|
[接上页] Certificate of Competency (Marine Engineer Officer)(River Trade) Class 1 Certificate of Competency (Marine Engineer Officer)(River Trade) Class 2 Certificate of Competency (Marine Engineer Officer) (River Trade) Class 3, and shall not be issued in respect of steam-powered machinery. (5) A river trade certificate of competency of a class referred to in the list specified in subsection (4) shall be of a higher class than a certificate of a class referred to after it in that list. (6) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Regulation (including any other provision of this section), no engineer officer shall be qualified to man a high-speed craft which is a passenger craft, or a cargo craft of 500 GRT or more, unless- (a) in addition to holding any other appropriate certificate of competency, he holds a certificate- (i) known as a Type Rating Certificate; and (ii) issued by the Authority; and(b) such certificate is in force.(7) Any certificate issued to a marine engineer officer may be issued subject to any qualifications or limitations endorsed thereon. (8) Without limiting the generality of subsection (7), the Authority may, if he is satisfied that the holder of a Certificate of Competency (Marine Engineer Officer) Class 2 is competent to serve as Chief Engineer in a ship of the description specified in item 5 of Table A, or item 2(b) of Table B, in section 13(1), endorse the certificate with a service endorsement which qualifies the holder to man a station as Chief Engineer. (Enacted 1995) Cap 478J s 7 Certificates equivalent to certificates of competency or service Remarks: Amendments retroactively made - see 23 of 1998 s. 2 (1)-(2) (Repealed L.N. 105 of 1998) (3) A certificate of competency as First Class Engineer or Second Class Engineer obtained under section 6A of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance (Cap 281) before 1 September 1981 shall be equivalent, respectively, to a Certificate of Competency (Marine Engineer Officer) Class 1 and a Certificate of Competency (Marine Engineer Officer) Class 2 issued under this Regulation. (4) A Certificate of Competency (Marine Engineer Officer) Class 4 issued under the repealed Regulations, as in force at any time before the commencement of this Regulation, shall be equivalent to a Certificate of Competency (Marine Engineer Officer) Class 3 issued under this Regulation. (5) A certificate of service as Marine Engineer Officer Class 3 or 4 of a sea-going ship granted by the Director of Marine under the repealed Regulations shall be equivalent to a Certificate of Competency as Marine Engineer Officer Class 3 issued under this Regulation. (23 of 1998 s. 2) (6) (Repealed L.N. 105 of 1998) (7) A certificate of service (Marine Engineer Officer) (River Trade) Class 3 granted by the Director of Marine under the repealed Regulations shall be equivalent to a Certificate of Competency (Marine Engineer Officer) (River Trade) Class 3 issued under this Regulation. (Enacted 1995) Cap 478J s 8 General standards and conditions for the issue of certificates PART IV GENERAL STANDARDS AND CONDITIONS (1) The Authority may make determinations in writing specifying- (a) the standards of competency to be attained and the conditions to be satisfied by a person or class of persons to qualify for certificates of competency or a certificate of competency of a particular class under this Regulation; (b) the standards of competency to be attained and the conditions to be satisfied by a person or class of persons seeking endorsements to their certificates to qualify them in respect of particular ships, particular classes of ships, or ships carrying particular cargoes or particular classes of cargoes; (c) the conditions to be established by a person seeking an extension of the validity of his certificate; and (d) the manner in which the attainment of any such standards or the satisfaction of any such conditions is to be established.(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Regulation or any determinations made under subsection (1), the Authority shall not issue any certificate unless he is satisfied that the applicant is a fit person to be a holder of the certificate and to act competently in the capacity to which it relates. (Enacted 1995) Cap 478J s 9 Classes of licences, etc. PART V LICENCES (1) A licence issued by the Authority shall be of one of the classes specified in column 1 of the table to this section. (2) A licence of a class specified in column 1 of the table to this section shall be equivalent to a certificate of competency of a class specified opposite thereto in column 2 of that table and, accordingly, where a provision of any enactment requires a person to hold a certificate of competency of a particular class, any reference in that provision to such certificate may be read as a reference to a licence of the class which it is equivalent to by virtue of this section. (3) The provisions of the other Parts of this Regulation (including determinations made under those Parts, and section 19) shall have effect with respect to a licence of a class specified in column 1 of the table to this section, and the holder thereof, as they have effect with respect to a certificate of competency of a class specified opposite thereto in column 2 of that table, and the holder thereof, except in so far as those provisions are inconsistent with the provisions of this Part (including determinations made under this Part). |