PART 8Food and catering

Recognition of existing certificates of competency39

1

A certificate of competency—

a

issued under the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Ships’ Cooks) Regulations 198117;

b

treated as equivalent under regulation 8 of those Regulations; or

c

deemed under regulation 9 of those Regulations to be issued pursuant to section 43 of the Merchant Shipping Act 197018,

which is in force and not suspended on the date when these Regulations come into force, has effect as if it were a certificate of competency as a ship’s cook issued under regulation 38 of these Regulations.

2

A certificate to which paragraph (1) applies remains valid for a period of 5 years beginning on the date on which these Regulations come into force unless it is suspended or cancelled in accordance with section 62 of the Act.