Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) Act 2014 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Scope of Application
4. Exemption of ship
Feedback & supportSubject to this section, where the Authority determines that it would not be reasonable or practicable to apply any provision of this Act, or any regulations made under this Act, to any Singapore ship of less than 200 gross tonnage and not engaged in international voyages, the Authority may exempt that Singapore ship, or particular categories of Singapore ships, either generally or for such time or such voyage as the Authority determines.
The Authority may, in granting any exemption under subsection (1), impose such conditions on the Singapore ship, or particular categories of Singapore ships, as the Authority thinks fit.
Singapore ship
“Singapore ship” has the meaning given by the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;
Without limiting subsections (1) and (2), the conditions may include a requirement that the provisions of any other written law, or the terms of any seafarer’s employment agreement or collective agreement, or other measures, be complied with in lieu of any provision of this Act, or any regulations made under this Act, or Part A of the Code of the Convention.
seafarer
“seafarer” means any person, including the master, who is employed or engaged or works in any capacity on board a ship, but does not include —(a)a pilot;(b)a port worker;(c)a person temporarily employed on the ship during the period it is in port; and(d)a person specified in an Order made by the Authority, with the approval of the Minister, declaring the categories of persons not to be regarded as seafarers;