{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-work-in-fishing-convention-regulations-2018/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-work-in-fishing-convention-regulations-2018/regulation-7.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/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Young persons on night duty",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) a person under the age of 18 years must not be employed or engaged to work on a fishing vessel at night.\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply where —\n(a) the effective training of the person, in accordance with established programmes and schedules, would be impaired by its application; or\n(b) the specific nature of the duty or a recognized training programme requires that the fisherman performs duties at night and the training and the nature of the duties conform to the requirements set out in Merchant Shipping Notice 1882 (F) as not being of detrimental impact to the person's health or well-being.\n(3) In this regulation “night” means a period—\n(a) the duration of which is at least 9 consecutive hours; and\n(b) which starts no later than midnight and ends no earlier than 5 a.m. (local time).\n(4) A breach of paragraph (1) is an offence by the fishing vessel owner, the skipper and the employer of the person under the age of 18.",
  "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/7",
    "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."
}