# The Armed Forces (Specified Aviation and Marine Functions) Regulations 2018, Regulation 6: Specified marine functions: civilians subject to service discipline


(1) A role or activity is specified as a marine function for the purposes of section 93A(3A) and (3B) if—
(a) it is carried out by a person who is a civilian subject to service discipline in the course of that person’s employment; and
(b) it would be a duty specified as a marine function for the purposes of section 93A(3A) and (3B) by regulation 5(1) if it were carried out by a person subject to service law in the course of that person’s duty.
(2) A role or activity is also specified as a marine function for the purposes of section 93A(3A) and (3B) if it is carried out for the purposes of any of Her Majesty’s forces by a person who is a civilian subject to service discipline acting as—
(a) a professional master of a ship;
(b) a professional pilot of a ship; or
(c) a professional seaman in a ship.
(3) In this regulation—
(a) a person is a professional seaman only if that person is on duty as a professional seaman; and
(b) a master, pilot or seaman is professional if (and only if) that person acts as master, pilot or seaman in the course of a business or employment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111171776/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-armed-forces-specified-aviation-and-marine-functions-regulations-2018/regulation-6
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