Requirement to carry qualified ship’s cook
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Open ↗25.—(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the shipowner and the master of a Singapore ship which ordinarily operates with 10 or more seafarers on board must ensure that the ship does not proceed to sea unless a qualified ship’s cook is on board. (2) In circumstances of exceptional necessity, the Director may grant an exemption from subsection (1) —(a) until the next port of call; or (b) for a period not exceeding one month, but only if there is a person on board the ship who is trained or instructed in areas such as food and personal hygiene and handling and storage of food in accordance with this Act. (3) The shipowner and the master may, instead of complying with the requirement in subsection (1) to have a qualified ship’s cook on board, comply with any other requirement that the Director may approve in respect of a particular ship, or ships of a particular description, being a requirement that the Director considers substantially equivalent to the requirement in subsection (1) when considered together with the conditions and limitations to which the approval may be subject. (4) An exemption or approval given by the Director under this section must be in writing, may be subject to such conditions and limitations as the Director may specify, and may be altered or cancelled. (5) Any shipowner or master who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.