Merchant Shipping (Provisions and Water) Regulations

Merchant Shipping Act

(Chapter 179, Section 70)

Rg 24

REVISED EDITION 1997

(15th June 1997)

[2nd February 1996]

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Provisions and Water) Regulations.

Application

2. These Regulations shall apply to all Singapore ships.

Quantity of provisions and water

3.—(1) There shall be provided for each seaman employed in a ship provisions and water in the scale set out in the agreement between the seaman and his employer.

(2) Where the seaman employed in the ship is paid an allowance in lieu of provisions, paragraph (1) shall not apply and there shall be provided for each seaman employed in a ship water in quantity of not less than 4.5 litres per day.

Quality of provisions and water

4. The provisions and water provided in accordance with these Regulations —

(a)	shall not contain anything which is likely to cause sickness or injury to health or which renders any provision or water unpalatable; and
(b)	shall otherwise be fit for consumption. [G.N. No. S 50/96]

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