Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 108

108. (1) Subject to the provisions of this article, no person shall be employed in any capacity in any Maltese ship unless th ere has been delivered to the master of the ship a certificate gran ted by a duly qualified medical practitioner certifying that the perso n is fit to be employed in that capacity. (2) The provisions of sub-article (1) shall not apply to the employment of a person authorised to be so employed on the ground of urgency by the shipping master or by a Maltese consul ar officer, but a person in whose case any such authorisation is g iven shall not be employed for more than a single voyage, except in accordance with and subject to the provisions of sub-article (1 ). (3) The Minister may make regulations as appear to him to be necessary for the medical examination of all persons seeking employment in any capacity on board ships and the issue of medical certificates in re spect of such persons. M E R C H A N T S H I P P I N G [CAP. 234. 67 (4) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing sub- article, regulations made th ereunder may, in particular - (a) prescribe the nature of the medical examination or examinations to be made a nd the particulars to be included in the med ical certificates; (b) prescribe the period of val idity of medical certificates; (c) provide for the acceptance, in substitution of a medical certificate, of evidence in a prescribed form that the required certificate has been issued; and (d) provide for any other matter affecting the medical examination or examinations to be made and the medical certificates to be issued or recognised. (5) For the purposes of this ar ticle, ''duly qualified medical practitioner'' means a medical pr actitioner authorized by law t o practice as a legally qualified medical practitioner in Malta o r unless otherwise prescribed in th e country in which such certif icate is issued. Penalties. Substituted by: XXII. 2000. 52.