ships which do not carry a medical doctor shall be required to have either at least one seafarer on board who is in charge of medical care and administering medicine as part of their regular duties or at least one seafarer on board competent to provide medical first aid; persons in charge of medical care on board who are not medical doctors shall have satisfactorily completed training in medical care that meets the requirements of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended (STCW); seafarers designated to provide medical first aid shall have satisfactorily completed training in medical first aid that meets the requirements of STCW; national laws or regulations shall sp ...[+++]ecify the level of approved training required taking into account, inter alia, such factors as the duration, nature and conditions of the voyage and the number of seafarers on board; and

Crew managers are eligible for State aid as long as all seafarers working onboard managed ships are educated, trained and hold a certificate of competency in accordance with the Convention of the International Maritime Organisation on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended (STCW), and have successfully completed training for personal safety on board ship.

1. Member States shall establish processes and procedures for the impartial investigation of any reported incompetence, act or omission, that may pose a direct threat to safety of life or property at sea or to the marine environment, on the part of the holders of certificates or endorsements issued by that Member State in connection with their performance of duties relating to their certificates and for the withdrawal, suspension and cancellation of such certificates for such cause and for the prevention of fraud.

1. In circumstances of exceptional necessity, competent authorities may, if in their opinion this does not cause danger to persons, properly or the environment, issue a dispensation permitting a specified period not exceeding six months in a capacity, other than that of the radio operator, except as provided by the relevant Radio Regulations, for which he does not hold the appropriate certificate, provided that the person to whom the dispensation is issued shall be adequately qualified to fill the vacant post in a safe manner to the satisfaction of the competent authorities.

SOR/97-391 — MARINE CERTIFICATION REGULATIONS SOR/2002-150 — REGULATIONS AMENDING THE MARINE CERTIFICATION REGULATIONS (For text of documents, see Appendix B, p. 6B:1 ) Mr. Bernier: We have the same situation in this file as on the crewing regulations the committee just dealt with.

Respecting SOR/97-390 — Crewing Regulations; SOR/2002-151 — Regulations Amending the Crewing Regulations; SOR/97-391 — Marine Certification Regulations; SOR/2002-150 — Regulations Amending the Marine Certification Regulations; SOR/2001-179 — Regulations Amending the Life Saving Equipment Regulations, it was agreed that the Joint Chairmen would write to the Minister of Transport Canada to pass along some of the Committee's observations.