Certification
of Engineers: Rules 1862
Source: An
Act to amend “The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854,” “The Merchant Shipping Act
Amendment Act, 1855,” and the “The Customs Consolidation Act, 1853.”; Public General
Statutes; 25th & 26th Victoria; 1862; Cap. LXIII
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[29th
July 1862.] |
This Act may be
cited as “The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862...”
Certificates
for Engineers (Part III. of Merchant Shipping Act, 1854).
5. On and after
the First Day of June One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, every
Steam Ship which is required by the Principal Act to have a Master possessing a
Certificate from the Board of Trade shall also have an Engineer or Engineers
possessing a Certificate or Certificates from the Board of Trade as follows;
that is to say,
1. Engineers
Certificates shall be of Two Grades, viz., “First-class Engineers Certificates,”
and “Second-class Engineers Certificates”.
2. Every
Foreign-going Steam Ship of One hundred nominal Horse Power or upwards shall
have as its First and Second Engineers Two Certificated Engineers, the first
possessing a “First-class Engineers Certificate,” and the second possessing a “Second-class
Engineers Certificate,” or a Certificate of the higher Grade:
3. Every
Foreign-going Steam Ship of less than One hundred nominal Horse Power shall
have as its only or First Engineer and Engineer possessing a “Second-class
Engineer’s Certificate,” or a Certificate of the higher Grade:
4. Every
Sea-going Home Trade Passenger Steam Ship shall have as its only or First Engineer
an Engineer possessing a “Second-class Engineer’s Certificate,” or a
Certificate of the higher Grade:
5. Every Person
who, having been engaged to serve in any of the above Capacities in such Steam
Ship as aforesaid, goes to Sea in that Capacity without being at the Time
entitled to and possessed of such Certificate as is required by this Section,
and every Person who employs any Person in any of the above Capacities in such
Ship, without ascertaining that he at the Time entitled to and possessed of such
Certificate as is required by this Section, shall for each Offence incur a
Penalty not exceeding Fifty Pounds.
6. The Board of
Trade shall from Time to Time cause Examinations to be held of Persons who may
be desirous of obtaining Certificates of Competency as Engineers: For the
Purpose of such Examinations the Board of Trade shall from Time to Time appoint
and remove Examiners, and award the Remuneration to be paid to them; lay down
Rules as the Qualification of Applicants, and as to the Times and Places of
Examination; and generally do all such Acts as it thinks expedient in order to
carry into effect the Examination of such Engineers as aforesaid.
7. All Applicants
for Examination shall pay such Fees, not exceeding the Sums specified in the
Table marked (B.) in the Schedule hereto, as the Board of Trade directs; and
such Fees shall be paid to such Persons as the said Board appoints for that
Purpose, and shall be carried to the Account of the Mercantile Marine Fund.
8. The Board of
Trade shall deliver to every Applicant who is duly reported to passed the Examination satisfactorily, and to have given
satisfactory Evidence of his Sobriety, Experience, Ability, a Certificate of
Competency, as First-class Engineer or as Second-class Engineer, as the Case
may be.
9. Certificates of
Service for Engineers, differing in Form from Certificates of Competency, shall
be granted as follows; that is to say,
1. Every Person
who before the First Day of April One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two has
served as First Engineer in any Foreign-going Steam Ship of One hundred nominal
Horse Power or upwards, or who has attained or attains the Rank of Engineer in
the Service of her Majesty or of the East India Company, shall be entitled to a
“First-class Engineers Certificate” of Service;
2. Every Person
who before the First Day of April One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two has
served as Second Engineer in any Foreign-going Steam Ship of One hundred
nominal Horse Power or upwards, or as First or only Engineer in any other Steam
Ship, or who has attained or attains the Rank of First-class Assistant Engineer
in the Service of Her Majesty, shall be entitled to a “Second-class Engineers
Certificate” of Service.
Each of such
Certificates of Service shall contain Particulars of the Name, Place, and Time
of Birth, and the Length and Nature of the previous Service of the Person to
whom the same is delivered; and the Board of Trade shall deliver such
Certificates of Service to the various Persons so respectively entitled
thereto, upon their proving themselves to have attained such Rank or to have
served as aforesaid, and upon their giving a full and satisfactory Account of
the Particulars aforesaid.
10. The Provisions
of the Principal Act, with respect to the Certificate of Competency or Service
of Masters and Mates, contained in the 138th, 139th, 140th,
161st, and 162nd Sections of the said Act, shall apply to
Certificates of Competency or Service granted under this Act in the same Manner
as if Certificates of Competency and Service to be granted to Engineers under
this Act were specially mentioned and included in the said Sections.
11. The Power of
the 241st Section of the Principal Act given to the Board of Trade
or to any Local Marine Board of instituting Investigations into the Conduct of
any Master or Mate whom it has reason to believe to be from Incompetency or
Misconduct unfit to discharge his Duties, shall extend to any Certificated
Engineer whom the Board of Trade or any Local Marine Board has reason to
believe to be from Incompetency or Misconduct unfit to discharge his Duties, in
the same Manner as if in the said Section the Words “Certificated Engineer” had
been inserted after “Master” wherever “Master” occurs in such Section.
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