Marine Orders - Part 3: Seagoing Qualifications, Issue 6
31.2STCW Endorsement
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31.2 STCW Endorsement
If satisfied that the applicant for, or holder of, a certificate meets the requirements of the STCW Convention for that grade of certificate, the Manager is to certify that, either by endorsing the certificate or by issuing an appropriate document to accompany the certificate.
31.3 Recognition of State/Territory certificates
31.3.1 If satisfied that the holder of a valid certificate issued by a State or Territory meets the requirements of this Part for that grade of certificate, the Manager is to certify that by issuing an appropriate document to accompany the certificate.
31.3.2 A certificate:
(a) issued, revalidated, endorsed or recognised by a State or Territory that permits the holder to perform duties on a ship of a particular size and in a particular operational area identified with an asterisk in column 1 of Table 3; and
(b) certified by the Manager under 31.3.1,
is recognised, for the purpose of 6.1, as a certificate of competency corresponding to that specified in column 2 of that table.
31.3.3 If a State or Territory certificate referred to in 31.3.2 is subject to conditions or limitations on its use, its recognition under 31.3.2 is subject to like conditions or limitations.
31.4 Transitional
A certificate or STCW Endorsement issued, revalidated, endorsed or recognised under Issue 5 of this Part, is deemed, until its expiry date, to be a certificate or STCW Endorsement issued, revalidated, endorsed or recognised under this Issue of this Part.