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The Fishing Vessels (Certification of Deck Officers and Engineer Officers) Regulations 1984

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Certificates equivalent to a certificate of competency

7.—(1) An existing certificate of competency granted under section 414 of the Act of 1894 shall be deemed for the purposes of these Regulations and of sections 43 to 60, 75(2) and 92 of the Act of 1970 to be a certificate of competency issued under section 43 of the Act of 1970 and such a certificate of a class set out in column 1 of Table 2 shall be treated as equivalent to a certificate of competency issued under these Regulations of a class set out opposite thereto in column 2 of that Table.

TABLE 2

Column 1 Column 2
Class of 1894 Certificate Equivalent Class of Certificate of competency (Deck Officer) issued under these Regulations
Skipper (Full) Class 1
Second Hand (Full) Class 1 restricted to use as second in command
Skipper (Limited) Class 1 in the limited area; Class 2 in the unlimited area
Second Hand (Special)Class 2 in the limited area only
Second Hand (Limited) Class 2 in the limited area only, restricted to use as second in command

(2) Deck officer certificates of service of a description set out in column 1 of Table 3 may be issued in accordance with these Regulations and such a certificate shall be treated as equivalent to a deck officer certificate of competency issued under these Regulations of the class set out in column 2 of that Table opposite that description of certificate of service.

TABLE 3

Column 1 Column 2
Certificate of ServiceEquivalent class of certificate of competency (Deck Officer) under these Regulations
Skipper in vessels of less than 25 tons but 16.5 metres or more in the limited areaClass 2 in the limited area
Third Hand in vessels of 40 metres or moreClass 2 in the unlimited area restricted to service as watchkeeping officer but not as first or second in command; Class 3 in the limited area
Second Hand in vessels of less than 50 tons but of 25 tons or more or of 16.5 metres or moreClass 3 in the limited area

(3) Engineer officer certificate of service class 1 and class 2 may be issued in accordance with these Regulations and any such certificate shall be treated as equivalent to an engineer officer certificate of competency issued under these Regulations of the corresponding numbered class.

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