LAWS OF TUVALU
2008 Revised Edition

SHIPPING (RATIONS) REGULATIONS

CAP 48.12.2

SHIPPING (RATIONS) REGULATIONS MADE UNDER SECTION 20 OF THE LAGOON SHIPPING ACT1

1. These regulations may be cited as the Shipping (Rations) Regulations. 

2. In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires — 

"Master" shall mean the person for the time being in charge of any vessel; 

"Class C" or "Class D" shall mean a vessel of that class as defined in the Shipping Regulations. 

3. There shall be supplied to each and every seaman and passenger aboard any vessel of Class C or Class D rations in accordance with the minimum scales contained in Schedules A and B respectively. 

4. The Master and owner of any vessel whereon any seaman or passenger is not supplied with rations as required by the preceding regulation shall commit an offence. 

5. Nothing contained in the 2 preceding regulations shall apply to the failure to supply such rations to any passenger — 

(i) during the first 24 hours he is on board any vessel for the purpose of undertaking any journey reasonably expected to be of less than 24 hours duration; or 

(ii) where there exists between such passenger and the owner or Master of any vessel a contract pursuant to the terms of which rations of a standard higher than that laid down in Schedule B are supplied. 

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SCHEDULE A

(Regulation 3)

SCALE OF RATIONS TO BE SUPPLIED TO EACH SEAMAN ABOARD ANY VESSEL OF CLASS C OR D

1. Each and every day — 

(a) 

(i) 1 lb. of rice (unpolished, if available), or 

(ii) 1 lb. of biscuits, or 

(iii) 1 lb. of sago, or 

(iv) 1½ lb. of flour, or 

(v) 1½ lb. of bread (made from wholemeal flour, if available), or 

(vi) 1½ lb. of bananas, or 

(vii) 4 lb. of breadfruit, babai, taro, potatoes, or 

(viii) a selection of any of the goods specified in items (i) to (vii) of this paragraph equivalent in quantity and quality to any 1 of such items; and 

(b) 

(i) 3/4 lb. of tinned meat, or 

(ii) 3/4 lb. of tinned fish, or 

(iii) 1 lb. of fresh meat, or 

(iv) 1 lb. of salted fish, or 

(v) 1½ lb. of fresh (whole) fish, or 

(vi) a selection of any of the goods specified in items (i) to (v) of this paragraph equivalent in quantity and quality to any 1 of such items; and 

(c) 

(i) 1/2 pint of fresh toddy, or 

(ii) 1 large green coconut, or 

(iii) 2 oz. tinned green vegetables or tomatoes, or 

(iv) 1 oz. of tinned tomatoes or carrots plus 1/2 oz. food-yeast, or 

(v) 4 oz. of fresh whole citrus fruit or other whole fresh fruit, or 

(vi) 4 oz. (when reconstituted) of dehydrated fruit or dried fruit, or 

(vii) 4 oz. (when reconstituted) of dehydrated green vegetables, or 

(viii) a selection of any of the foods specified in items (i) to (vii) of this paragraph equivalent in quantity and quality to any 1 of such items; and 

(d) 4 oz. of sugar; and 

(e) 1/2 oz. of salt; and 

(f) 2 oz. of edible fat, except when meat or coconut are provided as part of the day's ration; and 

(g) 3 quarts of drinking water. 

2. Each and every week — 

(i) 2 oz. of tea; and 

(ii) 1/2 bar of soap; and 

(iii) 2 sticks of tobacco; and 

(iv) 2 boxes of matches 

Provided that in lieu of supplying all or part of any of the items (i) to (iv) of this paragraph it shall be lawful to give to any seaman cash of a value equivalent to the retail value in Funafuti of such item or part thereof. 

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SCHEDULE B

SCALE OF RATIONS TO BE SUPPLIED TO EACH AND EVERY PASSENGER ABOARD ANY VESSEL OF CLASS C OR D

Each and every day — 

(1) 3 quarts of good fresh water, exclusive of the quantity required for cooking purposes; and 

(2) 1 lb. of rice or 1 lb. of biscuits or native food of similar quality; and 

(3) 3/4 lb. of meat or 3/4 lb. of fish (fresh, dried or tinned). 

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ENDNOTES 

1 LN 2/1961