{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-work-in-fishing-convention-regulations-2018/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-work-in-fishing-convention-regulations-2018/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/1106",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Work in Fishing Convention) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-work-in-fishing-convention-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Minimum age for fishermen",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a person under 16 years of age must not be employed or engaged to work on board a fishing vessel.\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply where—\n(a) the person is 15 years of age or older;\n(b) the employment or engagement is limited to light work during school holidays;\n(c) the purpose of the employment or engagement is to facilitate work experience and shadowing; and\n(d) the person is able to demonstrate that they have completed a course of training regarding basic survival at sea which satisfied the requirements specified in Merchant Shipping Notice 1882 (F).\n(3) A person under 18 years of age must not be employed or engaged to work on board a fishing vessel where the nature of the activities, or the circumstances in which they are carried out, are likely to jeopardize that person's health, safety or morals.\n(4) A breach of paragraph (1) or (3) is an offence by the fishing vessel owner, the skipper and the employer of the person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1106/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:53:04.739429+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."
}