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The Merchant Shipping (Hours of Work) Regulations 2002

S.I. 2002/2125 · Made 13 August 2002 · Extends to United Kingdom

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MERCHANT SHIPPING

Made 13th August 2002

Laid before Parliament 14th August 2002

Coming into force 7th September 2002

F1 Whereas the Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972M1 in relation to measures relating to the safety of ships and the health and safety of persons on themM2 and to the employment of children and young personsM3:

And whereas, in so far as the following Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 85 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995M4, the Secretary of State has in pursuance of section 86(4) of that Act consulted the persons referred to in that subsection:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, and by sections 85(1)(a) and (b), (3), (5) and (7) and 86(1) and (2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Textual amendments

F1

Regulations (except reg. 21, Sch. 2) revoked (6.4.2018) by The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Hours of Work) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/58), reg. 30(a) (with regs. 3, 4)

Marginal citations

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1972 c. 68.

M2

S.I. 1993/595.

M3

S.I. 1996/266.

M4

1995 c. 21; sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28), section 8, and are applied to hovercraft by virtue of the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1350) to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement Repealed
  2. 2Interpretation Repealed
  3. 3Application Repealed
  4. 3ANorthern Ireland Repealed
  5. 4General duty of shipowner, master, employer Repealed
  6. 5Minimum hours of rest Repealed
  7. 6Minimum hours of rest: further provision Repealed
  8. 7Posting-up of table Repealed
  9. 8Exception for emergencies Repealed
  10. 9Records Repealed
  11. 10Working at night Repealed
  12. 11Power to require information Repealed
  13. 12Entitlement to annual and additional leave Repealed
  14. 12AShore leave Repealed
  15. 13Entitlements under other provisions Repealed
  16. 14Inspection of United Kingdom ships and certain other ships Repealed
  17. 14AInspection of non-United Kingdom ships with Maritime Labour Convention documentation Repealed
  18. 15Inspection of ships other than United Kingdom ships Repealed
  19. 16Rectification of deficiencies Repealed
  20. 17Enforcement of detention Repealed
  21. 17ADetention of United Kingdom ships and other ships without Maritime Labour Convention documentation Repealed
  22. 17BDetention of non-United Kingdom ships with Maritime Labour Convention documentation Repealed
  23. 18Arbitration and compensation Repealed
  24. 19Release of information Repealed
  25. 20Penalties Repealed
  26. 21Miscellaneous amendments
  27. 22Remedies Repealed
  28. 22AExtension of time limits to facilitate conciliation before institution of proceedings Repealed
  29. 23Restriction on contracting out Repealed
  30. 24Review Repealed
  31. Signature
  32. Schedule 1: WORKFORCE AGREEMENTS
  33. Paragraph Repealed
  34. Paragraph Repealed
  35. Paragraph Repealed
  36. Paragraph Repealed
  37. Schedule 2: MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS
  38. lParagraph l
  39. 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
  40. 3Paragraph 3
  41. 4Paragraph 4
  42. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementF1

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2InterpretationF1

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3ApplicationF1

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3ANorthern IrelandF1

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4General duty of shipowner, master, employerF1

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5Minimum hours of restF1

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6Minimum hours of rest: further provisionF1

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7Posting-up of tableF1

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8Exception for emergenciesF1

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9RecordsF1

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10Working at nightF1

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11Power to require informationF1

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12Entitlement to annual and additional leaveF1

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12AShore leaveF1

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13Entitlements under other provisionsF1

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14Inspection of United Kingdom ships and certain other shipsF1

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14AInspection of non-United Kingdom ships with Maritime Labour Convention documentationF1

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15Inspection of ships other than United Kingdom shipsF1

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16Rectification of deficienciesF1

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17Enforcement of detentionF1

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17ADetention of United Kingdom ships and other ships without Maritime Labour Convention documentationF1

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17BDetention of non-United Kingdom ships with Maritime Labour Convention documentationF1

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18Arbitration and compensationF1

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19Release of informationF1

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20PenaltiesF1

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21Miscellaneous amendments

F1Schedule 2 (Miscellaneous Amendments) shall have effect.

22RemediesF1

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22AExtension of time limits to facilitate conciliation before institution of proceedingsF1

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23Restriction on contracting outF1

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24ReviewF1

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Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

David Jamieson

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department for Transport

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lF1

Section 55 of the Act is amended as follows—

(a)

at the beginning of subsection (1) there shall be inserted “Subject to subsection (1A),”;

(b)

after subsection (1) there shall be inserted—

“(1A)

A person under 16 years of age shall not be employed in any sea-going United Kingdom ship.”;

and

(c)

in subsection (2)—

(i)

in paragraph (a), after “in a ship” there shall be inserted “ which is not a sea-going United Kingdom ship ”,

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in paragraph (b), after “in a United Kingdom ship” there shall be inserted “ which is not a sea-going ship ”; and

(iii)

after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—

“(c)

prescribing circumstances and capacities in which persons of at least the age of 16 but under the age of 18 or under such lower age as may be specified in the regulations must not be employed in a sea-going United Kingdom ship or may be so employed only subject to such conditions as may be specified in the regulations.”.

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In the Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) Regulations 1997 M1 the following provisions shall be omitted—

(a)

in regulation 2(l), the definition of “safety committee”;

(b)

regulations 6 to 10; and

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in regulation 17—

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in paragraph (1), “9”;

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in paragraph (2), “7(2)”; and

(iii)

paragraphs (2A) and (5) to (8).

4F1

The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Employment of Young Persons) Regulations 1998 shall be amended as follows—

(a)

for the definition of “young person” in regulation 2(2) there shall be substituted—

““young person” means—

(a)

in relation to employment on a sea-going United Kingdom ship, any person who is of the age of 16 or 17; or

(b)

in relation to employment on any other United Kingdom ship, any person who is under the age of 18 and, in Great Britain is over school-leaving age for the purposes of section 55 of the Act or, in Northern Ireland, is over compulsory school age within the meaning in Article 46 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 M1”;

(b)

in regulation 6—

(i)

paragraph (6), and

(ii)

in paragraph (7) the words “Where paragraph (6) does not apply,”,

shall be omitted.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations implement—

the majority of the provisions of Council Directive 1999/63/EC concerning the Agreement on the organisation of working time of seafarers concluded by the European Community Shipowners’ Association and the Federation of Transport Workers’ Unions in the European Union (OJ L 167, 2.7.99, p.33) and

European Parliament and Council Directive 1999/95/EC concerning the enforcement of provisions in respect of seafarers’ hours of work on board ships calling at Community ports (OJ L 014, 20.1.2000, p.29).

The Regulations:

require employers to ensure seafarers have at least the specified minimum hours of rest (regulations 4 to 6 and 8),

require records to be kept of seafarers’ daily hours of rest,

prohibit the employment on a ship of a person under 16 years of age,

establish seafarers’ entitlement to annual leave, and

make provision about the enforcement of the Regulations.

The Regulations are made under the powers contained in the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 except in respect of amendments in Schedule 2, where the power is provided by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been produced and a copy placed in the library of both Houses of Parliament. Copies may be obtained from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Spring Place, 105 Commercial Road, Southampton SO15 1EG (telephone number 023 8032 9380).

Merchant Shipping Notices are published by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. Copies may be obtained from Mail Marketing (Scotland), Bloomsgrove Industrial Estate, Norton Street, Nottingham NG7 3JG (telephone number 0115 9013336; fax 0115 9013334; e-mail [email protected]).

International Labour Organization Conventions and Protocols are published by the International Labour Office and copies may be obtained from ILO Publications, International Labour Office, CH-211 Geneva 22, Switzerland.

A transposition note has been prepared and copies may be obtained from the Seafarer Health and Safety Branch of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.