Section 8: Powers of officers in Command of tenders absent from ship or boat detached

Subject to the provisions of these regulations the powers of trial and punishment of a Commanding Officer may, as respects sailors on board a tender to the ship, be exercised in the case of a single tender absent from the parent ship by the officer in Command of the tender and in the case of two or more tenders absent from the parent ship in company or acting together, by the officer in immediate command of such tenders and as respects sailors on board any boat belonging to the ship be exercised when such boat is absent on detached service by the officer in Command of the boat, provided that the Commanding Officer of the parent ship may at his discretion restrict powers to be exercised under these regulations according to the circumstances including the time that the tender or boat will be away and the seniority and experience of the officer who is to be in command.