# The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Minimum Requirements for Seafarers etc.) Regulations 2014, Regulation 28: Part 6 requirements for non-United Kingdom ships with MLC documentation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(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 A2.5.1 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 A2.5.1, 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 A2.5.1, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1613/regulation/28 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-minimum-requirements-for-seafarers-etc-regulations-2014/regulation-28
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