reg 28 Part 6 requirements for non-United Kingdom ships with MLC documentation
(1) A shipowner must make such provision as is necessary for the repatriation of a seafarer as soon as is practicable in the circumstances described in paragraph 1 of Standard A2.5.1 of the MLC, subject to any national provisions which have been adopted by the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly pursuant to paragraph 2 of Standard A2.5.1 . (2) A breach of paragraph (1) is an offence by the shipowner. (3) A shipowner must comply with – (a) the prohibitions in paragraph 3 of Standard A2.5.1 , whether or not those prohibitions apply in the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly; and (b) the requirement in paragraph 9 of Standard A2.5.1 , whether or not the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly has imposed that requirement in its national laws or otherwise. (4) A breach of paragraph (3) is an offence by the shipowner.