# The Armed Forces (Specified Aviation and Marine Functions) Regulations 2018, 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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111171776/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-armed-forces-specified-aviation-and-marine-functions-regulations-2018/regulation-2
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