Merchant Shipping (Certification of Seamen) Act, 1979

Production of certificate of competency.

7.—(1) Any person serving or engaged to serve in a ship to which this Act applies shall, when so required by the master of the ship or an authorised officer of the Minister, produce the appropriate certificate of competency under this Act held by the person.

(2) A person who fails or refuses to comply with subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £250.