S.L. 425.14 Art. 16Issue of medical certificate.

(1) Every applicant for a medical certificate shall be examined by a duly qualified medical practitioner, or in the case of a certificate solely concerning eyesight, by a person recognised by the competent authority, and if the medical practitioner considers that the applicant is fit, the practitioner shall issue the applicant with a medical certificate in terms of sub-regulation (2) and regulation 17, and such certificate may be restricted to such capacity of sea service or geographical areas as the practitioner considers appropriate.

(2) The medical certificate shall contain the personal details of the person examined including the name and surname, nationality, age and relevant identity document number such as the sea service record book or passport number and shall attest:

(a) that the hearing and sight of the fisherman examined and, in the case of a fisherman to be employed in the deck department (except for certain specialist personnel, whose fitness for the work which they are to perform is not likely to be affected by defective colour vision), his colour vision, are all satisfactory; and

(b) that the fisherman is not suffering from any medical condition likely to be aggravated by, or to render the fisherman unfit for service at sea or likely to endanger the health of other persons on board.