Marine Orders - Part 21: Safety of navigation and emergency procedures, Issue 6 (Order No. 2 of 2009)
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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.
Note: The Manager will only issue a minimum safe manning document if the manning of the ship complies with IMO Resolution A.890(21), Principles of Safe Manning), as amended by resolution A.955(23). Copies of this document are obtainable from AMSA.
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.