UK Statutory Instrument SI 2018 United Kingdom

The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Hours of Work) Regulations 2018

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Enforced by
MCA
Status
Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Employer5 Any Person4 Employee1

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
Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Employee — also bound by 189 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.005 General duty of shipowner, master, employer Regulated
  • Ensure seafarers get minimum hours of restEmployer
s.009 Posting up of table Regulated
  • Post tables of watchkeeping and rest hours on your shipAny Person
s.010 Requirement to post up table in relation to MLC ships Regulated
  • Post a table of shipboard working arrangements on your shipAny Person
s.011 Exception for emergencies Regulated
  • Provide adequate rest to seafarers after emergency workEmployee
s.012 Records Regulated
  • Maintain records of seafarers' daily hours of rest and carry required documents on boardAny Person
s.013 Records requirement for MLC ships Regulated
  • Maintain records of seafarers' hours and provide copiesAny Person
s.014 Power to require information Regulated
  • Provide information on night workers to MCAEmployer
s.016 Annual leave requirement for MLC ships Regulated
  • Provide paid annual leave to seafarers on MLC shipsEmployer
s.017 Shore leave Regulated
  • Grant seafarers shore leave when operationally possibleEmployer
22 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Interpretation
s.003 Application to ships
s.004 Northern Ireland
s.006 Minimum hours of rest
s.007 Authorised exceptions to minimum hours of rest
s.008 Hours of rest requirement for MLC ships
s.015 Entitlement to annual and additional leave
s.018 Entitlements under other provisions
s.019 Inspection of United Kingdom ships and non-MLC ships
s.020 Inspection of MLC ships
s.021 Detention of ships
s.022 Release of ships detained under regulation 21
s.023 Arbitration and compensation
s.024 Release of information
s.025 Offences, penalties and defence
s.026 Remedies
s.027 Extension of complaint period to facilitate conciliation before institution of proceedings
s.028 Restriction on contracting out
s.029 Review
s.030 Revocations and savings
s.031 Consequential amendments
Schedules

Schedules

1 of 12 shown
s.sch001 The requirements concerning elections referred to in the definition of... Regulated
  • Conduct fair elections for workforce representativesEmployer
11 other schedules
s.sch001 An agreement is a workforce agreement for the purposes of...
s.sch001 “A particular group” is a group of the relevant members...
s.sch002 In the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 —
s.sch002 In the Employment Rights Act 1996 —
s.sch002 In the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 —
s.sch002 In the Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 , in...
s.sch002 In the Working Time Regulations 1998 , in regulation 18(1)(a),...
s.sch002 In the Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 , in...
s.sch002 In the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 2006 , in Part...
s.sch002 In the Legislative and Regulatory Reform (Regulatory Functions) Order 2007...
s.sch002 In the Merchant Shipping (Boatmasters' Qualifications, Crew and Hours of...

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