6. Fees and costs of seafarer recruitment and placement services
Feedback & supportNo fee or other charge for seafarer recruitment or placement or for providing employment shall be borne, directly or indirectly, by a seafarer, except for the costs of obtaining the following:
the seafarer’s national statutory medical certificate;
the national seafarer’s book; and
the seafarer’s passport or other similar personal travel document but not including the cost of visas, which shall be borne by the shipowner.
A seafarer recruitment and placement service shall publish any costs which a seafarer will be expected to bear in the recruitment process.
Subregulation 1
No fee or other charge for seafarer recruitment or placement or for providing employment shall be borne, directly or indirectly, by a seafarer, except for the costs of obtaining the following:
the seafarer’s national statutory medical certificate;
the national seafarer’s book; and
the seafarer’s passport or other similar personal travel document but not including the cost of visas, which shall be borne by the shipowner.
Subregulation 2
A seafarer recruitment and placement service shall publish any costs which a seafarer will be expected to bear in the recruitment process.