Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Boatmasters’ Qualification, Crew and Hours of Work) Regulations 2015
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3.—(1) The Merchant Shipping (Boatmasters’ Qualification, Crew and Hours of Work) Regulations 2015() are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 4—
(a)in paragraph (1)—
(i)omit the definition of “boatmaster’s certificate”;
(ii)omit the definition of “Directive 96/50/EC”;
(b)omit paragraph (5).
(3) In regulation 6(1)—
(a)for the definition of “normal duties”, substitute—
““normal duties”, in relation to the holder of a boatmaster’s licence, means the duties normally performed by a person holding a boatmaster’s licence (with or without endorsement);”;
(b)in the definition of “qualifying service”—
(i)in sub-paragraph (a), omit “or in another EEA State”;
(ii)in sub-paragraph (c), omit “or boatmaster’s certificate”;
(c)omit the definition of “Rhine navigation licence”;
(d)omit the definition of “supplementary licence”;
(e)omit the definition of “UK certificate”.
(4) In regulation 9—
(a)in paragraph (1)—
(i)at the end of sub-paragraph (a)(ii), insert “or”;
(ii)omit sub-paragraph (b);
(iii)omit sub-paragraph (c);
(b)in paragraph 2(a), omit “or 30”.
(5) Omit regulation 11.
(6) In regulation 12(1)—
(a)at the end of sub-paragraph (a), insert “or”;
(b)omit sub-paragraph (b);
(c)omit sub-paragraph (c).
(7) Omit regulations 27 to 33.
(8) In regulation 35—
(a)in paragraph (1)—
(i)in sub-paragraph (a), omit “and boatmaster’s certificate”;
(ii)in sub-paragraph (b), after “boatmaster’s licence”, omit “or certificate”;
(b)in paragraph (2)(b), omit “of boatmaster’s certificate”.
(9) In regulation 36—
(a)omit “or boatmaster’s certificate”;
(b)omit “or certificate” on each occasion it appears.
(10) In regulation 38—
(a)at the end of sub-paragraph (a), insert “or”;
(b)omit sub-paragraph (b).
(11) In regulation 46, on each occasion that it appears, omit “, 31(5) or 33(1)”.
(12) In regulation 50(1), omit sub-paragraph (b).