Recent Legislation

• These Regulations impose health and safety requirements with respect to the provision and use of work equipment on merchant ships and fishing vessels.

The Regulations revoke and replace the following:

• The Merchant Shipping (Guarding of Machinery and Safety of Electrical Equipment) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1636) in their entirety
• regulation 10 of the Merchant Shipping (Safe Movement on Board Ships) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1641)
• regulation 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety at Work) (Non-UK Ships) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/2274)

All of which gave effect in part to the Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention 1976 (International Labour Organization Convention 147) (Cmnd. 7183).

• In force - 24 November 2006
• Access to document:  Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) Document

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