Regulation 3 Application for British Seamen’s Cards
Regulation 2 applies to any British seaman—
who is employed or ordinarily employed in a ship otherwise than in an employment specified in paragraph (2) of this regulation; and (bwho is not excluded by virtue of paragraph (3) of this regulation.
The employments which are to be disregarded for the purposes of paragraph (1) of this regulation are—
employment in a fishing vessel;
employment in a ship belonging to a general lighthouse authority;
except in the case of a person who is a cadet, employment on terms under which he receives no wages or only nominal wages; and
in the case of a person who is not a citizen of the United Kingdom and colonies or a British protected person, employment in a ship registered otherwise than in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or any colony, protectorate or protected state.
Regulation 2 does not apply to—
a person who is not—
a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen or a British Overseas citizen;
a British protected person; or
a British subject without citizenship;
and who holds a seaman’s identity document which has been issued to him by or under the authority of the Government of a country specified in schedule 3 to the British Nationality Act 1981 or of any territory or trust territory under the protection of or administered by such government or of the Republic of Ireland, and of which he has not ceased to be regarded as the holder by that government;
a person who holds a seaman’s identity document—
which has been issued to him by the government of any colony, protectorate, or protected state and
of which he has not ceased to be regarded as the holder by that government;
a person in the employment of the Crown who is employed, but not ordinarily employed, as a master or seaman; and
a member of the naval, military or air forces of the Crown or of any service administered by the Defence Council.