Section 2
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-
of Merchant Shipping (Medical Stores) Regulations, 2008
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"Category A ship" means a seagoing ship with no limitation on length of trips;
"Category B ship" means a seagoing ship making trips of less than 150
nautical miles from the nearest port with adequate medical equipment or a seagoing ship making trips of less than 175 nautical miles from the nearest port with adequate medical equipment and which remain continuously within range of helicopter rescue services;
"Category C ship" means a ship staying not more than 30 nautical miles from shore or a ship with no cabin accommodation other than a wheelhouse;
"crew" means all persons, including the master, employed in any capacity on board a ship;
!!dangerous substances 11 means any chemical substance listed in the following IMO publications -
(a)
the General Index of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods
Code;
(b)
the Index of Dangerous Chemicals Carried in Bulk; and
(c)
Chapter XIX of the International Code for the Construction and
Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk;
"IMDG Code" means the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code published by IMO and any amendments thereof;
"IMO" means the International Maritime Organisation;
"medical practitioner" means a medical practitioner registered under the
Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act (Chapter 112L and includes a
Government medical officer;
"medical store" includes medicine, medical equipment and antidote;
"MFAG" means the IMO Medical First Aid Guide for Use in Accidents
Involving Dangerous Goods and any amendments thereof, for use in association with the IMDG Code;
"owner", in relation to a ship, means the registered owner of the ship unless the ship has been chartered by bareboat or is managed, either wholly or in part, by a person other than the registered owner under the terms of a management agreement in which case, "owner" includes the bareboat charterer or the person managing the ship, as the case may be;
"pharmacist" means any person -
{a) whose name has been registered in the register of pharmacists maintained in pursuance of section 6 of the Pharmacists Registration Order,
2001 (S 21/01); or
{b) who holds any degree, diploma or licence in pharmacy approved by the Medical Board established by section 13(1) of the Medical
Practitioners and Dentists Act (Chapter 112);
"Ship Captain's Medical Guide 11 means the latest edition of the publication of that name published on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency of the United Kingdom;
"tugn means a vessel constructed solely for the purpose of, and normally used for, providing external motive power for floating objects or vessels;
"voyage" means a journey from a port to the next port of call of a ship (which may be the same port).
Application.