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(1) As soon as is practicable after entering into a seafarer employment agreement, the shipowner must provide to the seafarer an original of the agreement signed by each party and a copy of any document referred to in that agreement. (2) A breach of paragraph (1) is an offence by the shipowner. (3) The shipowner must— (a) ensure that a copy of the seafarer employment agreement (and a copy of any document referred to in that agreement) for each seafarer on a ship is held on board; and (b) allow each seafarer to see the copy of the seafarer employment agreement to which the seafarer is a party (and a copy of any document referred to in that agreement) on request. (4) A breach of paragraph (3) is an offence by the shipowner. (5) Subject to paragraph (7), as soon as is practicable after a seafarer's work on board a ship comes to an end, the shipowner must provide to the seafarer a written record of the seafarer's work on that ship. (6) For the purposes of paragraph (5), the record— (a) must contain provision about the matters set out in Schedule 2; (b) must not contain provision about the quality of the seafarer's work; and (c) must not contain provision about the seafarer's wages. (7) Paragraph (5) does not apply if regulation 25 of the Merchant Shipping (Crew Agreements, Lists of Crew and Discharge of Seamen) Regulations 1991 applies in respect of the seafarer. (8) A breach of paragraph (5) or (6) is an offence by the shipowner.