Part III

Masters and Seamen

Application of Part

Application of this Part.
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1
With the exceptions specified in subsection (2) below, this Part applies only to ships which are sea-going ships and masters and seamen employed in sea-going ships.
2
Those exceptions are sections 43, 46 to 52, 54, 55, 58, 61 to 68 and 69.
2A
Sections 25, 26, 30, 31, 33, 38(1), 44, 45, 55 and 73 to 75 apply to sea-going United Kingdom ships and masters and seamen employed in them only if they are—
a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
b
ships of traditional build; or
c
vessels which are not ordinarily engaged in commercial activities.
3
This Part, in its application to fishing vessels and persons serving in them, has effect subject to the modifications made by Part V and in particular sections 110 and 112 apply to the exclusion of sections 30 and 31.
S. 24(2A)(a) omitted (31.12.2018) by virtue of The Merchant Shipping (Work in Fishing Convention) (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1109), regs. 1(2), 2(2)
S. 24(2A) inserted (7.8.2014) by The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Consequential and Minor Amendments) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1614), regs. 1, 2(2) (with reg. 16)