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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-minimum-requirements-for-seafarers-etc-regulations-2014/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1613",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Minimum Requirements for Seafarers etc.) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-minimum-requirements-for-seafarers-etc-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (5) and regulations 37(1) and 44(2), the provisions specified in paragraph (2) apply to—\n(a) a sea-going United Kingdom ship wherever it may be; and\n(b) a sea-going ship which is not a United Kingdom ship, while that ship is in United Kingdom waters, if—\n(i) the MLC has not come into force for the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly; or\n(ii) the MLC has come into force for the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly, but the ship does not carry—\n(aa) a Maritime Labour Certificate to which a Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance is attached; or\n(bb) an interim Maritime Labour Certificate.\n(2) The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows—\n(a) all of the provisions in Parts 2 to 10B, other than those referred to in sub-paragraph (4)(b); and\n(b) all of the provisions in Part 11, other than regulations 55 and 57.\n(3) Subject to paragraph (5) and regulation 46(4), the provisions specified in paragraph (4) apply to a sea-going ship which is not a United Kingdom ship, while that ship is in United Kingdom waters, if—\n(a) the MLC has come into force for the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly; and\n(b) the ship carries—\n(i) a Maritime Labour Certificate to which a Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance is attached; or\n(ii) an interim Maritime Labour Certificate.\n(4) The provisions referred to in paragraph (3) are as follows—\n(a) regulation 26 and all of the provisions in Parts 3 and 11 (other than regulation 54); and\n(b) the following provisions—\n(i) regulation 6;\n(ii) regulation 15;\n(iii) regulation 18;\n(iv) regulation 28;\n(v) regulation 33;\n(vi) regulation 41; ...\n(vii) regulation 46;\n(viii) regulation 53B(1)(b); and\n(ix) regulation 53M(1)(b).\n(5) These Regulations do not apply to—\n(a) pleasure vessels;\n(b) fishing vessels;\n(c) ships of traditional build;\n(d) warships or naval auxiliaries; or\n(e) vessels which are not ordinarily engaged in commercial activities.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 3(2)(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(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3(4)(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(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 3(4)(b)(vi) omitted (12.7.2018) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Compulsory Financial Security) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/667), regs. 1, 2(3)(c)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 3(4)(b)(viii)(ix) inserted (12.7.2018) by The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Compulsory Financial Security) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/667), regs. 1, 2(3)(c)(ii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1613/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:12:29.056253+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."
}