{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-hours-of-work-regulations-2018/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-hours-of-work-regulations-2018/regulation-5.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/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "General duty of shipowner, master, employer",
  "text": "(1) It is the duty of the persons mentioned in paragraph (2) to ensure that a seafarer in relation to a ship to which this regulation applies is provided with at least the minimum hours of rest.\n(2) The persons are—\n(a) the shipowner in relation to the ship;\n(b) the master of the ship; and\n(c) where the seafarer is an employed seafarer, the seafarer's employer.\n(3) A muster, drill or training session held pursuant to the Merchant Shipping (Musters, Training and Decision Support Systems) Regulations 1999 —\n(a) may require the participation of a seafarer during the seafarer's hours of rest, but\n(b) must be conducted in a manner which minimises disturbance of the seafarer's hours of rest and does not induce fatigue.\n(4) A seafarer who is on-call on board ship—\n(a) may be required to do call-outs during hours of rest, but\n(b) must be provided with an adequate compensatory rest period for any call-out work done during hours of rest.\n(5) Nothing in this regulation restricts the operation of regulation 6 of the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Employment of Young Persons Regulations 1998 (rest periods for young persons).\n(6) This regulation is subject to regulation 11.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/2722."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.I. 1998/2411; regulation 6 was amended by S.I. 2002/2125."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/58/regulation/5",
    "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."
}