The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Employment of Young Persons) Regulations 1998
These Regulations, which revoke the Merchant Shipping (Employment of Young Persons) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/972), give effect as respects shipping activities in the United Kingdom both to Council Directive 94/33/EC on the protection of young people at work (O.J. L216 20.8.94 p.12), and in part to The Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention 1976 (International Labour Organisation Convention 147) (Cmnd 7183). Young persons are defined as persons who are under 18 but over compulsory school leaving age (regulation 2(2)).