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CHN-1995-R-43204
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Title_of_text
Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) (Hours of Work) Regulation (L.N. 578 of 1995) (Cap. 478D).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
China
Territorial subdivisions
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Subjects (Classification)
Seafarers; Seafarers - Conditions of work: articles of agreement, wages, hours of work and paid leave
Adopted on (Date of text)
1995-12-16
Scope of text
Non-Metropolitan Territories
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Gives effect to Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention 1976 (ILO Convention No. 147). Requires employers or masters of ships of 500 GRT or over to ensure that seafarers do not engage in watchkeeping duties except in emergency situations. In such cases, masters or employers shall ensure that seafarers performing such duties are adequately rested.
Instrument(s)
C147 - Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976
Basic Text region
Basic text(s)
1995-06-15 (CHN-1995-L-41417)
Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) Ordinance (44 of 1995) (Cap. 478).
Basic text(s)
1995-06-15 (CHN-1995-L-41417)
Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) Ordinance (44 of 1995) (Cap. 478).
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
1998-02-17 (CHN-1998-R-49406)
Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) (Hours of Work) (Amendment) Regulation 1998 (L.N. 102 of 1998).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Hong Kong E-Legislation (HKeL), Department of Justice
Country
Hong Kong
URL
https://www.elegislation.gov.hk/
File
CHN43204 2016.pdf (PDF of Regulations as at 20/02/1998)
Serial region
Serial title
Hong Kong Government Gazette, Legal Supplement No. 2
Date
1995-12-22
Volume
Vol. CXXXVII
Number
No. 51
Page range
pp. B2682-B2687