Section 35
1)
of Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations, 2002
Any seafarer aggrieved by any order made under these Regulations by any officer below the rank of the Director may appeal to the Director within a period of 60 days from the date of receipt of the order.
(2)
Any seafarer aggrieved by any order made under these Regulations by the Director may appeal to the Minister within a period of 60 days from the date of receipt of the order.
(3)
No appeal shall be admitted if it is lodged after the expiry of the period prescribed therefor, provided that an appeal may be admitted after the expiry of the period prescribed therefor if the appellant satisfies the Director or Minister, as the case may be, that he has sufficient cause for not lodging the appeal within the prescribed period.
{4)
Every appeal lodged under this regulation shall be accompanied by a copy of the order appealed against.
{5)
The Director or Minister, as the case may be, before disposing of an appeal shall give a reasonable opportunity of being heard to the appellant.
(6)
An appeal shall be disposed of as expeditiously as possible but within a period of 6 months from the date of the order.
(7)
The Director or Minister, as the case may be, may confum, modify or reverse the order appealed against.
Review of results of examination.