# The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Minimum Requirements for Seafarers etc.) Regulations 2014, Regulation 21: Scope of duty to repatriate


Where there is a duty on a shipowner to provide for the repatriation of a seafarer under regulation 19, that duty ends when—
(a) the seafarer is repatriated in accordance with regulation 20;
(b) the shipowner makes reasonable arrangements for repatriation which are unsuccessful because of the seafarer's unreasonable conduct;
(c) except where the seafarer is held captive as a result of piracy or armed robbery against a ship, the shipowner has used reasonable endeavours to contact the seafarer for a period of three months or more, but has been unable to make such contact;
(d) the seafarer confirms in writing to the shipowner that repatriation is not required; or
(e) the seafarer is dead.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1613/regulation/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-minimum-requirements-for-seafarers-etc-regulations-2014/regulation-21
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