Cap. 234 чл. 152Medical stores regulations. 

(1) The Minister may make regulations protecting the health of persons on board Maltese ships and requiring Maltese ships to carry such medicines, medical stores, equipment, facilities, appliances and books containing instructions and advice, as may be specified in the regulations, and the regulations may make different provisions for different descriptions of ships or different circumstances.

(2) The owner, or bareboat charterer and master of every Maltese ship shall ensure that the ship carries medicines, medical stores, equipment, facilities, appliances and books in accordance with the scales laid down under sub-article (1).

(3) Where an appropriate inspector is of the opinion that the medicines, medical stores, equipment, facilities, appliances and books on a Maltese ship are deficient in quantity or quality or are placed in improper receptacles, he shall give notice in writing to the master, owner, bareboat charterer, or agent of the ship, and the ship’s certificate of registry, whether provisional or otherwise, may be suspended until the default has been remedied: Provided that if the master, or owner or bareboat charterer of the ship fails to remedy the default and comply with the requirements of this article, the master, or owner or bareboat charterer shall be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding five hundred units unless he proves that the non-compliance was not caused through his inattention, neglect or wilful default.