41.—(1) A person providing the training or assessment of seafarers for certification under the STCW Convention or this Part must ensure that—
(a)such training or assessment is administered, supervised and monitored in accordance with section A-I/6 of the STCW Code; and
(b)those responsible for such training are appropriately qualified in accordance with that section for the type and level or training involved.
(2) A person providing training specified by the Secretary of State must issue documentary evidence to every person successfully completing such training which complies and which, in the case of masters and officers having an operational role on high speed craft, must be a certificate in a form specified in Merchant Shipping Notice 1740(M) endorsed in a manner specified in that notice.
(3) The Secretary of State must ensure that—
(a)a quality standards system meeting the requirements of STCW Regulation I/8 is in place; and
(b)periodically an evaluation is undertaken in accordance with that Regulation and a report is communicated to the European Commission in the format specified in section A-I/7 of the STCW Code within six months of the date of the evaluation.