- Enforced by
- MCA
- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Employer1
Self-Employed Person1
Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
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
Self-Employed Person — also bound by 80 other Acts
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.006
Application for and issue of a medical fitness certificate
Regulated
- Ensure medical fitness certificate application is at no cost to the fishermanEmployer
s.011
Review of medical practitioner's decision
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must review medical certificate decisions upon appealCrown / Minister / Government department
s.012
Medical examinations and reviews: records and returns
Regulated
- Keep records of medical examinations for 10 years and send returns to the MCA on requestSelf-Employed Person
14 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001
Citation and commencement
s.002
Interpretation
s.003
Application
s.004
Fishermen to have a valid medical fitness certificate
s.005
No person to be employed as a fisherman without a medical fitness certificate
s.007
Period of validity of medical fitness certificate
s.008
Fitness certificates: non-United Kingdom certificates
s.009
Reporting of medical conditions
s.010
Suspension and cancellation of medical fitness certificate
s.013
Replacement certificates
s.014
Exemptions
s.015
Offences and penalties
s.016
Inspection of non-United Kingdom fishing vessels
s.017
Review
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.