8Endorsements of certificates

8 Endorsements of certificates

(1) A seafarer certificate may be endorsed under Division 5 to permit either or both:

(a) the performance of stated duties or functions on a stated kind of vessel, using a vessel endorsement; and

(b) the performance of stated duties or functions, using a functions endorsement.

(2) Duties or functions may be stated on an endorsement by reference to the STCW Code or the HSC Code.

Note A 2008 consolidated edition of the HSC Code can be purchased from the International Maritime Organization. A December 2013 Supplement is also available. See the IMO website at http://www.imo.org/publications

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