S.L. 425.14 Art. 22Other medical certificates.

Any medical certificate issued to a fisherman on board a fishing vessel in accordance with the Medical Examination (Fishermen) Convention, 1959 (International Labour Organisation Convention No. 113 of 1959):

(a) by an authority empowered in that respect by the laws of a state outside Malta that has ratified the said Conventions; or

(b) by an approved authority empowered in that respect by the laws of a state outside Malta, shall for the purposes of these regulations be deemed to be equivalent to a medical certificate issued under these regulations:

Provided that any medical certificate issued by any such authority shall remain in force, unless renewed, only until the expiration of the period of validity specified in that certificate, but in no case for more than the appropriate maximum period prescribed in regulation 17.