Merchant Shipping (Certification of Seamen) Act, 1979
Special certificates of competency. |
8.—(1) The Minister may— | |
(a) issue and record documents certifying the attainment of any standard of competence relating to ships or their operation, other than a standard of competence prescribed under section 3 of this Act, | ||
(b) in relation to a standard certified under this section, make regulations corresponding to those provided for in section 3 (2) (b) of this Act. | ||
(2) A person who, for the purpose of obtaining for himself or another person a document under this section, makes a statement which he knows to be false, or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £250. |