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certificate.
       (2) A period of qualifying seagoing service is to be calculated:
(a) from the date of engagement to the date of discharge from a vessel, both dates inclusive; and
(b) by the month as the time from a day in a month to the preceding day of the following month, both days inclusive.
       (3) For paragraph (2)(b):
(a) days, from different periods of seagoing service, that do not form a completed month are to be added together; and
(b) each addition of 30 days is taken to be 1 month.

18 Discounting service
        If AMSA considers that a period of qualifying seagoing service was completed at a time that is, or in circumstances that are, of little or no relevance to the seafarer certificate being applied for, AMSA may discount all or part of the service.

19 Recognition of service on other types of vessels etc
        AMSA may recognise qualifying seagoing service, in capacities or trades or on kinds of vessels, that is not recognised by this Order as seagoing service according to its equivalence to:
(a) the duration and frequency of voyages; and
(b) the kind of duties performed and their duration and frequency; and
(c) the level of responsibility during the service; and
(d) the relevance of the service to the seafarer certificate applied for.
Example
Service on a Government vessel.
Note   For further information — see the AMSA website at http://www.amsa.gov.au.

20 Equivalence in service
       (1) This section applies to a person who completes seagoing service that AMSA considers equal to all or part of seagoing service being considered for eligibility of the person to hold a seafarer certificate.
       (2) The seagoing service completed is taken to be qualifying seagoing service for the seafarer certificate to the extent that AMSA considers appropriate.

21 Equivalence in training
       (1) This section applies to a person who completes training that AMSA considers equal to all or part of the training being taken into account for eligibility of a person to hold a seafarer certificate or for a seafarer certificate to be endorsed.
       (2) The training completed is taken to be training required for the seafarer certificate to the extent that AMSA considers appropriate.
Subdivision 3.2 GMDSS radio operator certificates, certificates of proficiency as marine cook and certificates of safety training

21A Eligibility criteria for GMDSS radio operator certificate
        For paragraph 31(1)(b) of the Navigation Act, the criteria for the issue of a GMDSS radio operator certificate are that the person:
(a) is at least 18 years old; and
(b) has completed an approved course in radio communication that complies with STCW Code section A-IV/2.

21B GMDSS radio operator certificate taken to be qualification to perform duties
        For paragraph 35(1)(a)