Declaring certificates of competency granted in other countries as equivalent to corresponding certificates of competency in India

Declaring certificates of competency granted in other countries as equivalent to corresponding certificates of competency in India

Published vide Notification S.O.1016, dated 25th April, 1961

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1. S.O.1016, dated 25th April, 1961. - In exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (1) of Section 86 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958), the Central Government hereby declares that the certificates of competency specified in the Schedule annexed hereto issued by the Republic of Ireland shall, for the purposes of the said Act, be recognised as equivalent to the corresponding certificates of competency issued in India.

Schedule

Master (foreign-going).

First Mate (foreign-going).

Second Mate (foreign-going).

First Class Engineer (Steamship).

First Class Engineer (Motorship).

First Class Engineer (Steamship and Motorship).

Second Class Engineer (Steamship).

Second Class Engineer (Motorship).

Second Class Engineer (Steamship and Motorship).

[Min. of Transport and Communications, No. 67-MA(12)/57.]

[Gazette of India, 1961, Part II, Section 3 (ii), p. 1009.]

S.O.4577, dated 17th December, 1968. - Whereas the Central Government is satisfied that the conditions under which certificates of competency are granted under the laws in force in the United Kingdom require standards of competency not lower than those required for the grant of corresponding certificates under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958):

And whereas certificates of competency granted under the said Act are accepted in the United Kingdom in lieu of the corresponding certificates granted under the laws of that country:

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 86 of the said Act, the Central Government hereby declares that the certificate of competency granted under the laws in force in the United Kingdom and specified in column (1) of the Schedule annexed hereto shall for the purpose of the said Act be recognised as equivalent to the corresponding certificate of competency granted under the said Act and specified against the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Schedule.

Schedule

1	2
Master (foreign-going)	Master (foreign-going)
First Mate (foreign-going)	First Mate (foreign-going)
Second Mate (foreign-going)	Second Mate (foreign-going)
First Class Engineer (Steamship)	First Class Engineer (Steamship)
First Class Engineer (Motorship)	First Class Engineer (Motorship)
First Class Engineer (Steamship and Motorship)	First Class Engineer (Steamship and Motorship)
Second Class Engineer (Steamship)	Second Class Engineer (Steamship)
Second Class Engineer (Motorship)	Second Class Engineer (Motorship)
Second Class Engineer (Steamship and Motorship)	Second Class Engineer (Steamship and Motorship)

 

[Min. of Transport and Shipping, No. 30-ML(27)60-MD.]

[Gazette of India, 1968, Part II, Section 3 (ii), p. 5791.]