing of certificates and endorsements), 41 (validity of a certificate or endorsement), 42 (revalidation of certain certificates and endorsements), 44 (suspension and cancellation of a certificate), 45 (appeal against refusal, suspension or cancellation of a certificate) and 46 (loss of a certificate) apply to certificates issued under regulation 51 (hovercraft personnel) as they apply to certificates issued under Part 2.

(2) Regulations 48 to 50 (training providers) apply to a person providing the training referred to in regulation 51(3) (type rating training) as they apply to a person providing training or assessment of seafarers for certification under Part 2.

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 52 in force at 10.1.2023, see reg. 1(1)

Exemptions U.K.

53.—(1) The Secretary of State may grant to the owner of a hovercraft an exemption from any of the requirements of regulation 51 (hovercraft personnel) for classes of case or individual cases if satisfied that compliance with such requirement is either impracticable or unreasonable.

(2) An exemption under paragraph (1) may be granted subject to such safety requirements as the Secretary of State thinks fit to ensure the overall safety of the hovercraft.

(3) An exemption granted under paragraph (1) may, on the giving of reasonable notice, be altered or cancelled.

(4) Where an exemption is granted subject to safety requirements under paragraph (2), the exemption ceases to have effect if those requirements are not complied with.

(5) An exemption granted under paragraph (1), or an alteration or cancellation under paragraph (3), must—

(a) be in writing;

(b) specify the date on which it takes effect; and

(c) specify the terms, if any, on which it is given.

(6) The requirement that an exemption granted under paragraph (1), or an alteration or cancellation under paragraph (3), must be in writing is satisfied where the text of the exemption, alteration or cancellation is—

(a) transmitted by electronic means;

(b) received in legible form; and

(c) capable of being used for subsequent reference.

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 53 in force at 10.1.2023, see reg. 1(1)