17 Additional crew
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17 Additional crew

  17.1 It shall be the duty of an owner of a vessel to which this regulation applies to notify in writing to the Administration

  • .1 the geographical limits within which he proposes that the vessel be navigated;

  • .2 the number of crewmen in addition to the master whom the owner considers it appropriate that the vessel should carry when being navigated within the geographical limits so notified; and

  • .3 whether the owner considers it appropriate that, when the vessel is being so navigated, a crewman should be the holder of a licence of any grade under the Code.

  17.2 The Administration may approve –

  • .1 the number of crewmen notified in accordance with IX/17.1.2; and

  • .2 that a crewman is to be, or that no crewman need be, the holder of a licence in accordance with a notification under IX/17.1.3.

  17.3 A vessel to which this regulation applies shall not proceed on a voyage or excursion unless –

  • .1 the Administration has been notified in accordance with IX/17.1.1;

  • .2 the Administration has given an approval in accordance with IX/17.2; and

  • .3 the manning of the vessel is in accordance with the approval given under IX/17.2.

  17.4 Any approval given under this regulation shall be in writing and shall specify the date on which it takes effect and the conditions, if any, on which it is given.


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