Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Health and Safety Protection and Accident Prevention) Regulations 2014

meet the requirements of an approved ship safety management system under the International Safety Management Code; or

include all of the following:

provision and maintenance of plant, machinery and equipment and systems of work that are, so far as is reasonably practicable, safe and without risk to health;

arrangements for ensuring, so far as is reasonably practicable, safety and absence of risk to health in connection with the use, handling, stowage and transport of articles and substances;

provision of necessary, appropriately sized, personal protective equipment for seafarers;

arrangements as are appropriate, having regard to the nature of, and the substances used in, the activities and size of the operation, for the effective planning, organisation, control, monitoring and review of preventive and protective measures;

arrangements to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that no person has access to any area of the ship to which it is necessary to restrict access on grounds of health and safety unless the individual concerned has received adequate and appropriate health and safety instruction.

before the seafarer is assigned to shipboard duties; and

on the seafarer being exposed to new or increased risks because of —

a requirement to take on any responsibility on board the ship that is not familiar to him;

the absence or lack of practical knowledge of the operation of any equipment;

the introduction of new technology; or

the introduction of any new shipboard practice or a new system of work.

be repeated periodically where appropriate;

take into account any new or changed risks to the health or safety of the seafarer concerned; and

take place during the working hours of the seafarer concerned.

the avoidance of risks, which among other things include the combating of risks at source and the replacement of dangerous practices, substances or equipment by non‑dangerous or less dangerous practices, substances or equipment;

the evaluation of unavoidable risks and the taking of action to reduce them; and

the review of appropriate statistical information from the shipowner’s ships and such general statistics as may be provided by the Authority from time to time.

at suitable intervals; or

whenever there is any significant change in the working conditions on board the ship.