Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 152

152. (1) The Minister may make regulations protecting the health of persons on board Maltese ships and requiring Maltese ships to carry such medicines, medical stores, equipment, facil ities, appliances and books containing instructions and advice, as may be specified in the regulations, an d the regulations may make diff erent provisions for different descriptions of ships or different circumstances. (2) The owner, or bareboat charterer and master of every Maltese ship shall ensure that the ship carries medicines, medi cal stores, equipment, facilities, ap pliances and books in accordan ce with the scales laid down under sub-article (1). (3) Where an appropriate inspector is of the opinion that the medicines, medical stores, equipment, facilities, appliances an d books on a Maltese ship are deficient in quantity or quality or are placed in improper receptacles, h e shall give notice in writing to the master, owner, bareboat charterer, or agent of the ship, an d the ship’s certificate of registry, w hether provisional or otherwis e, may be suspended until the def ault has been remedied: Provided that if the master, or owner or bareboat charterer of the ship fails to remedy the default and comply with the requirements of this article, the master, or owner or bareboat charterer shall be liable to a fine ( multa ) not exceeding five hundred units unless he proves that the non-compliance was not caused through his inattention, negl ect or wilful default. Occupational safety regulations. Amended by:  X111. 1983.5. Substituted by: XXII. 2000.73.