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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 58

qualifications, &c. If the candidate is found not to
be qualified, the fee will be returned to him less any
expense that may have been incurred.
NOTE.—Time served in steamers plying within
restricted limits and within harbours, &c., does not
count as service at sea for the purpose of obtaining
a certificate of competency for a sea-going ship, with
the exceptions stated in paragraph 27.
The general rules as to conduct of examinations
(paragraphs 60 to 79) will also apply to these examinations.

ENGINEERS OF VESSELS PROPELLED BY OIL,
GAS, ETC.

85. These regulations shall apply only to engineers
    of ships propelled by gas, oil, fluid, electricity, or
    other mechanical power than steam.
86. Every person who is not possessed of a valid
    certificate appropriate to his grade who suffers himself to be engaged or acts in contravention to the
    law, or who employs any person as engineer without
    ascertaining that he is at the time entitled to and
    possessed of a proper certificate, for each offence
    incurs a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds.
87. There are two grades of certificates for sea-going vessels—viz., first-class and second-class engineers’ certificates; and one grade for restricted limits.
88. Certificates of competency will be granted to
    those persons who pass the requisite examinations
    and otherwise comply with the requisite conditions.
    For this purpose Examiners have been appointed,
    and arrangements have been made for holding the
    examinations at the places and times specified in
    paragraph 4 of these Regulations:
    Provided that in case of emergency the Examiners
    may examine candidates at other than the prescribed
    periods.
89. The application for examination is to be made
    on form Exn. 3, which must be filled up and signed
    by the candidate. This form can be obtained at any
    Customhouse or office of an Inspector of Machinery.
90. The form Exn. 3, properly filled in, and the
    candidate’s testimonials and discharges, must be
    forwarded to the Chief Examiner of Engineers, at
    the office of the Chief Inspector of Machinery, at
    Wellington, with an intimation of the place at which
    the candidate wishes to be examined.
91. When the application is filled up at a place
    other than Wellington, and it is a matter of urgency
    that the candidate should be examined before the
    Chief Examiner can notify the local Examiner, the
    candidate must present his application and other
    papers to the local Examiner, who, if they are correct,
    shall at once forward them, with the proper fee, to
    the Chief Examiner, and proceed with the examination of the candidate.
92. Applicants will be required to produce, in
    addition to the usual certificate of discharge, satisfactory testimonials as to sobriety, experience,
    ability, and general good conduct for at least the
    twelve months immediately preceding the date of
    application to be examined; and without producing
    them no person will be examined. If the service
    has been on shore, the testimonials must be signed
    by an employer; if at sea, by the master or chief
    engineer.
93. The testimonials of service of foreigners, which
    cannot be verified, must be confirmed either by the
    Consul of the country to which the ship, workshop,
    or factory in which the candidate served belonged, or
    by some other recognized official authority of that
    country, or by the testimony of some credible person
    on the spot having personal knowledge of the facts
    required to be established. The production, however, of such proofs will not of necessity be deemed
    sufficient.
    Each case must be decided on its own merits; and
    if the sufficiency of proofs given appears to be at all
    doubtful, the point must be referred to the Chief
    Examiner.
94. Should any doubt exist as to the age of a
    candidate, he will be required to produce a certificate
    of birth or baptism.
95. Foreigners must prove to the satisfaction of
    Examiners that they can speak and write the English
    language sufficiently well to perform the duties
    required of them on board a British vessel.
96. Services which cannot be verified by proper
    entries in the articles of the ships in which the candidates have served cannot be counted.

Qualifying Service required for Sea-going Engineers’
Competency Certificate (Oil, &c.)

97. For a second-class certificate of competency
    an applicant must have been employed as an apprentice at the making and repairing of engines for two
    years, or must have tended machinery for two years
    (not necessarily as an apprentice) in any factory or
    workshop, or been engaged at work of a similar
    nature, or been employed about the propelling
    machinery of a ship, outside restricted limits, for
    two years (tending machinery must include charge of
    engine and boiler); and if he obtains his certificate
    it will enable him to take charge of engines of which
    the collective horse-power does not exceed 60 brake
    horse-power.
98. An applicant for a first-class certificate must
    have not less than three years’ shop service at the
    making and repairing of engines as an apprentice,
    or at work of a similar nature, or have held a second-class competency certificate, and been employed on
    board a sea-going ship, outside restricted limits, to
    which these regulations apply, for one year, and have
    been in possession of a second-class certificate of
    competency for the whole of the time; and if he
    obtains his first-class certificate it will enable him to
    take charge of the engines of any ship to which
    these regulations apply.
99. An applicant for a certificate of competency
    within restricted limits shall not be required to show
    any qualifying service.
100. Service entered upon a ship’s articles as
     having been performed in the capacity of assistant
     engineer must be supported by proof of the candidate having acted as second, third, or junior engineer,
     as the case may be.
101. Service in the engine-room (afterwards referred to) for qualifying a candidate to be examined
     for first-class engineer’s certificate must be only in
     those capacities which afford opportunities of obtaining practical experience as an engineer; and service
     in the capacity of greaser, winchman, labourer, engineer’s steward, or any other capacity than that of
     engineer taking watch on engines for propelling will
     not be accepted.
102. It is provided by the Shipping and Seamen
     Act, 1908 (section 32), that every person who makes,
     or procures to be made, or assists in making, any
     false representation for the purpose of obtaining for
     himself or for any other person a certificate of competency, or the issue of any such certificate, shall for
     each offence be guilty of a crime, the punishment for
     which is imprisonment for a period not exceeding
     two years, or a fine.