Dr. Cecil Beamish:

When there is new legislation, all of that will fall to the Legislature to decide. We do not see a conflict of interest, at the moment, in granting the licences and overseeing same.

We have an inspectorate that looks at various aspects of the marine engineering division. We inspect them and they are part of the Department. It is a separate division but it carries out inspections. The enforcement activity is recommended through the licensing division.