Regulation 28 Part 6 requirements for non-United Kingdom ships with MLC documentation

United Kingdom

(1)

A shipowner must make such provision as is necessary for the repatriation of a seafarer as soon as is practicable in the circumstances described in paragraph 1 of Standard F1A2.5.1 of the MLC, subject to any national provisions which have been adopted by the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly pursuant to paragraph 2 of Standard A2.5.1.

(2)

A breach of paragraph (1) is an offence by the shipowner.

(3)

A shipowner must comply with –

(a)

the prohibitions in paragraph 3 of Standard F2A2.5.1, whether or not those prohibitions apply in the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly; and

(b)

the requirement in paragraph 9 of Standard F3A2.5.1, whether or not the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly has imposed that requirement in its national laws or otherwise.

(4)

A breach of paragraph (3) is an offence by the shipowner.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in reg. 28(1) substituted (12.7.2018) by The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Compulsory Financial Security) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/667), regs. 1, 2(5)
F2: Word in reg. 28(3)(a) substituted (12.7.2018) by The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Compulsory Financial Security) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/667), regs. 1, 2(5)
F3: Word in reg. 28(3)(b) substituted (12.7.2018) by The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Compulsory Financial Security) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/667), regs. 1, 2(5)