
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Fishing Vessels (Certification of Deck Officers and Engineer Officers) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 8th May 1998.
2 
The Fishing Vessels (Certification of Deck Officers and Engineer Officers) Regulations 1984 shall be amended as follows.
3 
In regulation 7, in both paragraphs (2) and (3) for “may be issued in accordance with these Regulations and such a certificate” there shall be substituted “issued before 8th May 1998”.
4 
In regulation 8—
(a) paragraph (2) shall be omitted; and
(b) in paragraph (3) for “certificate of competency, certificate of equivalent competency or a certificate of service” there shall be substituted “certificate of competency or a certificate of equivalent competency”.
5 
In regulation 9(1) for “, certificates of equivalent competency and certificates of service”there shall be substituted “and certificates of equivalent competency”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions
Glenda Jackson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
4th April 1998