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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-industrial-injuries-mariners-benefits-regulations-1975/regulation-6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1975/470",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Mariners' Benefits) Regulations 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-industrial-injuries-mariners-benefits-regulations-1975",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Notice of accident and obligations of employers",
  "text": "(1) The requirements of any regulations made under section 88(a) of the Act (requirement to give notice of accident) shall be deemed to be satisfied in the case of a mariner if notice in accordance with the provisions of such regulations is given to the master of the ship or vessel in which the mariner is, for the time being, employed, or to any other officer of such ship or vessel with authority to receive such notice.\n(2) As regards any accident reported under the provisions of the last foregoing paragraph, the master of the ship or vessel shall, subject to the provisions of paragraph (4) of this regulation, comply with the requirements of any regulations made under section 88(b) of the Act (obligations of employers) about the investigation and recording of the circumstances of the accident.\n(3) The owners or managing owner of any ship or vessel shall comply with the requirements of any regulations made under the said section 88(b) regarding the furnishing of information, when required to do so by the Secretary of State, about any accident happening or alleged to have happened on board or in the service of such ship or vessel, in respect of which benefit may be payable, or about any occupation prescribed for the purposes of Chapter V of Part II (industrial diseases, etc.) of the Act in which any person has been engaged on board or in the service of such ship or vessel and in respect of which benefit under the said Chapter V may be payable.\n(4) Any provisions of any regulations made under the said section 88(b) which require the keeping of a book for the recording of particulars of accidents shall not apply to a ship or vessel.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/470/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:13:05.132208+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."
}