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Rating of seamen.
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126.—(1) A seaman shall not be entitled to the rating of A.B., that is to say, of an able-bodied seaman, unless he has served at sea for [1
three] years before the mast, but the employment of fishermen in decked fishing vessels registered under the first part of this Act shall only count as sea service up to the period of [2
two] years of that employment; and the rating of A.B. shall only be granted after at least one year’s sea service in a trading vessel in addition to [2
two] or more years sea service on board of decked fishing vessels so registered.
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(2) The service may be proved by certificates of discharge, by a certificate of service from the Registrar-General of Shipping and Seamen (granted by the Registrar on payment of a fee not exceeding sixpence), specifying in each case whether the service was rendered in whole or in part in steam ship or in sailing ship, or by other satisfactory proof.
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