The Merchant Shipping (Seamen’s Documents) Regulations 1987
UK Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 408 — creates 9 criminal offences.
- Made
- 12 March 1987
- In force from
- 8 April 1987
- Extent
- Not stated
- Subject
- Transport: maritime, aviation, rail and harbours
- Made under
- Merchant Shipping Act 1970
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
These Regulations revoke the Merchant Shipping (Seamen’s Documents) Regulations 1972, as amended, and re-enact them with further amendments. The major changes are:— a British Seamen’s Cards no longer require endorsement after 5 years; they are issued valid for ten years; b British Seamen’s Cards are no longer obligatory for British seafarers; c the precise form of such a Card is not included in the Regulations; instead the Regulations specify the particulars to be included in a Card; d application for seamen’s documents can now be made not only to a superintendent but also to the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen; e the removal of the requirement to list periods of work or standing by, of paid and unpaid leave and of sickness and study leave in discharge books; f the addition of a requirement to include a record of certificates issued under the Merchant Shipping (Medical Examination) Regulations 1983 in discharge books; g the extension of powers to make certain entries in discharge books to include Principals, or approved deputies, of training establishments approved by the Department of Transport, and the holders themselves; h the inclusion of a requirement to make persons to whom a discharge book is produced return it to the holder as soon as practical; i increase of one in the number of photographs to be submitted if application is made for both a British Seaman’s Card and a discharge book; j masters of non-UK registered vessels may make voyage entries relating to service in those vessels.
Offences created by this instrument
- Production of British Seamen’s Cards regulation 10(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Surrender of British Seamen’s Cards regulation 11(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Delivery of British Seamen’s Cards regulation 12(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Application for discharge books regulation 17(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Production of discharge books regulation 22(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Delivery of discharge books regulation 23(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Notification of errors in seamen’s documents regulation 26(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Alterations in seamen’s documents regulation 28(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Any offence under these Regulations shall be punishable on summary conviction with a fine not exceeding level 1 on the… regulation 30(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
What Parliament said about it
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- Other instruments from 1987