The Merchant Shipping (Crew Agreements, Lists of Crew and Discharge of Seamen) Regulations 1991
UK Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 2144 — creates 11 criminal offences.
- Made
- 23 September 1991
- In force from
- 22 October 1991
- Extent
- Not stated
- Subject
- Corporate, financial services, company law, employment, charity, electoral and tax
- 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, and re-enact with amendments, the Merchant Shipping (Crew Agreements, Lists of Crew and Discharge of Seamen) Regulations 1972 as amended. The amendments principally end certain requirements under the 1972 Regulations:— a the requirement to notify superintendents of the intention to open a crew agreement; b the requirement to deliver a copy of the crew agreement to a superintendent or proper officer; c the requirement to notify superintendents and proper officers of crew changes; d the requirement to notify superintendents and consuls of the intention to discharge seafarers unless a wage dispute is pending. In addition to fixed term crew agreements, Regulations 6 and 20 also now provide for indefinite crew agreements. A new regulation (regulation 18) will give the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen the right to demand from the owner the list of crew on board the vessel on a given date.
Offences created by this instrument
- A person who fails to comply with an obligation imposed on him by or under regulation 6 or 8 shall be guilty of an… regulation 10(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- A master who fails to comply with an obligation imposed on him by or under regulation 7, 8 or 9 shall be guilty of an… regulation 10(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Any offence under this Regulation shall be punishable on summary conviction with a fine not exceeding level 2 on the… regulation 10(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- A master who fails to comply with an obligation imposed on him by or under regulation 15(2), 20(1) or 21 shall be… regulation 22(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- A person who fails to comply with an obligation imposed on him by regulation 15(1), 16, 17, 18 or 20(2) shall be… regulation 22(2) · Status not determined · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
- Any offence under this regulation shall be punishable on summary conviction with a fine not exceeding level 1 on the… regulation 22(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Any person (including a master)— a who fails to comply with an obligation imposed on him by or under paragraph (1)(a),… regulation 26(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- b who fails to comply with an obligation imposed on him by regulation 25(c)(ii) in relation to an entry in a crew… regulation 26(1)(b) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- a master— who fails to comply with an obligation imposed on him under regulation 23(1), 25(1)(b), 25(2) or 25(4).… regulation 26(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- A seaman who fails to comply with an obligation imposed on him by regulation 25(1)(d) shall be guilty of an offence regulation 26(3) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Any offence under this regulation shall be punishable on summary conviction— a in the case of an offence referred to… regulation 26(4) · Status not determined · Strict liability
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