The Merchant Shipping (Work in Fishing Convention) (Medical Certification) Regulations 2018

means an approval given by the Secretary of State in writing and which specifies the date on which it takes effect, its duration and the conditions (if any) on which it is given, and “approved” has a corresponding meaning;

means every person including the skipper employed or engaged in any capacity on board any fishing vessel, but does not include a person solely engaged as a pilot for the vessel;

means the owner of the fishing vessel or any other organisation or person such as the manager, agent or bareboat charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for the operation of the vessel from the owner and who, on assuming such responsibility, has agreed to take over the duties and responsibilities imposed on fishing vessel owners in accordance with the Convention, regardless of whether any other organisation or person fulfils certain of the duties or responsibilities on behalf of the fishing vessel owner;

means registered length as defined by the Fishing Vessels (Codes of Practice) Regulations 2017;

includes both injury and illness, and a significant medical condition is one which adversely affects or is reasonably likely adversely to affect the fisherman's ability to perform the duties that the fisherman will carry out at sea, including the fisherman's ability to undertake emergency duties.

means a certificate attesting to a person's fitness to perform the duties which that person will carry out at sea and which is issued under regulation 6 or 11 (whether or not subject to restriction or conditions);

means a medical practitioner approved by the Secretary of State to issue medical fitness certificates who is— (a) in the case of a practitioner based in the United Kingdom, a registered medical practitioner who meets the criteria specified in Merchant Shipping Notice 1886 (M+F), being criteria which the Secretary of State considers appropriate having regard to the evidence of continuing professional development which such a practitioner must demonstrate in order to obtain a licence to practise;

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

has the same meaning as in sections 28 to 32 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (see section 32 of that Act).

means any of the persons mentioned in section 258(1) of the Act;

means the person having command of the fishing vessel;

means the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.

means a fishing vessel which is— (a) a United Kingdom ship within the meaning of section 85(2) of the Act;

means the convention adopted at Geneva on 14th June 2007 by the International Labour Organisation;