S.L. 234.17 Art. 10Form, date, validity,recordand surrender of certificates or endorsements.

(1) Certificates and endorsements under these regulations shall be issued by the Registrar-General on payment of the prescribed fee.

(2) Certificates and endorsements shall be issued bearing the date when the applicant has satisfied all the requirements set out in these regulations for the issue of such certificate or endorsement.

(3) Certificates of competence and endorsements shall be issued in the form required by regulation I/2 in the Annex to the Convention.

(4) Certificates and endorsements shall remain valid for seagoing service only so long as the holder can comply with the standards and conditions as to medical fitness and professional competence as specified by the Registrar-General to act in the appropriate capacity.

(5) Where the holder of a certificate is issued with an appropriate certificate at a higher level, the first-mentioned certificate shall first be surrendered to the Registrar-General for cancellation.

(6) A record of all certificates and endorsements which are issued under these regulations, have expired or have been revalidated, suspended, cancelled, or reported lost or destroyed and any alteration of or any other matter affecting any such certificates or endorsements, shall be kept by the Registrar-General.

(7) The Registrar-General shall make available information on the status of certificates or endorsements issued under these regulations to other Parties to the Convention and companies requesting information for the purposes of paragraph 15 of regulation I/2 in the Annex to the Convention.

(8) The Registrar General, following a breach of these regulations, may temporarily or permanently withdraw or suspend any certificate issued under these regulations with immediate effect.