Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) Act 2014 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Health and Safety Protection and Accident Prevention
41. Master’s duty to implement measures
Feedback & supportIt is the duty of the master to ensure that the measures taken by the shipowner as mentioned in section 40 are implemented on board the ship.
master
“master” includes every person, except a pilot, having command or charge of a ship;
The master, or a person designated by the master, must at regular intervals inspect and correct unsafe conditions on board the ship, and must report those occurrences to the shipowner.
ship
“ship” has the meaning given by the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, but does not include —(a)any vessel which navigates exclusively in inland waters or waters within, or closely adjacent to, sheltered waters or areas where the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (Port) Regulations apply;(b)any warship or naval auxiliary;(c)any ship engaged in fishing or in similar pursuits;(d)any ship of traditional build such as dhows and junks;(e)any ship that is intended to be operated without any seafarer on board; and(f)any ship specified in an Order made by the Authority, with the approval of the Minister, declaring the categories of ships to be excluded from the application of this Act;