| Under section 2 of the Merchant Shipping(Maritime Labour Convention)Rules (S.234.51) of 20 August 2013, the term "seafarer" means any person who is employed or engaged or works in any capacity on board a ship, to which these rules apply, but excluding persons providing non-scheduled or ancillary services to a ship to assist it in its maritime voyage such as, inter alia, shore based engineers, bunker crew, pilots, members of the Armed Forces of Malta, or a member of the Civil Protection Department of Malta; |