Regulation 5 Duty on employment agencies and businesses as regards seafarer employment agreements
An employment agency or employment business introducing or supplying a work-seeker to a hirer for the purposes of employment as a seafarer on a sea-going ship must—
(a)
ensure that the work-seeker is informed of the rights and duties under the seafarer employment agreement prior to or in the process of engagement;
(b)
ensure that arrangements are made for the work-seeker to have an opportunity to examine the seafarer employment agreement before and after it is signed by the work-seeker; and
(c)
ensure that arrangements are made for the work-seeker to receive a copy of the seafarer employment agreement after it is signed by the work-seeker.