The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026

• Citation: S.I. 2026/598
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026 and come into force on the 22nd day after the day on which they are made.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Section 2 Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Minimum Requirements for Seafarers etc.) Regulations 2014

(1) The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Minimum Requirements for Seafarers etc.) Regulations 2014 are amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 3 (information to be included in a shipowner’s security document) , in paragraph 1(g), for “owner of the ship” substitute “shipowner, or of the registered owner if different from the shipowner” .

(3) In Schedule 4 (information to be included in an abandonment security document) in paragraph 1(g), for “owner of the ship” substitute “shipowner, or of the registered owner if different from the shipowner” .

Section 3 Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Recruitment and Placement) Regulations 2014

(1) The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Recruitment and Placement) Regulations 2014 are amended as follows.

(2) After regulation 6 (duty on employment agencies and businesses to provide financial system of protection) insert—

Duty on employment agencies and businesses to provide information about system of protection

(6A) An employment agency or employment business introducing or supplying a work-seeker to a hirer for the purposes of employment as a seafarer on a sea-going ship must ensure that the work-seeker is informed, prior to or in the process of engagement, of the rights which would be available to the work-seeker as a seafarer under any system of protection established under regulation 6.

(3) In regulation 8(1) (offences), after “6(2)” insert “, 6A” .

Section 4 Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 2018

(1) The Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 2018 are amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 1 (fees under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995), in the table under paragraph 5 (fees for inspections, etc.) of Part 1 (surveys, inspections and applications for exemption), in section B (crew accommodation), in the entry for the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Minimum Requirements for Seafarers etc.) Regulations 2014, in the third column, after “2026/260” insert “2026/598” .