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

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Engine-room watch duties

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8.—(1) This regulation applies to a seafarer performing watchkeeping duties in a manned or periodically unmanned engine room on a ship whose main propulsion machinery has a propulsion power of not less than 350 kilowatts, but less than 750 kilowatts.

(2) The seafarer must—

(a)hold one of the engineering certificates of competency referred to in regulation 7 (qualification as an officer); or

(b)be the holder of—

(i)a marine engine operator’s licence or a senior marine engineer operator’s licence issued by the Secretary of State in compliance with the criteria specified in section 10 of Merchant Shipping Notice 1857 (M+F) Amendment 1; or

(ii)a marine engine operator’s licence issued by the Secretary of State in compliance with the criteria specified in section 3.3 of Merchant Shipping Notice 1859 (M+F) Amendment 1 or section 3 of Merchant Shipping Notice 1904 (M+F)(1).

(1)

Merchant Shipping Notice 1857 (M+F) Amendment 1, Merchant Shipping Notice 1859 (M+F) Amendment 1 and Merchant Shipping Notice 1904 (M+F) can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/merchant-shipping-notices-msns and in hard copy from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency of Spring Place, 105 Commercial Road, Southampton SO15 1EG (telephone 020 3817 2000 and email infoline@mcga.gov.uk) and on https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency.

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