Skip to Main Content
Go to ILO main website
 
 
  • Home
  • CHN-1995-R-43215

Breadcrumb

Title_of_text

Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) (Safety Officials and Reporting of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences) (L.N. 608 of 1995) (Cap. 478R).

Main Region

First Region

China
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Seafarers; Seafarers - Occupational safety and health and welfare
1995-12-20
Non-Metropolitan Territories
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Second Region

Applies to ships carrying more than 5 persons (other than fishing vessels). Part II requires employers to appoint a safety officer for the ship, who in turn may elect safety representatives. Safety officers are responsible for ensuring compliance with the provisions of the "Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seamen." Part III provides for the notification of dangerous occurences and of specified accidents to persons employed or carried on board. Gives effect to the Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention 1976 (ILO Convention No. 147).
C147 - Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976

Basic Text region

Electronic region

Serial region

    Serial title
    Hong Kong Government Gazette, Legal Supplement No. 2
    Date
    1995-12-29
    Volume
    Vol. CXXXVII
    Number
    No. 52
    Page range
    pp. B3152-3176