{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-hours-of-work-regulations-2018/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-hours-of-work-regulations-2018/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/58",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Hours of Work) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-hours-of-work-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application to ships",
  "text": "(1) The following regulations apply to a sea-going United Kingdom ship wherever it may be and a non-MLC ship while it is in United Kingdom waters—\n(a) regulation 5 (general duty of shipowner, master, employer to provide hours of rest);\n(b) regulation 9 (requirement to post up table);\n(c) regulation 11 (exception to hours of rest in emergencies);\n(d) regulation 12 (requirement to keep records of hours of rest);\n(e) regulation 14 (provision of information on request);\n(f) regulation 15 (annual and additional leave);\n(g) regulation 17 (shore leave) (but see paragraph (3));\n(h) regulation 19 (inspection);\n(i) regulation 21 (detention);\n(j) regulation 22 (release of ships).\n(2) The following regulations apply to an MLC ship while that ship is in United Kingdom waters—\n(a) regulation 8 (general duty of shipowner, master, employer to provide hours of rest);\n(b) regulation 10 (requirement to post up table);\n(c) regulation 11 (exception to hours of rest in emergencies);\n(d) regulation 13 (requirement to keep records of hours of rest);\n(e) regulation 16 (annual leave);\n(f) regulation 17 (shore leave) (but see paragraph (3));\n(g) regulation 20 (inspection);\n(h) regulation 21 (detention);\n(i) regulation 22 (release of ships).\n(3) Regulation 17 (shore leave) does not apply to ships of traditional build.\n(4) These Regulations do not apply to—\n(a) pleasure vessels;\n(b) fishing vessels;\n(c) warships or naval auxiliaries;\n(d) vessels which are not ordinarily engaged in commercial activities.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/58/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:35:51.200859+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}