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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-recruitment-and-placement-regulations-2014/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1615",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Recruitment and Placement) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-recruitment-and-placement-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Meaning of “seafarer employment agreement”",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations, “seafarer employment agreement” means, in relation to a seafarer—\n(a) the written agreement required by regulation 9 of the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Minimum Requirements for Seafarers etc.) Regulation 2014 , where the seafarer works on a United Kingdom ship; or\n(b) the agreement governing the seafarer's work on the ship, where the seafarer works on a ship which is not a United Kingdom ship.\n(2) For the purposes of regulation 5, “seafarer employment agreement” includes a draft of the agreement referred to in paragraph (1) which has been prepared for signature but has not yet been entered into.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 2014/1613."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1615/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:12:27.074820+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."
}