Regulation 41 Part 8 requirements for non-United Kingdom ships with MLC documentation

(1)

A ship must not be operated unless it complies with paragraphs 1 and 2 of Regulation 3.2 (food and catering) of the MLC.

(2)

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

(3)

The master of a ship must comply with the requirements in paragraph 7 of Standard A3.2 of the MLC with regard to –

(a)

frequent inspections; and

(b)

the documenting of such inspections,

whether or not the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly has imposed those requirements in its national laws or otherwise.

(4)

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

(5)

A ship must not be operated unless it meets the minimum standards set out in—

(a)

sub-paragraph 2(b) of Standard A3.2 of the MLC; and

(b)

sub-paragraph 2(c) of that Standard.

(6)

A breach of paragraph (5)(a) is an offence by the shipowner and the master of the ship.

(7)

A breach of paragraph (5)(b) is an offence by the shipowner.

(8)

Subject to any dispensation issued by the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly in accordance with paragraph 6 of standard A3.2 of the MLC, a shipowner must comply with the requirements in paragraphs 3 and 4 of Standard A3.2 of the MLC.

(9)

A breach of paragraph (8) is an offence by the shipowner.