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seafarer certificates are not included in the duties or functions permitted by another seafarer certificate held by the person; or
(b) there is no other seafarer certificate that includes all of the duties and functions permitted by all of the seafarer certificates to be issued.
Example for paragraph (a)
1 A person may hold a certificate of competency as deck officer and a certificate of competency as engineer officer.
2 A person cannot hold a certificate of competency as Master and a certificate of competency as Master < 3000 GT.
Example for paragraph (b)
A person cannot hold both an Engineer Class II (Steam) and an Engineer Class II (motor) if the person is eligible for an Engineer Class II (Steam and Motor).

8 Endorsements of certificates
       (1) A seafarer certificate may be endorsed under Division 5 to permit either or both:
(a) the performance of stated duties or functions on a stated kind of vessel, using a vessel endorsement; and
(b) the performance of stated duties or functions, using a functions endorsement.
Note   For the meaning of functions endorsement and vessel endorsement — see s 4.
       (2) Duties or functions may be stated on an endorsement by reference to the STCW Code or the HSC Code.
Note   A 2008 consolidated edition of the HSC Code can be purchased from the International Maritime Organization. A December 2013 Supplement is also available. See the IMO website at http://www.imo.org/publications.
Division 2 Seafarer certificates other than certificates of recognition — administration

9 Application of Division 2
        For a seafarer certificate that is a certificate of recognition, this Division applies only as mentioned in section 30.
Note   For the recognition of certificates issued overseas — see Division 4.
Subdivision 2.1 Application

10 Application process for seafarer certificate other than certificate of recognition
       (1) An application for a seafarer certificate must be in the approved form.
Note 1   The approved form is available on the AMSA website at http:www.amsa.gov.au. See Marine Order 1 (Administration) 2013 for information about approved forms.
Note 2   See Marine Order 71 (Masters and deck officers) 2023, Marine Order 72 (Engineer Officers) 2014, Marine Order 73 (Ratings) 2014 and Marine Order 74 (Masters and deck officers — yachts) 2015 for eligibility requirements for seafarer certificates.
Note 3   Giving false or misleading information is an offence against s 136 of the Criminal Code.
Note 4   A fee may be determined for this section — see s 47 of the AMSA Act.
       (2) AMSA may, in writing, require the applicant to give AMSA further information or documents that AMSA reasonably needs to decide the application.
       (3) If AMSA asks for information or a document under subsection (2), it must tell the applicant, in