The Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations 2015

Regulation 2(1)

SCHEDULE 1 REGULATIONS REVOKED

The regulations revoked are—

(a) the Merchant Shipping (Certificates of Competency as A.B.) Regulations 1970(1);

(b) the Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification) Regulations 1997;

(c) the Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) Regulations 1997;

(d) the Merchant Shipping (Training, Certification and Safe Manning) (Amendment) Regulations 1997(2);

(e) the Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) (Amendment) Regulations 2000(3);

(f) the Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2000(4); and

(g) the Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2008(5).

Regulation 2(2)

SCHEDULE 2 CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

1.—(1) The Merchant Shipping (Small Workboats and Pilot Boats) Regulations 1998(6) are amended as follows.

(2) In the Schedule (statutory instruments not applied)—

(a) omit the entries for the Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification) Regulations 1997 and the Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) Regulations 1997 (including the reference to the amending instrument); and

(b) at the end insert an entry for the Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations 2015 with the S.I. number 2015/782.

2.—(1) The Merchant Shipping (Vessels in Commercial Use for Sport or Pleasure) Regulations 1998(7) are amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 1 (statutory instruments disapplied if vessels comply with the code of practice for safety of large commercial sailing and motor vessels)—

(a) omit the entries for the Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification) Regulations 1997 and the Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) Regulations 1997 (including the reference to the amending instrument); and

(b) at the end insert an entry for the Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations 2015 with the S.I. number 2015/782.

3.—(1) The Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 2006(8) are amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 1 (fees under the Act)—

(a) in the Table in Part 1, paragraph 1 (surveys, inspections and applications for exemption - interpretation)—

(i) omit the entries for Merchant Shipping (Certificate of Competency as A.B.) Regulations 1970, the Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification) Regulations 1997 and the Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) Regulations 1997 (including the references to the amending instruments); and

(ii) before “N Safety Management” insert an entry for Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations 2015 with the SI number 2015/782;

(b) in Part 3 (miscellaneous examinations and other certificates)—

(i) for the heading “Table A: Miscellaneous Qualifications” substitute “Table of miscellaneous qualifications”;

(ii) omit Table B (certificates of competency as A.B.); and

(c) in Part 4, paragraph 1(a) (certificates of equivalent competency), for “the Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification) Regulations 1997” substitute “the Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations 2015”.

Regulation 6

SCHEDULE 3 CATEGORIES OF CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY AND CRITERIA FOR ISSUE

(1) Categories and capacity	(2) STCW Regulation in which the requirements for the issue of a certificate of competency are contained
Master and deck department
Officer in charge of a navigational watch on any ship on voyages not limited to near-coastal voyages	Regulation II/1, paragraph 2
Master or chief mate on a ship of 3000 GT or more	Regulation II/2, paragraph 2
Master on a ship of between 500 GT and 2999 GT not engaged on near-coastal voyages	Regulation II/2, paragraph 4
Chief mate on a ship of between 500 GT and 2999 GT	Regulation II/2, paragraph 4
Officer in charge of a navigational watch on a ship of less than 500 GT engaged on near-coastal voyages	Regulation II/3, paragraph 4
Master on a ship of less than 500 GT engaged on near-coastal voyages	Regulation II/3, paragraph 6
Engine department
Officer in charge of an engineering watch in a manned engine-room, or designated duty engineer officer in a periodically unmanned engine-room, on a ship powered by main propulsion machinery of 750 kilowatts propulsion power or more	Regulation III/1, paragraph 2
Chief engineer officer or second engineer officer on a ship powered by main propulsion machinery of 3000 kilowatts propulsion power or more	Regulation III/2, paragraph 2
Chief engineer officer and second engineer officer on a ship powered by main propulsion machinery of between 750 and 3000 kilowatts propulsion power	Regulation III/3, paragraph 2
Electro-technical officer on a ship powered by main propulsion machinery of 750 kilowatts propulsion power or more	Regulation III/6, paragraph 2

(1)

S.I. 1970/294, as amended by S.I. 1984/97 and S.I. 1996/3243.

(2)

S.I. 1997/1911.

(3)

S.I. 2000/484.

(4)

S.I. 2000/836.

(5)

S.I. 2008/2851.

(6)

S.I. 1998/1609.

(7)

S.I. 1998/2771.

(8)

S.I. 2006/2055.