# The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Hours of Work) Regulations 2018, Regulation 5: General duty of shipowner, master, employer


(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.
(2) The persons are—
(a) the shipowner in relation to the ship;
(b) the master of the ship; and
(c) where the seafarer is an employed seafarer, the seafarer's employer.
(3) A muster, drill or training session held pursuant to the Merchant Shipping (Musters, Training and Decision Support Systems) Regulations 1999 —
(a) may require the participation of a seafarer during the seafarer's hours of rest, but
(b) must be conducted in a manner which minimises disturbance of the seafarer's hours of rest and does not induce fatigue.
(4) A seafarer who is on-call on board ship—
(a) may be required to do call-outs during hours of rest, but
(b) must be provided with an adequate compensatory rest period for any call-out work done during hours of rest.
(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).
(6) This regulation is subject to regulation 11.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/58/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-hours-of-work-regulations-2018/regulation-5
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