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

Made: 23rd March 2015

Laid before Parliament: 26th March 2015

Coming into force: 9th June 2015

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PART 1 — INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

Citation and commencement

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Revocations and amendments

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Interpretation

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PART 2 — TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION: SHIPS

Application of Part 2

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Requirement for seafarers to be qualified

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Certificates of competency, equivalent competency or proficiency

Qualification as an officer

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Engine-room watch duties

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Radiocommunication and radio personnel on a GMDSS ship

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Seafarers on an oil or chemical tanker - basic training

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Seafarers on an oil tanker - advanced training

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Seafarers on a chemical tanker - advanced training

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Seafarers on a liquefied gas tanker - basic training

12

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Seafarers on a liquefied gas tanker - advanced training

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Ratings forming part of a navigational watch

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Ratings forming part of an engine-room watch

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Ratings as able seafarer deck

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Ratings as able seafarer engine

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Electro-technical ratings

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Seafarers designated to launch or take charge of a survival craft or rescue boat (other than a fast rescue boat)

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Seafarers designated to launch or take charge of a fast rescue boat

20

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Ship security officers

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Seafarers on a passenger ship engaged on international voyages (other than a high speed craft)

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Seafarers on a high speed craft

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Safety familiarisation, basic training and instruction for all seafarers

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Seafarers designated as a fire fighting controller

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Seafarers designated as a provider of medical first aid or to take charge of medical care

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Security-related familiarisation training for seafarers on an ISPS ship

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Application and issuing of certificates

Application for a certificate

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Form of a certificate and approval of seagoing service

29

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Endorsements on a certificate

30

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Exemptions

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Recognition of certificates

Recognition of a certificate issued by an EEA State

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Recognition of a certificate issued by a third party State

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Validity of certificates

Validity of a certificate or endorsement

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Revalidation of certain certificates and endorsements

35

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Refresher training for certain seafarers

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Cancellation of certificates and appeals

Cancellation of a certificate

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Appeal against refusal or cancellation of a certificate

38

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Loss of certificates and record keeping

Loss of a certificate

39

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Register of certificates and endorsements

40

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Training

Provision and quality of training

41

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PART 3 — TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION: HOVERCRAFT

Hovercraft personnel

42

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Certificates

43

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Exemptions

44

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PART 4 — SAFE MANNING AND WATCH KEEPING

General

Application of Part 4

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Safe manning

Safe manning document

46

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Watchkeeping arrangements

Arrangements generally and at sea

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Arrangements in port

48

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Watchkeeping arrangements in port for ships carrying hazardous cargo

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Exemptions

50

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PART 5 — GENERAL

Responsibilities of companies, masters and others

51

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Carriage of documents

52

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Inspection of non-United Kingdom ships

53

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Power to detain

54

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Penalties

55

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PART 6 — TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Transitional provisions

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PART 7 — REVIEW

Review of the Regulations

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SCHEDULE 1 — REGULATIONS REVOKED

The regulations revoked are—

• (a) the Merchant Shipping (Certificates of Competency as A.B.) Regulations 1970[^f00024];

• (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[^f00025];

• (e) the Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) (Amendment) Regulations 2000[^f00026];

• (f) the Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2000[^f00027]; and

• (g) the Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification) (Amendment) Regulations 2008[^f00028].

SCHEDULE 2 — CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

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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	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	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

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

John Hayes — Minister of State — 2015-03-23

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c.68.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1994/757.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1993/595.

[^f00004]: S.I. 2002/248.

[^f00005]: 1995 c. 21. Section 47 was amended by the Marine Navigation Act 2013 (c. 23), section 10.

[^f00006]: Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).

[^f00007]: 1995 c.21. Section 47 was amended by section 10 of the Marine Navigation Act 2013 (c.23). Sections 85 and 86 were amended by section 8 of, and Part 1 of Schedule 7 to, the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28). Sections 85 and 86 are applied to hovercraft by article 4 of the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1350) (sections 85 and 86 re-enact sections 21 and 22 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (c.39) which are referred to in that article).

[^f00008]: O.J. L 323, 3.12.2008, p33; amended by Directive 2012/35/EU of 21 November 2012 (O.J. L343, 14.12.2012, p78).

[^f00009]: S.I. 1997/1510, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00010]: S.I. 2004/302, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00011]: ISBN 9789280113267.

[^f00012]: ISBN 9789280142266.

[^f00013]: ISBN 9789280112771.

[^f00014]: ISBN 9789280151497.

[^f00015]: S.I. 2010/737, as amended by S.I. 2014/1614.

[^f00016]: S.I. 1996/3010, as amended by S.I. 1998/1153 and S.I. 2004/930.

[^f00017]: S.I. 1998/2771; as amended by S.I. 2005/2114. The other amendments to S.I. 1998/2771 are not relevant to these regulations.

[^f00018]: ISBN 9789280115284.

[^f00019]: Published with the STCW Code (in the same volume). Amendments were adopted by the Parties to the Convention in 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2004 (on two occasions), 2006 and 2010.

[^f00020]: 2012 Edition of the radio regulations, ISBN 978-92-61-14021-2.

[^f00021]: S.I. 2011/2601.

[^f00022]: S.I. 1997/348, as amended by S.I. 1997/1911, S.I. 2000/836, S.I. 2004/302, S.I. 2006/89 and S.I. 2008/2851.

[^f00023]: S.I. 1997/1320, as amended by S.I. 1997/1911, S.I. 1997/2971, S.I. 2000/484 and S.I. 2002/2125.

[^f00024]: S.I. 1970/294, as amended by S.I. 1984/97 and S.I. 1996/3243.

[^f00025]: S.I. 1997/1911.

[^f00026]: S.I. 2000/484.

[^f00027]: S.I. 2000/836.

[^f00028]: S.I. 2008/2851.

[^f00029]: S.I. 1998/1609.

[^f00030]: S.I. 1998/2771.

[^f00031]: S.I. 2006/2055.

The regulations revoked are—

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

• (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 ;

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

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

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

Editorial notes

Recognition of a party to the STCW on or after IP completion day

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Withdrawal of recognition

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