Singapore legislation
Regulation 2
of Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Medicines and Medical Equipment) Regulations 2014
Regulation 2
Definitions
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —“foreign-going ship” includes every ship employed in trading or going between some place or places in Singapore and some place or places situated beyond the limits prescribed for home-trade ships;“home-trade ship” means a ship plying solely upon a home‑trade voyage;“home-trade voyage” means a voyage within the following limits: an imaginary line drawn from a position in the Gulf of Martaban in latitude 16° 15′ north, longitude 96° east in a south-easterly direction to a position in latitude 15° north, longitude 97° east, thence due south to a position in latitude 9° north, longitude 97° east, thence in a south-westerly direction to a position in latitude 6° north, longitude 94° east, thence due south to a position latitude 4° north, longitude 94° east, thence in a south-easterly direction to a position in latitude 8° south, longitude 104° east, thence in an easterly direction to a position in latitude 10° south, longitude 120° east, thence due east to a position in latitude 10° south, longitude 125° east, thence due north to a position in latitude 8° north, longitude 125° east, thence due west to a position in latitude 8° north, longitude 110° east, thence in a 315° direction (N.W. true) to the coast of Vietnam, thence initially westward following the coasts of Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, the West Malaysia and Myanmar to the starting point;“medicine case” means a medicine case required to be kept on board a ship without a qualified medical practitioner under regulation 10;“medicine register” means a medicine register required to be kept on board a ship under regulation 14;“passenger” means a person carried on board a ship with the knowledge or consent of the owner, manager, charterer, operator, agent or master of the ship, not being —
a person employed or engaged in any capacity on board the ship on the business of the ship;
a person on board the ship pursuant to an obligation imposed on the master by any law (including a law of a country other than Singapore) to convey persons left behind in any country on being shipwrecked, distressed or by reason of circumstances that could not have been prevented or forestalled by the owner, manager, charterer, operator, agent or master of the ship;
a person temporarily employed on the ship in port; or
a child below one year of age;“passenger ship” means a ship which carries more than 12 passengers;“registered pharmacist” means a person who is registered as a pharmacist under the Pharmacists Registration Act (Cap. 230) or a person who possesses such qualification as may be approved by the Director;“special limit voyage” means a voyage within the following limits:from a point where the longitude 103° 00′ east cuts the west coast of Johor, thence due south to latitude 00° 30′ north, thence due east to longitude 105° 00′ east, thence due north to latitude 01° 00′ north, thence to the point 02° 00′ north, 104° 15′ east, thence due west to the coast of Johor; and thence following the coast of Johor westwards to the starting point.
Definition
“foreign-going ship” includes every ship employed in trading or going between some place or places in Singapore and some place or places situated beyond the limits prescribed for home-trade ships;
Definition
“home-trade ship” means a ship plying solely upon a home‑trade voyage;
Definition
“home-trade voyage” means a voyage within the following limits: an imaginary line drawn from a position in the Gulf of Martaban in latitude 16° 15′ north, longitude 96° east in a south-easterly direction to a position in latitude 15° north, longitude 97° east, thence due south to a position in latitude 9° north, longitude 97° east, thence in a south-westerly direction to a position in latitude 6° north, longitude 94° east, thence due south to a position latitude 4° north, longitude 94° east, thence in a south-easterly direction to a position in latitude 8° south, longitude 104° east, thence in an easterly direction to a position in latitude 10° south, longitude 120° east, thence due east to a position in latitude 10° south, longitude 125° east, thence due north to a position in latitude 8° north, longitude 125° east, thence due west to a position in latitude 8° north, longitude 110° east, thence in a 315° direction (N.W. true) to the coast of Vietnam, thence initially westward following the coasts of Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, the West Malaysia and Myanmar to the starting point;
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“medicine case” means a medicine case required to be kept on board a ship without a qualified medical practitioner under regulation 10;
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“medicine register” means a medicine register required to be kept on board a ship under regulation 14;
Definition
“passenger” means a person carried on board a ship with the knowledge or consent of the owner, manager, charterer, operator, agent or master of the ship, not being —
a person employed or engaged in any capacity on board the ship on the business of the ship;
a person on board the ship pursuant to an obligation imposed on the master by any law (including a law of a country other than Singapore) to convey persons left behind in any country on being shipwrecked, distressed or by reason of circumstances that could not have been prevented or forestalled by the owner, manager, charterer, operator, agent or master of the ship;
a person temporarily employed on the ship in port; or
a child below one year of age;
Definition
“passenger ship” means a ship which carries more than 12 passengers;
Definition
“registered pharmacist” means a person who is registered as a pharmacist under the Pharmacists Registration Act (Cap. 230) or a person who possesses such qualification as may be approved by the Director;
Definition
“special limit voyage” means a voyage within the following limits:from a point where the longitude 103° 00′ east cuts the west coast of Johor, thence due south to latitude 00° 30′ north, thence due east to longitude 105° 00′ east, thence due north to latitude 01° 00′ north, thence to the point 02° 00′ north, 104° 15′ east, thence due west to the coast of Johor; and thence following the coast of Johor westwards to the starting point.