The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Health and Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
These Regulations amend the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/2962) (“the 1997 Regulations”) so as to fully implement the following provisions relating to seafarers’ working conditions and entitlements:Title 4.3 of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (Cm 7049) (“the MLC”) and related mandatory Standards; andthe corresponding parts of the Agreement set out in the Annex to Council Directive 2009/13/EC (“the 2009 Directive”) of 16 February 2009 implementing the Agreement concluded by the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) on the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (O.J. L124, 20.5.2009, p. 30).