The Merchant Shipping (Certification of Deck and Marine Engineer Officers) (Amendment) Regulations 1995
These Regulations amend the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Deck Officers) Regulations 1985 and the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Marine Engineer Officers and Licensing of Marine Engine Operators) Regulations 1986. The Regulations give effect, in relation to Deck Officers Class I (Master Mariner) and Marine Engineering Officers Class I, to Council Directive 89/48/EEC (O.J. No. L19, 24.1.89, p.16) on a general system of the recognition of higher education diplomas awarded on completion of professional education and training of at least three years' duration; and, in relation to the other certificates specified in the Regulations, to Council Directive 92/51/EEC (O.J. No. L209, 24.7.92, p.25) on a second general system for the recognition of professional education and training to supplement Directive 89/48/EC.