Regulation 2 Interpretation

(1)

In these Regulations—

“cargo” includes (but is not limited to) stores, mail, animals and vehicles;
“firearm” means a lethal barrelled weapon of any description from which any shot, bullet or other missile can be discharged; and
“Her Majesty’s ships” means all ships belonging to, or used for the purposes of, any of Her Majesty’s forces.

(2)

In these Regulations a reference to a duty of a person in relation to the handling, use or operation of a depth-charge launcher, firearm, mortar, rocket or torpedo is to any duty—

(a)

of a person (“P”) in relation to the handling and use of a firearm when P has in P’s possession the firearm and ammunition capable of being discharged from the firearm;

(b)

of a person doing any of the following in relation to the operation of a depth-charge launcher, firearm, mortar, rocket or torpedo—

(i)

handling missiles, fuses, charges or propellants;

(ii)

firing or giving orders to fire;

(iii)

calculating or setting a target area;

(iv)

giving instructions about the location and bearing of the target;

(v)

deciding or setting the explosive effect;

(vi)

ensuring that the missile or explosive functions correctly in the target area; or

(c)

to supervise a person carrying out a duty within sub-paragraph (a) or (b).