Singapore legislation
Regulation 16
of Merchant Shipping (Training, Certification and Manning) Regulations
Regulation 16
Requirement to carry qualified medical practitioners
Subregulation 1
A qualified medical practitioner shall be carried on every foreign-going ship to which the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) Act 2014 does not apply, having 100 persons or more on board as part of her complement.
Subregulation 2
Every MLC ship, whether self-propelled or otherwise, carrying 100 or more persons on an international voyage of more than 3 days, shall carry a qualified medical practitioner engaged to provide medical care to persons onboard.
Subregulation 3
In this regulation —
Definition
“international voyage” means a voyage from Singapore to a port or place outside Singapore, or conversely, or a voyage between ports or places outside Singapore;
Definition
“qualified medical practitioner” has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) Act 2014.