Regulation 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and revocation

the expressions “British Citizen”, “British Dependent Territories citizen”, “British Overseas Citizen”, “British protected person”, “colony”, “protected state” and “protectorate” have respectively the same meanings as they have in and for the purposes of the British Nationality Act 1981^f1;

“British Seaman’s Identity Card” means a British Seaman’s Identity Card issued under the British Seamen’s Identity Cards Order 1942^f2;

“the Order of 1960” means the British Seamen’s Cards Order 1960^f3;

a person to whom a British Seaman’s Card or a discharge book has been issued is referred to as the holder of it; and

“Seaman’s Record Book” means a Seaman’s Record Book and Certificates of Discharge issued to a seaman by the Secretary of State, the Board of Trade, the Minister of Transport, the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, the Minister of War Transport or the Minister of Shipping;

“a shore-based disciplinary committee” means a committee established on shore by the National Maritime Board to review the future sea-going employment of seamen employed under a crew agreement, approved by the Secretary of State, to which the National Maritime Board agreement on disciplinary procedures applies and which requires seamen to comply with the Code of Conduct, in respect of whom the master is satisfied that they have committed any of the breaches of the Code specified in paragraph 9 thereof;

“the Code of Conduct” means the publication entitled “Code of Conduct for the Merchant Navy” published in 1978 by the National Maritime Board.