Singapore legislation
Clause 47
Clause 47
Manning and certification
(1)
The Minister may make regulations —
requiring ships to carry such number of qualified officers of any description, qualified doctors and such number of qualified or other seamen of any description as may be specified in the regulations;
prescribing standards of competence to be attained and other conditions to be satisfied (subject to any exemptions allowed by or under the regulations) by officers and other seamen of any description in order to be qualified for the purposes of this section; and
providing that existing certificates shall, except in such cases as are specified in the regulations, be deemed for the purposes of this Act to be issued in pursuance of this section and to confer on the persons to whom they are issued such qualifications as may be specified in the regulations.
(2)
In subsection (1), “existing certificate” means a certificate granted before 1st August 1986.
(3)
Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (b) of subsection (1), the conditions prescribed or specified under that paragraph may include conditions as to nationality and regulations made for the purposes of that paragraph may make provision for —
the manner in which the attainment of any standard or the satisfaction of any other condition is to be evidenced;
the conduct of any examination, the condition for admission to the examination and the appointment and remuneration of examiners; and
the issue, surrender, replacement, form and recording of certificates and other documents.