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CAP. 134]

Dangerous Drugs

[1988 Ed.

(b) any registered dentist; and

(c) any person employed or engaged in a prescribed hospital or in a health

centre or clinic maintained by the Crown.

(2) A person is hereby authorized to have in his possession equipment or apparatus fit and intended for the injection of a dangerous drug if the same is for use for the injection into himself of a dangerous drug on the direction of a registered medical practitioner for the purposes of medical treatment.

Statutory authority of masters of ships to possess, supply

and procure dangerous drugs

28. (1) (a) The master of a ship which does not carry on board as part of her complement a registered medical practitioner, is hereby authorized-

(i) so far as may be necessary for the purpose of compliance with the Merchant Shipping Acts or the Merchant Shipping Ordinance (Cap.281), as the case may be, to be in possession of dangerous drugs; and

(ii) subject to any conditions and instructions which may be applicable thereto, to supply those dangerous drugs to members of the

crew.

(b) Where a dangerous drug is supplied to a member of the crew of a

ship-

(i) an entry in the official log book; or

(ii) in the case of a ship which is not required under the Merchant Shipping Acts or by virtue of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance to carry an official log book, a report signed by the master of the ship,

shall notwithstanding anything in this Ordinance be a sufficient record of the supply, if the entry or report specifies the dangerous drug supplied and, in the case of such a report, it is delivered as soon as practicable to the superintendent of a mercantile marine office.

(c) Every dangerous drug in the possession of the master of a ship by virtue of this section shall, except where the necessity of supplying it to a member of the crew otherwise requires, be kept in a locked receptacle, which can be opened only by the master or by an officer authorized by the master.

(d) In this section--

"mercantile marine office" means a mercantile marine office established and maintained under the Merchant Shipping Acts or the mercantile marine office appointed under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance;

"official log book" means the official log book required to be kept under the Merchant Shipping Acts or by virtue of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance.