Commentary on Sections Manning Requirements and Marking Wrecks Section 10: Manning requirements for ships
30.Section 10 provides for an amendment of section 47 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 relating to manning requirements on ships. The amendment allows regulations made under section 47, or provision made by the Secretary of State under such regulations, to prescribe or specify conditions by reference to documents prepared by other people, including amended versions of such documents where the Secretary of State has approved the amendments for the purposes of section 47. The policy intention is to allow greater flexibility in drafting the provisions in regulations which determine the standards which must be met by seafarers in order for them to be qualified for the purposes of section 47.