Appendix B5-I Example of a national declaration

Minimum age (Regulation 1.1)

Date of birth of each seafarer is noted against hislher name on the crew list.

The list is checked at the beginning of each voyage by the master or officer acting on his or her behalf (‘competent officer’), who records the date of such verification.

Each seafarer under 18 receives, at the time of engagement, a note prohibiting him/ her from performing night work or the work specifically listed as hazardous (see Part I, section I, above) and any other hazardous work, and requiring him/her to consult the competent officer in case of doubt. A copy of the note, with the seafarer's signature under ‘received and read’, and the date of signature, is kept by the competent officer.

2. Medical certification (Regulation 1.2)X

The medical certificates are kept in strict confidence by the competent officer, together with a list, prepared under the competent officer's responsibility and stating for each seafarer on board: the functions of the seafarer, the date of the current medical certificate (s) and the health status noted on the certificate concerned.

In any case of possible doubt as to whether the seafarer is medically fit for a particular function or functions, the competent officer consults the seafarer's doctor or another qualified practitioner and records a summary of the practitioner's conclusions, as well as the practitioner's name and telephone number and the date of the consultation.

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The foregoing is the authentic text of the Convention duly adopted by the General Conference of the International Labour Organization during its Ninety-fourth Session which was held at Geneva and declared closed the 23 February 2006.

IN FAITH WHEREOF we have appended our signatures this twenty-third day of February 2006.