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Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) Act 2014
(No. 6 of 2014)
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Table of Contents
Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) Act 2014
(No. 6 of 2014)
Long Title Enacting Formula Part I PRELIMINARY
 
1 Short title and commencement
 
2 Interpretation
Part II SCOPE OF APPLICATION
 
3 Application of this Act
 
4 Exemption of ship
Part III MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR SEAFARERS’ EMPLOYMENT
 
5 Minimum age for 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 IV 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 V 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 VI 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 VII HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTECTION AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION
 
40 Duties of shipowner to ensure safety and health of seafarers
 
41 Duty of master to implement measures
 
42 Duties of seafarers at work on board a 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 VIII 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 IX COMPLAINTS
 
55 On-board complaint procedures
 
56 Provision of complaint procedures and other information
Part X INSPECTIONS IN PORT
 
57 Application of this Part
 
58 Inspection of vessels in port
 
59 Power to detain ships
Part XI 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 this 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 Related amendments to Employment Act
 
84 Related amendments to Merchant Shipping Act
 
85 Related amendments to Work Injury Compensation Act
 
86 Savings and transitional provisions
FIRST SCHEDULE List of other written law implementing requirements of the Convention SECOND SCHEDULE General areas subject to detailed inspection in port
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