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39.—(1) A certificate of competency—
(a)issued under the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Ships’ Cooks) Regulations 1981(1);
(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 1970(2),
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.
1970 c.36. Section 43 was repealed by the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, section 314(1) and Schedule 12.
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