s 31 Medical treatment on board ship
31. Where a ship is not required under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 to carry a qualified medical practitioner on board, the shipowner must make arrangements for ensuring that —(a) a ship which is ordinarily capable of reaching qualified medical care and medical facilities within 8 hours must carry on board a seafarer who —(i) has completed such training in medical first‑aid as required by the STCW Code and approved by the Director; and (ii) is appointed by the shipowner to be in charge of medical first‑aid training and administration of medicine on board the ship; and (b) any ship, other than a ship mentioned in paragraph (a), must carry on board a seafarer who —(i) has completed such training in medical care as required by the STCW Code and approved by the Director; and (ii) is appointed by the shipowner to be in charge of medical care on board the ship.