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

Approval of seagoing service

33.—(1) Where these Regulations require a person to meet a requirement of the STCW Convention and that requirement includes a requirement for seagoing service, the Secretary of State must approve that seagoing service in accordance with section A-I/2, paragraph 5, of the STCW Code (approval of seagoing service).

(2) An approval given under paragraph (1) may, on the giving of reasonable notice, be altered or cancelled.

(3) An approval given under paragraph (1), or an alteration or cancellation under paragraph (2), 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.

(4) The requirement that an approval given under paragraph (1), or an alteration or cancellation under paragraph (2), must be in writing is satisfied where the text of the approval, alteration or cancellation is—

(a) transmitted by electronic means;

(b) received in legible form; and

(c) capable of being used for subsequent reference.