Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watch Keeping for Seafarers) Regulations, 2016.

This Merchant Shipping (Training, Certification and Watch Keeping) Regulations, consisting of 46 sections divided into 14 Parts and two Schedules, regulate the following: all seagoing ships other than fishing vessels and pleasure craft not engaged in trade, registered under the Sri Lanka flag; all seafarers in possession of Continuous Discharge Certificate or Certificate of Competency or Endorsement or any other certificate or document issued by the Director General; and ships of other flags and seafarers in possession of foreign Continuous Discharge Certificates, Certificates of Competency, Endorsements or any other certificates or documents under these regulations. There shall be standards of competency based on the functions and at the levels of responsibility as set out respectively in Part A and Part B of the Schedule I. Notwithstanding the provisions of Merchant Shipping (Engagement and Conditions of Service of Seamen) Regulations 1980, these regulations shall apply in respect of an owner, company and agency having responsibility for safe ship operations required by section 139 read with section 333(d) of the Merchant Shipping Act, No. 52 of 1971.