Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) Act 2014
Table of Contents
Long Title
Part 1 PRELIMINARY
1 Short title
2 Interpretation
Part 2 SCOPE OF APPLICATION
3 Application of this Act
4 Exemption of ship
Part 3 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR SEAFARERS’ EMPLOYMENT
5 Minimum age of seafarers
6 Minimum age of cooks on board ships
7 Seafarer to have valid medical fitness certificate
8 Employment of seafarers
9 Period of validity of medical fitness certificate
10 Reporting of medical conditions
11 Review of qualified medical practitioner’s decision
12 Seafarer recruitment and placement services
Part 4 CONDITIONS OF SEAFARERS’ EMPLOYMENT
13 Shipowners to provide seafarers with safe and secure workplace
14 Seafarer’s employment agreement
15 Notification of crew list
16 Hours of rest
17 Restriction on working hours for young seafarer
18 Restriction on night work for young seafarer
19 Prohibition on hazardous work for young seafarer
20 Wages
21 Allotment notes
22 Entitlement to annual leave
23 Repatriation of seafarers
24 Compensation to seafarers in event of wreck or loss of ship, etc.
Part 5 CATERING
25 Requirement to carry qualified ship’s cook
26 Training requirements for catering staff and other persons processing food in galley
27 Certificate of proficiency as ship’s cook
Part 6 MEDICAL CARE AND TREATMENT
28 Medical care
29 Medical report forms
30 Medicine chest
31 Medical treatment on board ship
32 Medical advice through radio stations
33 Access to medical care ashore
34 Financial security requirement
34A Approved financial security provider
35 Shipowner’s duty to make provision for seafarer medical and other expenses
36 Shipowner’s liability for wages following sickness or injury sustained by seafarer
37 Shipowner’s liability in respect of burial or cremation of seafarer
38 Exclusion from liability under sections 35, 36 and 37
39 Limitation of seafarer’s right to recover
Part 7 HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTECTION AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION
40 Shipowner’s duty to ensure safety and health of seafarers
41 Master’s duty to implement measures
42 Duties of seafarers at work on board ship
43 Safety committee
44 Codes of practice
45 Use of approved codes of practice in criminal proceedings
46 Investigation into occupational accidents, injuries and diseases on board ships
Part 8 INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION
47 Application and interpretation of this Part
48 Maritime Labour Certificate and Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance
49 Power to inspect ships
50 Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance
51 Interim Maritime Labour Certificate
52 Issue of Maritime Labour Certificate
53 Validity of Maritime Labour Certificate
54 Display of Maritime Labour Certificate and Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance
Part 9 COMPLAINTS
55 On‑board complaint procedures
56 Provision of complaint procedures and other information
Part 10 INSPECTIONS IN PORT
57 Application of this Part
58 Inspection of vessels in port
59 Power to detain ships
Part 11 MISCELLANEOUS
60 Offences by bodies corporate, etc.
61 Forgery, etc., of documents and fraudulent use
62 Document obtained by fraud
63 Interfering with person in carrying out duty, etc.
64 Misleading officer, refusal to answer questions, produce documents, etc.
65 Taking person performing duty to sea
66 Provision as to jurisdiction in case of offences
67 Jurisdiction in case of offences on board ship
68 Jurisdiction of court
69 Composition of offences
70 Sums ordered to be paid leviable by distress on ship
71 Depositions to be received in evidence when witness cannot be produced
72 Proof of attestation not required
73 Admissibility of documents in evidence
74 Service of documents
75 Mode of making declarations
76 Director may authorise person to exercise powers and duties
77 Protection from personal liability
78 Persons appointed or authorised under Act deemed public servants
79 Powers of Authority to prescribe fees, recovery of fees and application of moneys
80 Exemption on application
81 Amendment of Schedules
82 Regulations
83 Saving and transitional provisions
Legislative History
Abbreviations
Comparative Table