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2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-

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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).

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