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United Kingdom - Seafarers - Occupational safety and health and welfare - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Electromagnetic Fields) Regulations 2016 (2016 No. 1026). -

Adoption: 2016-11-21 | GBR-2016-R-108007

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Merchant Shipping (Medical Certification of Seafarers) Regulations 2013 (BR 122 / 2013). -

Adoption: 2013-12-20 | GBR-2013-R-101692

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Merchant Shipping (Seafarers' Accommodation) Regulations 2013 (BR 123 / 2013). -

Adoption: 2013-12-20 | GBR-2013-R-101695

The United Kingdom Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) Regulations 1997, which were adopted in Bermuda by incorporating them into the 5th Schedule to the Merchant Shipping Act 1979, are superseded by these Regulations.

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Merchant Shipping (Repatriation) Regulations 2013 (BR 108 / 2013). -

Adoption: 2013-12-12 | GBR-2013-R-101694

United Kingdom - Seafarers - Occupational safety and health and welfare - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Gibraltar Merchant Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations 2012 (2012-013). -

Adoption: 2012-03-05 | GBR-2012-R-96629

In exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 118(1)(c) of the Gibraltar Merchant Shipping (Safety, etc.) Act 1993, and for the purpose of transposing into the law of Gibraltar Directive 2009/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 establishing the fundamental principles governing the investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector and amending Council Directive 1999/35/EC and Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, the Government has made the following Regulations

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The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Biological Agents) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/323). -

Adoption: 2010-02-18 | Date of entry into force: 2010-04-06 | GBR-2010-R-83114

These Regulations implement, in relation to United Kingdom ships (as defined by regulation 2), Directive 2000/54/EC on the protection of workers from risks related to exposure to biological agents at work (Official Journal No. L 262, 17/10/2000 p. 21).

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The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Chemical Agents) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/330). -

Adoption: 2010-02-18 | Date of entry into force: 2010-04-06 | GBR-2010-R-83115

These Regulations implement, in relation to United Kingdom ships (as defined by regulation 2), Council Directive 98/24/EC on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work (Official Journal No. L 131, 5.5.1998, p. 11).

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The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Work at Height) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/332). -

Adoption: 2010-02-18 | Date of entry into force: 2010-04-06 | GBR-2010-R-83116

These Regulations implement Council Directive 2001/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001, (O.J. L. 195, 19.7.2001, p. 46) amending Council Directive
89/655/EEC concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the use of work equipment by workers at work, (O.J. L. 393, 30.12.1989, p.1) (second individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (O.J. L. 245, 26.8.1992, p.6) as it applies to the maritime sector.

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Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Cargoes) Regulations 2006 (S.D. No. 276/06).

Adoption: 2006-04-25 | Date of entry into force: 2006-05-01 | GBR-2006-R-77152

Gives effect to Chapter VII of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974 and its 1988 Protocol.

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Merchant Shipping (Health and Safety at Work) Regulations 2004 (BR 52/2004). -

Adoption: 2004-07-20 | GBR-2004-R-92576

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Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards of Safety Communications) Regulations 2004 (BR 55/2004). -

Adoption: 2004-07-20 | GBR-2004-R-92579

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The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/2962). -

Adoption: 1997-12-17 | GBR-1997-R-83117

The Regulations revoke and replace The Merchant Shipping (Health and Safety: General Duties) Regulations 1984 (SI 1984/408), and The Merchant Shipping (Safety Officials and Reporting of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences) Regulations 1982 (SI 1982/987), which gave effect in part to The Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention 1976 (International Labour Organization Convention 147).

United Kingdom - Seafarers - Occupational safety and health and welfare - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Hours of Work and Watchkeeping) Regulations 1997 (No. 1320).

Adoption: 1997-05-19 | Date of entry into force: 1997-06-20 | GBR-1997-R-54328

Gives effect to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STWC) for Seafarers, as amended on 7 July 1995. Revokes the Merchant Shipping (Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations 1982, the Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning Document) Regulations 1992 and the Merchant Shipping (Hours of Work) Regulations 1995. Defines the responsibility of owners and others responsible for the operation of ships in relation to the certification and training of seamen working on their ships, the availability of relevant documentation and the provision of instructions on familiarisation of seamen who are newly-appointed to their ships.

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Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) Regulations 1997 (SI 1997/1508). -

Adoption: 1997 | GBR-1997-R-101696

United Kingdom - Seafarers - Occupational safety and health and welfare - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Merchant Shipping (Delegation of Type Approval) Regulations 1996 (S.I. No. 147 of 1996).

Adoption: 1996-01-29 | Date of entry into force: 1996-03-01 | GBR-1996-R-43225

Enables certain bodies specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice to give type approval of safety equipment and arrangements for ships under regulations having effect as if made under section 85(1)(a) and (b), and under regulations made under the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Order 1983.

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Gibraltar Merchant Shipping (Safety, etc.) Act 1993 (Act. No. 1995-13). -

Adoption: 1995-09-22 | GBR-1995-R-41982

Provides comprehensive regulations concerning safety aboard ships. Part III provides for the appointment of a Maritime Administrator for the purpose of enforcing the Ordinance. Part III sets out regulations on masters and seamen, including provisions on the language of the crew (s. 9), payment of wages, and discharge of seamen. Part IV provides safety regulations. The Maritime Administrator shall have the power to detain unsafe ships (s. 60). Repeals Merchant Shipping (Health and Safety) Ordinance 1988.

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Merchant Shipping (Ships' Doctors) Regulations 1995 (S.I. No. 1803 of 1995).

Adoption: 1995-07-14 | Date of entry into force: 1995-08-01 | GBR-1995-R-41454

Replaces Merchant Shipping (Ships' Doctors) Regulations 1981 to implement Council Directive 92/29/EEC of 31 March 1992 (O.J. No. L113, 30.04.92, p. 19). UK ships are required to have a doctor on board if carrying 100 or more persons on an international voyage of more than three days, or on a voyage during which it is more than one and a half days' sailing time from a port with adequate medical equipment.

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Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Medical Stores) Regulations 1995 (S.I. No. 1802 of 1995).

Adoption: 1995-07-14 | Date of entry into force: 1995-08-01 | GBR-1995-R-41459

Replaces Merchant Shipping (Medical Stores) Regulations 1986 and the Merchant Shipping (Medical Stores)(Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1988. Implements Council Directive 92/29/EEC of 31 March 1992 (O.J. No. L113, 30.04.92 p.19) on the minimum safety and health requirements for improved medical treatment on board vessels, so far as that Directive relates to the carriage of medicines and other medical stores.

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Merchant Shipping (Safety Officials and Reporting of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 2014 of 1994)

Adoption: 1994-07-28 | Date of entry into force: 1994-08-26 | GBR-1994-R-37726

Omits provisions dealing with the reporting of accidents and dangerous occurrences (now provided in the Merchant Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations 1994.

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Merchant Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 2013 of 1994)

Adoption: 1994-07-28 | Date of entry into force: 1994-08-26 | GBR-1994-R-37727

Replaces the Merchant Shipping (Accident Investigation) Regulations 1989. They include, with amendments, provisions for the reporting and investigation of marine accidents contained in those Regulations and also those in the Merchant Shipping (Safety Officials and Reporting of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences) Regulations 1982 and the Fishing Vessels (Reporting of Accidents) Regulations 1985. The latter Regulations are revoked; the former are amended separately by the Merchant Shipping (Safety Officials and Reporting of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 to remove those provisions now covered by these Regulations.

United Kingdom - Seafarers - Occupational safety and health and welfare - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances for Passenger Ships of Classes III to VI(A)) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 2359 of 1992)

Adoption: 1992-10-01 | Date of entry into force: 1992-10-31 | GBR-1992-R-31232

Harmonizes the requirements for life-saving appliances for passenger ships of Classes III to VI(A) with those for passenger ships of the Classes included in the Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) Regulations 1986 while taking into account the restricted service in which these Classes of passenger ships are engaged. Revokes the Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) Regulations 1980.

United Kingdom - Seafarers - Occupational safety and health and welfare - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning Document) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 1564 of 1992)

Adoption: 1992-06-30 | Date of entry into force: 1992-07-28 | GBR-1992-R-30058

Gives effect to an amendment of the International Convention for the Safety at Sea 1974 (SOLAS) adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organisation at its 57th Session on 11 April 1989. The amendment concerns the provision of an appropriate safe manning document or equivalent to every ship to which chapter I of the Convention applies.

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Merchant Shipping (Protective Clothing and Equipment) Regulations 1991 (BR 5/1991). -

Adoption: 1991-02-01 | GBR-1991-R-92580

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Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 (Chapter 31)

Adoption: 1990-07-26 | GBR-1990-L-20784

Gives effect to the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation and to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation and to the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf.

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Merchant Shipping (Safe Movement on Board Ship) Regulations 1990. B.R. 11/90. -

Adoption: 1990-02-15 | Date of entry into force: 1990-04-01 | GBR-1990-R-20488

Regulations stipulating obligations for employers and masters of ships concerning transit areas aboard ship, lighting, safety signs, guardrails, ladders, and movement of vehicles.

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Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (Overseas Territories) Order 1989 (S.I. No. 2400 of 1989)

Adoption: 1989-12-19 | Date of entry into force: 1990-01-30 | GBR-1989-R-9610

Order extending to the territories specified in Schedule 1, subject to the modifications specified in Schedules 2 and 3, sections 21 and 22 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 and the Merchant Shipping (Distress Signals and Prevention of Collisions) Regulations 1989. It revokes the Statutory Instruments specified in article 4 to the extent therein stated.

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Merchant Shipping (Distress Signals and Prevention of Collisions) Regulations 1989 (S.I. No. 1798 of 1989)

Adoption: 1989-09-29 | Date of entry into force: 1989-11-19 | GBR-1989-R-8705

Section 5 provides for fines and imprisonment for up to two years for contravention of the Regulations and by s.6, a ship shall be liable to be detained in any case where it does not comply with the requirements.

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Merchant Shipping (Accident Investigation) Regulations 1989 (S.I. No. 1172 of 1989)

Adoption: 1989-07-06 | Date of entry into force: 1989-08-07 | GBR-1989-R-8012

Gives effect to section 33 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 which relates to the investigations of marine accidents.

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Merchant Shipping (Safety at Work Regulations) (Non-UK Ships) Regulations 1988 (S.I. No. 2274 of 1988)

Adoption: 1988-12-23 | Date of entry into force: 1989-01-01 | GBR-1988-R-7451

Intends to give effect in part to the ILO Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 147) in relation to the prevention of accidents for seafarers. The Regulations also concern occupational safety and health in dock work.

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Merchant Shipping (Hatches and Lifting Plant) Regulations 1988 (S.I. No. 1639 of 1988)

Adoption: 1988-09-21 | Date of entry into force: 1989-01-01 | GBR-1988-R-6961

Adopted in relation to the Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 147).

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Merchant Shipping (Entry into Dangerous Spaces) Regulations 1988 (S.I. No. 1638 of 1988)

Adoption: 1988-09-21 | Date of entry into force: 1989-01-01 | GBR-1988-R-6962

Adopted in relation to the Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 147).

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Merchant Shipping (Means of Access) Regulations 1988 (S.I. No. 1637 of 1988)

Adoption: 1988-09-21 | Date of entry into force: 1989-01-01 | GBR-1988-R-6963

Replaces and reenacts with amendments, the Merchant Shipping (Means of Access) Regulations 1981, as amended. Adopted in relation to the Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 147).

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Merchant Shipping (Guarding of Machinery and Safety of Electrical Equipment) Regulations 1988 (S.I. No. 1636 of 1988)

Adoption: 1988-09-21 | Date of entry into force: 1989-01-01 | GBR-1988-R-6964

Adopted in relation to the Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 147).

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Merchant Shipping (Safety Movement on Board Ship) Regulations 1988 (S.I. No. 1641 of 1988)

Adoption: 1988-09-21 | Date of entry into force: 1989-01-01 | GBR-1988-R-6965

Adopted in relation to the Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 147).

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Merchant Shipping (Medical Stores) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1988 (S.I. No. 1547 of 1988)

Adoption: 1988-09-06 | GBR-1988-R-7052

Supersedes the Merchant Shipping (Medical Stores) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1974.

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Merchant Shipping (Medical Stores) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 (S.I. No. 1116 of 1988)

Adoption: 1988-06-22 | GBR-1988-R-6462

Minor amendments to the Merchant Shipping (Medical Stores) Regulations 1986.

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The Merchant Shipping (Safety Officials and Reporting of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences) Regulations 1986. B.R. 50/86. -

Adoption: 1986-12-10 | GBR-1986-R-3290

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Safety at Sea Act 1986 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1986 (S.I. No. 1759 (C. 61) of 1986)

Adoption: 1986-10-09 | GBR-1986-R-3384

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Safety at Sea Act 1986 (Chapter 23)

Adoption: 1986-06-26 | GBR-1986-L-2457

Promotes the safety of fishing and other vessels at sea and the persons in them. In particular, section 7 addresses training in safety matters.

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The Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) Regulations 1986 (S.I. No. 1066 of 1986)

Adoption: 1986-06-25 | GBR-1986-R-2593

Issued by the Secretary of State for Transport under the Merchant Shipping Act 1979.

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The Merchant Shipping (Medical Stores) Regulations 1986 (S.I. No. 144 of 1986)

Adoption: 1986-02-13 | GBR-1986-R-2039

Regulations concerning safety on board ships (except fishing vessels and pleasure craft), providing for an obligation to carry appropriate medical supplies on sea voyages.

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Merchant Shipping (Protective Clothing and Equipment) Regulations 1985 (S.I. No. 1664 of 1985)

Adoption: 1985-10-31 | GBR-1985-R-5062

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Dangerous Vessels Act 1985 (Chapter 22)

Adoption: 1985-05-23 | GBR-1985-L-5020

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Merchant Shipping (Medical Examination) (Amendment) Regulations 1985 (S.I. No. 512 of 1985)

Adoption: 1985-03-26 | GBR-1985-R-5409

Amends the 1983 Regulations of the same name in regard to the exemption provision, treatment of equivalent certificates and the review procedure.

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Merchant Shipping (Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Survey) (Amendment) Regulations 1985 (S.I. No. 211 of 1985)

Adoption: 1985-02-18 | GBR-1985-R-5399

Amends the Merchant Shipping (Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Survey) Regulations 1981 to give effect in part to the Amendsments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea.

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Merchant Shipping (Health and Safety: General Duties) Regulations 1984 (S.I. No. 408 of 1984)

Adoption: 1984-04-24 | GBR-1984-R-1569

Gives effect in part to convention 147. Require employer, inter alia, to ensure health and safety on board ship; to make provision for maintenance of vessel and occupation and safe use, handling, storage and transport of articles used and for a safe environment; employees are required to take reasonable care of the health and safety of themselves and of other persons on board ship and cooperate with employer in applying Merchant Shipping Act.

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Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) (Fishing Vessels) Regulations 1975 (S.I. No. 2220 of 1975)

Adoption: 1975-03-19 | GBR-1975-R-18682

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Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Tuvalu) Order, 1975 (CAP 48:30). -

Adoption: 1975 | INT-1975-L-109670

This Order extends to Tuvalu the provisions of the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1971, with the necessary adaptations, enabling effect to be given to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage opened for signature in Brussels on 29th November 1969 (Cmnd. 4403). The Order also extends the provisions of Parts I and V of, and of Schedule 1 to the Merchant Shipping Act 1974, with the necessary adaptations, enabling effect to be given to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage opened for signature in Brussels on 18th December 1971 (Cmnd. 5061). The 1969 Convention provides uniform rules and procedures for determining questions of liability and for awarding compensation when damage is caused by pollution resulting from the escape or discharge of oil from ships. The 1971 Convention sets up an international fund to provide a supplementary system for compensation and indemnification for such damage.

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Merchant Shipping (Medical Scales) Regulations 1974 (S.I. No. 1193 of 1974)

Adoption: 1974-07-11 | GBR-1974-R-15178

Medicines and other medical stores to be carried in ships.