The Merchant Shipping (Medical Stores) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1988

Citation, Commencement, Revocation and Interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Medical Stores) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st November 1988.

(2) (a) Section 24 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970(1) is hereby repealed;

(b) the Merchant Shipping (Medical Scales) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1974(2)are hereby revoked.

(3) In these Regulations:

“crew” means all persons including the skipper employed in any capacity on board a ship;

“fishery research vessel” means a vessel used primarily for research into sea fishing and fish stocks;

“fishing vessel” means a vessel for the time being employed in sea fishing for profit;

“Limited Area” means the area bounded by a line from a point on the Norwegian coast in latitude 62°N due west to a point 62°N 3°W; thence to a point 58°N 10°W; thence to a point 49°N 12°W; thence to a point 46° 30'N 6°W and thence due East to the French coast;

“Merchant Shipping Notice” means a Notice described as such and issued by the Secretary of State; and a reference to a particular Merchant Shipping Notice includes a reference to any document amending or replacing that Notice which is considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant from time to time and is specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice;

(4) Any reference in these Regulations to the British Pharmacopoeia, the European Pharmacopoeia, or the British National Formulary shall in its application to a particular case be construed as a reference to the edition thereof current at, or not more than three months before, the time when the requirement has effect.

(5) Any reference in these Regulations to a publication (other than those mentioned in paragraph (4) of this regulation) includes a reference to any amendment thereof published before the date on which these Regulations are made; and shall include any document amending the same, or shall mean any new edition thereof together with any document amending the same, which is considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant from time to time and is specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice.

(6) Any reference in these Regulations to a specified Scale shall be a reference to that Scale of medicines and medical stores contained in Merchant Shipping Notice No. M1339.

(1)

1970 c. 36; section 24(2) was amended by Part III of Schedule 6 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1979.

(2)

S.I. 1974/1192, amended by S.I. 1975/1581 and 1980/407; these amending Regulations were revoked by S.I. 1986/144.