17Calculation of qualifying seagoing service requirements — general rules

17 Calculation of qualifying seagoing service requirements — general rules

(1) This section applies to the calculation of qualifying seagoing service for a seafarer certificate.

(2) A period of qualifying seagoing service is to be calculated:

(a) from the date of engagement to the date of discharge from a vessel, both dates inclusive; and

(b) by the month as the time from a day in a month to the preceding day of the following month, both days inclusive.

(3) For paragraph (2)(b):

(a) days, from different periods of seagoing service, that do not form a completed month are to be added together; and

(b) each addition of 30 days is taken to be 1 month.