Marine Orders - Part 21: Safety of navigation and Emergency procedures, Issue 5 (Order No. 5 of 2006)
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12 Ships’ manning
[SOLAS V/14]
12.1 The owner of a ship to which Regulation 14 of Chapter V of SOLAS applies must ensure that there is provided on the ship a minimum safe manning document complying with that Regulation.
12.2 The Manager, Ship Operations and Qualifications, may issue in respect of a ship a document complying with Regulation 14 of Chapter V of SOLAS as evidence of the minimum safe manning considered necessary to comply with that Regulation.[7]
12.3 A minimum safe manning document issued by the General Manager, Ship and Personnel Safety Services, in AMSA prior to 1 July 1998 and setting out minimum manning levels for the purposes of Regulation 13(a) of Chapter V of SOLAS as in force at that time has effect as though it were a document issued under 12.2.
12.4 The working language of a ship must be established and given effect to in accordance with Regulation 14 of Chapter V of SOLAS.