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(1)

The Minister~with the approval of His Majesty may make regulations

(a)

requiring such provisions and water to be provided for seamen employed in registered

Brunei ships and such equipment for weighing and measuring the same as may be specified in the reg-ulations;

(b)

requiring such medicines and other medical stores and appliances (including instructions and advice) as may be specified in the regulations to be carried in registered Brunei ships;

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Provisions, water and medical stores

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Merchant Shipping

(c)

empowering such persons as may be spe-cified in the regulations to inspect the provisions, water or medical stores carried in ships;

and the regulations may make different provision for diffe-rent ships or description of ships, for different circumstances and for different descriptions of seamen.

(2)

Subject to any regulations made under subsection (1), every registered Brunei ship shall, on com-mencing a voyage, have on board such provisions and quantity of water as, having regard to the nature of the voyage and the needs of the crew, is adequate and reason-able.

(3)

If a person empowered under this Act to inspect the provisions, water or medical stores carried in a ship is not satisfied that the ship carries the provisions, water or medical stores which it is required to carry by this section or any regulations made thereunder, the ship, if in Brunei, may be detained.