Statutory Instruments
2002 No. 2125
MERCHANT SHIPPING
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
2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Application
3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Northern Ireland
3A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
General duty of shipowner, master, employer
4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Minimum hours of rest
5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Minimum hours of rest: further provision
6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Posting-up of table
7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exception for emergencies
8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Records
9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Working at night
10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Power to require information
11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Entitlement to annual and additional leave
12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Shore leave
12A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Entitlements under other provisions
13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Inspection of United Kingdom ships and certain other ships
14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Inspection of non-United Kingdom ships with Maritime Labour Convention documentation
14A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Inspection of ships other than United Kingdom ships
15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rectification of deficiencies
16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Enforcement of detention
17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Detention of United Kingdom ships and other ships without Maritime Labour Convention documentation
17A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Detention of non-United Kingdom ships with Maritime Labour Convention documentation
17B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Arbitration and compensation
18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Release of information
19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Penalties
20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Miscellaneous amendments
21.Schedule 2 (Miscellaneous Amendments) shall have effect.
Remedies
22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Extension of time limits to facilitate conciliation before institution of proceedings
22A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Restriction on contracting out
23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Review
24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
David Jamieson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Transport
Regulation 2(1)
SCHEDULE 1 WORKFORCE AGREEMENTS
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Regulation 21
SCHEDULE 2 MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS
l. 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. ” ;
and
(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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3. 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).
4. 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.