3 Licence issue, standards and conditions
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3 Licence issue, standards and conditions

  3.1 he Administration may issue licences as Boatmaster or Boat Engineer, as appropriate to persons who meet the requirements of this Regulation. The form of the Boatmaster and Boat Engineer licences are given in Annex 10 .

  3.2 An application for a licence under this regulation shall be made in such form as the Administration may from time to time specify.

  3.3 Subject to IX/3.4:

  • .1 the standards of competence to be attained and the conditions, including conditions as to medical fitness, to be satisfied by a person in order for a licence to be issued to him under the Code;

  • .2 any exceptions applicable with respect to any such standards or conditions;

  • .3 the manner in which the attainment of any such standards or the satisfaction of any such conditions is to be evidenced; and

  • .4 the conduct of any examinations and the conditions of admission to them;

shall be those specified in regulations IX/5 to IX/7 and IX/9 to IX/11 or those which may from time to time be specified by the Administration in a Shipping Notice.

  3.4 Notwithstanding that an applicant for a licence under this regulation complies with the standards and satisfies the conditions specified by the Administration, the Administration shall not issue such a licence to the applicant unless it is satisfied, having regard to all the relevant circumstances, that the applicant is a fit person to be the holder of such a licence.

Parent topic: Part A - Licences
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