http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/21/section/47/2003-01-18Merchant Shipping Act 1995An Act to consolidate the Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1994 and other enactments relating to merchant shipping.1995-07-19texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-04-202003-01-18 Merchant Shipping Act 1995s. 145(2)(a)(ia)Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015Sch. 11 para. 16(2)s. 95(1)art. 3Sch. 1 para. 77Merchant Shipping Act 1995s. 145(2A)Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015Sch. 11 para. 16(3)s. 95(1)art. 3Sch. 1 para. 77Merchant Shipping Act 1995s. 145(2)(a)(ia)Criminal Justice Act 2003Sch. 36 para. 13(2)s. 336(3) (4)Merchant Shipping Act 1995s. 145(2A)Criminal Justice Act 2003Sch. 36 para. 13(3)s. 336(3) (4) Part III471Subject to subsection (2) below, the Secretary of State may make regulations—arequiring ships to which this section applies to carry such number of qualified officers of any description, qualified doctors and qualified cooks and such number of other seamen or qualified seamen of any description as may be specified in the regulations; andbprescribing or enabling the Secretary of State to specify standards of competence to be attained and other conditions to be satisfied (subject to any exceptions 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.2The Secretary of State shall not exercise his power to make regulations requiring ships to carry seamen other than doctors and cooks except to the extent that it appears to him necessary or expedient in the interests of safety.3Regulations under this section may make different provision for different descriptions of ship or for ships of the same description in different circumstances.4Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1)(b) above, 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, or enable the Secretary of State to make provision, for—athe manner in which the attainment of any standard or the satisfaction of any other condition is to be evidenced;bthe conduct of any examinations, the conditions for admission to them and the appointment and remuneration of examiners; andcthe issue, form and recording of certificates and other documents;and different provisions may be so made or enabled to be made for different circumstances.5If a person makes a statement which he knows to be false or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular for the purpose of obtaining for himself or another person a certificate or other document which may be issued under this section he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.