Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)RegulationsMerchant Shipping (Training, Certification and Safe Manning) Regulations, 2021Part 9 : Supplemental120. Equivalence of certificates and endorsements |
| (1) | Subject to subregulation (2),each certificate or endorsement specified in a column of an item in the table in Annexure 1 is equivalent to the certificate or endorsement, as the case may be, specified in the other columns of the same row of that item. |
| (2) | If a certificate of competency has lapsed on the date of commencement of these Regulations and the holder of the certificate has served for at least 12 months in the five years prior to that date, the Authority may endorse the certificate, or issue the equivalent certificate in terms of this regulation, as the case may be, so as to entitle the holder to continue employment in the capacity concerned. |