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These Regulations replace the Merchant Shipping (Ships' Doctors) Regulations 1981. They implement Council Directive 92/29/EEC of 31st March 1992 (O.J. No. L113, 30.4.92, p.19) on the minimum safety and health requirements for improved medical treatment on board vessels, so far as that Directive requires the carrying of doctors. United Kingdom ships are required to have a doctor on board if carrying 100 or more persons on an international voyage of more than three days, or on a voyage during which it is more than one and a half days' sailing time from a port with adequate medical equipment.