Hong Kong Regulations

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) (PROVISIONS AND WATER) REGULATION - SECT 5

Duty of employers and masters to provide provisions and water

(1) It shall be the duty of the employer and master of every ship to ensure
that there shall be provided on their ship provisions and water which-

   (a)  are suitable in respect of quantity, nutritive value, quality and
        variety having regard to the size of the crew and the character and
        nature of the voyage;

   (b)  do not contain anything which is likely to cause sickness or injury to
        health or which renders any provision or water unpalatable; and

   (c)  are otherwise fit for consumption.

(2) The Superintendent may, for information, from time to time cause to be
prepared and published in such manner as he thinks fit, for the guidance of
employers and masters, guidelines not inconsistent with this Regulation,
indicating what, in the opinion of the Superintendent, constitutes the proper
discharge of the duty under subsection (1) in respect of any case or class of
case. (Enacted 1995)