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The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) Regulations 1997

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Part I

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and revocations

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Application

  3. Part II General duties

    1. 4.Persons on whom duties are imposed

    2. 5.General duties

    3. 6.Health and safety policy

    4. 7.Risk assessment

    5. 8.New or expectant mothers

    6. 9.Night work

    7. 10.Notification of pregnancy

    8. 11.Health surveillance

    9. 11A.Reporting of occupational diseases

    10. 12.Capabilities and training

    11. 12A.Code of Safe Working Practices

  4. Part III Duties of the Company

    1. 13.Co-ordination

    2. 13A.Extension of duties in other Regulations as regards seafarers who are not workers

  5. Part IV Special responsibility for health and safety and consultation with workers

    1. 14.Protective and preventive services

    2. 15.Appointment of safety officers

    3. 16.Duties of safety officers

    4. 17.Election of safety representatives and safety committees

    5. 18.Powers of safety representatives and safety committees

    6. 19.Duties of the Company and master

    7. 20.Consultation with workers

  6. Part V General duties of workers

    1. 21.General duties of workers

  7. Part VI Prohibitions, penalties, inspections and detentions

    1. 22.Prohibition on levy

    2. 23.Duty not to interfere with or misuse certain things

    3. 24.Penalties

    4. 25.Offences by body corporate

    5. 26.Onus of proving what is reasonably practicable

    6. 27.Inspection and detention of a United Kingdom fishing vessel

    7. 27A.Inspection of United Kingdom ships and non-United Kingdom ships without MLC documentation

    8. 27B.Detention of United Kingdom ships and non-United Kingdom ships without MLC documentation

    9. 28.Inspection and detention and other measures in respect of fishing vessels registered outside the United Kingdom

    10. 28A.Inspection of non-United Kingdom ships with MLC documentation

    11. 28B.Detention of non-United Kingdom ships with MLC documentation

    12. 29.Enforcement of detention

    13. 30.Compensation

  8. Part VII Review

    1. 31.Review

  9. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE

      Merchant Shipping Health and Safety Regulations containing duties in respect of workers which regulation 13A extends to all seafarers

  11. Explanatory Note

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