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MERCHANT SHIPPING (SHIPS’ DOCTORS) REGULATIONS 2004

BR 68 / 2004

and (b) of the Merchant Shipping Act 2002, makes the following regulations:

Citation

1 These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Ships’ Doctors) Regulations 2004.

Interpretation

2 In these Regulations—

“owner” in relation to a ship means the registered owner of the ship unless that ship has been chartered by demise or is managed, either wholly or in part, by a person other than the registered owner under the terms of a management agreement; in that case “owner” includes the demise charterer or person managing the ship, as the case may be;

“qualified doctor” means a medical practitioner registered to practice medicine in the countries listed in the Schedule to these regulations.

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SHIPS’ DOCTORS) REGULATIONS 2004

Carriage of qualified doctor

3 The owner of a Bermuda ship having 100 or more persons on board and engaged on an international voyage of more than three days or on a voyage which is more than one and a half day’s sailing time from a port with adequate medical equipment, shall carry a qualified doctor.

[Regulation 3 amended by BR 49 / 2011 reg. 2 effective 28 September 2011]

Exemption

4 Notwithstanding regulation 3, the Minister may grant exemption from all or any of the provisions of these regulations (as may be specified in the exemption) for classes of cases or individual cases on such terms as he may so specify and may, subject to giving reasonable notice, alter or cancel any such exemption.

5. Offences

(1) A person who contravenes regulation 3 commits an offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.00.

(2) It shall be a defence for a person charged under this regulation to show that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.

Revocation

6 The Merchant Shipping (Ships’ Doctors) Regulations 1986 are revoked.

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SHIPS’ DOCTORS) REGULATIONS 2004

SCHEDULE

(regulation 2)

Australia

Bermuda

Canada

European Union (EU) Countries

Hong Kong

New Zealand

Singapore

South Africa

United Kingdom

USA

West Indies

[Schedule amended by 2020 : 4 s. 4 effective 31 January 2020]

Made this 8th day of October 2004

Minister of Tourism and Transport

[Amended by: BR 49 / 2011

2020 : 4]