UK Statutory Instrument SI 1998/2411 United Kingdom

The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Employment of Young Persons) Regulations 1998

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Employer2 Trader1

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Employer — also bound by 682 other Acts
TULRCA 1992 72 duties
Trader — also bound by 825 other Acts
Companies Act 2006 243 duties
Companies Act 1985 85 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.004 Persons on whom duties are imposed Regulated
  • Comply with all health and safety rules for young persons on shipsEmployer
s.006 Rest periods for young persons Regulated
  • Provide minimum rest periods and breaks for young workers on shipsTrader
s.009 Record of young persons Regulated
  • Keep records of young persons on your shipEmployer
23 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation, commencement and revocations
s.001 Physical agents (opens in a new tab)
s.002 Interpretation
s.002 Biological agents (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Application and exemption
s.003 Chemical Agents (opens in a new tab)
s.004 Animal slaughtering on an industrial scale. (opens in a new tab)
s.005 Additional general duties
s.005 Work involving the handling or equipment for the production, storage... (opens in a new tab)
s.006 Work with vats, tanks, reservoirs or carboys containing chemical agents... (opens in a new tab)
s.007 Health assessment
s.007 Work involving a risk of structural collapse. (opens in a new tab)
s.008 Young persons' medical certificates
s.008 Work involving high-voltage electrical hazards. (opens in a new tab)
s.009 Work the pace of which is determined by machinery and... (opens in a new tab)
s.010 Penalties
s.011 Offences by body corporate and partnerships
s.012 Onus of proving what is reasonably practicable
s.013 Inspection and detention of a United Kingdom ship
s.014 Inspection, detention and other measures in respect of ships registered outside the United Kingdom
s.015 Enforcement of detention
s.016 Compensation
s.017 Miscellaneous amendments

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