The Merchant Shipping (Hours of Work) Regulations 2002

Made: 13th August 2002

Laid before Parliament: 14th August 2002

Coming into force: 7th September 2002

Whereas the Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the safety of ships and the health and safety of persons on them and to the employment of children and young persons:

And whereas, in so far as the following Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 85 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, the Secretary of State has in pursuance of section 86(4) of that Act consulted the persons referred to in that subsection:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, and by sections 85(1)(a) and (b), (3), (5) and (7) and 86(1) and (2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Application

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General duty of company, person employing a seafarer, master

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Minimum hours of rest

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Minimum hours of rest: further provision

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Posting-up of table

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Exception for emergencies

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Records

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Working at night

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Power to require information

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Entitlement to annual leave

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Entitlements under other provisions

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Inspection and detention of a United Kingdom ship

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Inspections of ships of other member States

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Rectification of deficiencies

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Enforcement of detention

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Arbitration and compensation

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Release of information

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Penalties

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Miscellaneous amendments

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Schedule 2 (Miscellaneous Amendments) shall have effect.

SCHEDULE 1 — WORKFORCE AGREEMENTS

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SCHEDULE 2 — MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS

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Section 55 of the Act is amended as follows—

• (a) at the beginning of subsection (1) there shall be inserted “Subject to subsection (1A),”;

• (b) after subsection (1) there shall be inserted—

(1A) A person under 16 years of age shall not be employed in any sea-going United Kingdom ship.

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• (c) in subsection (2)—

• (i) in paragraph (a), after “in a ship” there shall be inserted “ which is not a sea-going United Kingdom ship ”,

• (ii) in paragraph (b), after “in a United Kingdom ship” there shall be inserted “ which is not a sea-going ship ”; and

• (iii) after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—

(c) prescribing circumstances and capacities in which persons of at least the age of 16 but under the age of 18 or under such lower age as may be specified in the regulations must not be employed in a sea-going United Kingdom ship or may be so employed only subject to such conditions as may be specified in the regulations.

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In the Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) Regulations 1997 the following provisions shall be omitted—

• (a) in regulation 2(l), the definition of “safety committee”;

• (b) regulations 6 to 10; and

• (c) in regulation 17—

• (i) in paragraph (1), “9”;

• (ii) in paragraph (2), “7(2)”; and

• (iii) paragraphs (2A) and (5) to (8).

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The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Employment of Young Persons) Regulations 1998 shall be amended as follows—

• (a) for the definition of “young person” in regulation 2(2) there shall be substituted—

“young person” means— (a) in relation to employment on a sea-going United Kingdom ship, any person who is of the age of 16 or 17; or (b) in relation to employment on any other United Kingdom ship, any person who is under the age of 18 and, in Great Britain is over school-leaving age for the purposes of section 55 of the Act or, in Northern Ireland, is over compulsory school age within the meaning in Article 46 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986

• (b) in regulation 6—

• (i) paragraph (6), and

• (ii) in paragraph (7) the words “Where paragraph (6) does not apply,”,

shall be omitted.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

David Jamieson — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, — Department for Transport — 2002-08-13

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1972 c. 68.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1993/595.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1996/266.

[^f00004]: 1995 c. 21; sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28), section 8, and are applied to hovercraft by virtue of the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1350) to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00005]: 1992 c. 52.

[^f00006]: O.J. L167, 2.7.1999, p. 33.

[^f00007]: Published by The Stationery Office in 1993 (ISBN 0-11-551184-9).

[^f00008]: Published by The Stationery Office in 1997 (ISBN 0-11-551911-4).

[^f00009]: Published by The Stationery Office in 1993 (ISBN 0-11-551185-7).

[^f00010]: Published by The Stationery Office in 2000 (ISBN 0-11-551812-6).

[^f00011]: 1968 c. 59.

[^f00012]: O.J. L014, 20.1.2000, p. 29.

[^f00013]: S.I. 1998/1833; amended by S.I. 1999/3432, 1999/3372, 2001/3256.

[^f00014]: S.I. 1999/2722.

[^f00015]: S.I. 1998/2411.

[^f00016]: Annex IX to Merchant Shipping Notice No. MSN 1725 is added by Merchant Shipping Notice No. MSN 1753.

[^f00017]: S.I. 1993/1213.

[^f00018]: S.I. 1997/1320; amended by S.I. 1997/1911, 2000/484.

[^f00019]: S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3); Article 46 was substituted by Article 156 of S.I. 1989/2406 (N.I. 20).

Editorial notes

[^c9615761]: 1972 c. 68.

[^c9615771]: S.I. 1993/595.

[^c9615781]: S.I. 1996/266.

[^c9615791]: 1995 c. 21; sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28), section 8, and are applied to hovercraft by virtue of the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1350) to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^c9615931]: S.I. 1997/1320; amended by S.I. 1997/1911, 2000/484.

[^c9615941]: S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3); Article 46 was substituted by Article 156 of S.I. 1989/2406 (N.I. 20).

[^key-31ed2de0f67b0e04d59e0052a0e9844c]: Sch. 2 para. 2 revoked (1.1.2007) by The Merchant Shipping (Inland Waterway and Limited Coastal Operations) (Boatmasters’ Qualifications and Hours of Work) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3223), regs. 1(b), 2, Sch. 1

Inspection of ships other than United Kingdom ships

Northern Ireland

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General duty of shipowner, master, employer

Minimum hours of rest

Minimum hours of rest: further provision

Posting-up of table

Exception for emergencies

Records

Working at night

Power to require information

Entitlement to annual and additional leave

Shore leave

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Entitlements under other provisions

Inspection of United Kingdom ships and certain other ships

Inspection of non-United Kingdom ships with Maritime Labour Convention documentation

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Inspection of ships other than United Kingdom ships

Rectification of deficiencies

Enforcement of detention

Detention of United Kingdom ships and other ships without Maritime Labour Convention documentation

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Detention of non-United Kingdom ships with Maritime Labour Convention documentation

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Arbitration and compensation

Release of information

Penalties

Miscellaneous amendments

Remedies

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Restriction on contracting out

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Review

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Extension of time limits to facilitate conciliation before institution of proceedings

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Restriction on contracting out

Review