Manning

(1) Every ship to which these Regulations apply shall be sufficiently and efficiently manned from the point of view of safety of life at sea, in accordance to the Principles of Safe Manning adopted by the International Maritime Organization. When considering matters of manning, no member of the crew should be less than 15 years of age. (2) The Administration shall provide every such ship with an appropriate safe manning document as evidence of the minimum safe manning considered necessary to satisfy the provisions of subregulation (1).