Merchant Shipping (Medical Stores) Regulations 1986
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1986/144 |
| Year | 1986 |
1986 No. 144
MERCHANT SHIPPING
SAFETY
The Merchant Shipping (Medical Stores) Regulations 198630thJanuary 1986
13thFebruary 1986
10thMarch 1986
The Secretary of State for Transport, after consulting with the persons referred to in section 22(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979(a), in exercise of powers conferred on him by section 21(1)(a), (3), (4), (5), (6) and section 22(1) and (3) of that Act(b), and by section 103(3) of the Medicines Act 1968(c) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, Commencement, Revocation and Interpretation
1.— (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Medical Stores) Regulations 1986 and shall come into operation on 10th March 1986.
(2) The Merchant Shipping (Medical Scales) Regulations 1974(d) and the Merchant Shipping (Medical Scales) (Merchant Ships and Other Vessels) (Amendment) Regulations 1975 and 1980(e) are hereby revoked.
(3) In these Regulations:
"chemical" means any chemical listed in the following International Maritime Organization publications:
(a) the General Index of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code;
(b) the Index of Dangerous Chemicals Carried in Bulk;
(c) Chapter XIX of the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquified Gases in Bulk;
"crew" means all persons including the master employed in any capacity on board a ship;
(a) 1979 c.39.
(b) Section 21(6)(ba) and (bb) were inserted by section 49(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c.48).
(c) 1968 c.67.
(d) S.I. 1974/1193.
(e) S.I. 1975/1581 and 1980/407.
"employer" means the employer of the master of the vessel;
"fishery research vessel" means a vessel used primarily for research into sea fishing and fish stocks;
"fishing vessel" means a vessel for the time being employed in sea fishing for profit;
"grt" means gross registered tonnage and the gross tonnage of a ship having alternative gross tonnages shall be taken to be the larger of those tonnages; for a ship having its tonnage determined both under Part II and regulation 16 of the Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Regulations 1982(a) the gross tonnage shall be that determined under regulation 16;
"Limited European trading area" means an area bounded by a line from a point on the Norwegian coast in latitude 62° North to a point 62° North 02° West; thence to a point 58° North 10° West; thence to a point 54° North 14° West; thence to a point 51° North 14° West; thence to a point 38°40′ North 10° West; thence to Cape St. Vincent; but excluding all waters which lie to the northward and eastward of a line between Kalmar on the East coast of Sweden and a point on the West coast of Oland in latitude 56°40′ North and from the southern tip of Oland to Gdansk, except between the dates of 1st May and 30th November when the remaining waters of the Baltic Sea are included;
"Merchant Shipping Notice" means a Notice described as such and issued by the Secretary of State; and a reference to a particular Merchant Shipping Notice includes a reference to any document amending or replacing that Notice which is considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant from time to time and is specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice;
"smooth and partially smooth waters" means the waters defined as such in Schedule 2 to the Merchant Shipping (Smooth and Partially Smooth Waters) Rules 1977(b) and any waters adjacent to another country treated for the purposes of merchant shipping safety legislation of that country as sheltered waters;
"offshore installation" means any offshore installation within the meaning of section 1(4) of the Mineral Workings (Offshore Installations) Act 1971(c);
"pleasure craft" means a vessel primarily used for sport or recreation;
"submersible craft" means any vessel used or designed for use under the surface of any waters;
"voyage" means a journey from a port to the next port of call of a ship (which may be the same port).
(4) Any reference in these Regulations to the British Pharmacopoeia, the European Pharmacopoeia, or the British National Formulary shall in its application to a particular case be construed as a reference to the edition thereof current at, or not more than three months before, the time when any requirement of these Regulations has effect.
(5) Any reference in these Regulations to a publication (other than those
(a) S.I. 1982/841.
(b) S.I. 1977/252; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1978/801, 1984/955.
(c) 1971 c.61; section 1 was substituted by section 24 of the Oil and Gas (Enterprise) Act 1982 (c.23).
mentioned in paragraph (4) of this regulation) includes a reference to any amendment thereof published before the date on which these Regulations are made (and, in the case of the United States Pharmocopoeia, means the edition current at such date, as so amended); and shall include any document amending the same, or shall mean any new edition thereof together with any document amending the same, which is considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant...
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