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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 8, 1939
Application of Naval Order to mariners and mem- bers of the pilotage or light vessel services.
Provisions relating to the applica- tion of the Naval Order to mariners and mem- bers of the
pilotage or light vessel
services.
passenger ship" means a ship in respect of which a passenger steamer's certificate issued under part III of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, is in force;
period of detention", in relation to any mariner or member of the pilotage or light vessel services who suffers detention, means the period beginning with the date on which that detention commenced and ending on whichever is the earlier of the two following dates, that is to say---
(a) the date of his death;
(b) the earliest date after the commencement of that detention on which it is practicable for him to return to the country to which he belongs;
or such other period as the Minister may direct or prescribe in relation to any such mariner or member or any class of such mariners or members;
"prescribe" means prescribe by regulations made by the Minister;
public funds means moneys provided by Parliament or the Parliament of Northern Ireland, moneys the payment whereof is charged on the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom or of Northern Ireland, and moneys payable out of any general or local rate, or out of a fund established under or by virtue of any public, general or local Act;
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"rank includes rating;
"tons" and
and gross tonnage;
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tonnage
war injury means-
mean respectively gross tons
() in relation to a mariner, a war injury, as defined by section 10 of the Act, which is, or is for the purposes of the Act to be deemed to be, sustained by the mariner by reason of his service in a British ship, and
(ii) in relation to a member of the pilotage or light vessel services, a war injury, as defined by section 10 of the Act, which is, or is for the purposes of the Act to be deemed to be, sustained by that member by reason of his service;
2. For the purpose of securing for mariners and members of the pilotage or light vessel services who die or become disabled in cases where their death or disablement is directly attributable to war injuries sustained by them, or to their detention, and for the dependants of such mariners and members, benefits similar to those provided by the Naval Order for members of the Naval Forces who die or become disabled, the provisions of the Naval Order shall, subject to the provisions of this Scheme, apply to mariners and members of the pilotage or light vessel services whose death or disablement is directly attributable as aforesaid in like manner as those provisions apply to members of the Naval Forces who die or become disabled in the circumstances specified in the Naval Order.
3. The following provisions of this Article shall have effect with respect to the application of the provisions of the Naval Order to mariners and members of the pilotage or light vessel services:
(a) for any reference (by whatever form of words) in the Naval Order to a member of the Naval Forces (except the references in paragraph (3) of Article 1 of the Naval Order and in paragraphs (1), (2), (2B), (2C) and (2D) of Article 2