# The Merchant Shipping (Work in Fishing Convention) Regulations 2018, Regulation 16: Scope of duty to repatriate


Where there is a duty on a fishing vessel owner to provide for the repatriation of a fisherman under regulation 14, that duty ends when—
(a) the fisherman is repatriated in accordance with regulation 14;
(b) the fishing vessel owner makes reasonable arrangements for repatriation which are unsuccessful because of the fisherman's unreasonable conduct;
(c) the fishing vessel owner has used reasonable endeavours to contact the fisherman for a period of three months or more, but has been unable to make such contact;
(d) the fisherman confirms in writing to the fishing vessel owner that repatriation is not required; or
(e) the fisherman is dead.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1106/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-work-in-fishing-convention-regulations-2018/regulation-16
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