Section 24

Every Brunei Darussalam ship shall carry such number of certificated ratings as are required for the ship under the Safe Manning Certificate issued by the Director.

Every rating forming part of a navigational watch on seagoing ships of 500 tons or more, other than ratings under training and ratings whose duties while on watch are of an unskilled nature, shall be duly certificated to perform such duties.

Every rating forming part of an engine room watch or designated to perform duties in a periodically unmanned engine room on seagoing ships powered by main propulsion machinery of 750 kW propulsion power or more, other than ratings under training and ratings whose duties while on watch are of an unskilled nature, shall be duly certificated to perform such duties.

No person may be issued by the Director with a certificate entitling the holder to be part of a navigational or an engineering watch unless the person complies with the requirements set out in regulation II/4 or III/4 of the

Convention, whichever is applicable.

Every rating for certification shall, in addition to meeting the requirements of sub-regulation (4), meet the applicable requirements of Chapters

V, VI and VIII of the Convention.

Any certificat~ •. required by the Convention to be held by a rating shall be kept available in its original form on board the ship on which the certificated rating is serving.

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The minimum requirements for certification of ratings are specified in

Part IV of the Examination and Certification Rules in the Second Schedule.