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GBR-1998-R-71419
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Title_of_text
The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Employment of Young Persons) Regulations 1998. (S.I. 1998 No. 2411).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
United Kingdom
Subjects (Classification)
Seafarers; Seafarers - Protection of children and young persons
Adopted on (Date of text)
1998-09-24
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Gives effect to the Council Directive 94/33/EC on the protection of young people at work and in part to the Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 147). Defines young persons as those under 18 years but over the compulsory leaving age. The employer is to take appropriate measures to protect young persons at work including making an assessment of the risks to their health and safety. They are to inform young workers of hazards and ensure that they are not engaged in certain specified work.
Basic Text region
Basic text(s)
1995-07-19 (GBR-1995-L-41477)
Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (1995, c. 21).
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
2015-01-19 (GBR-2015-R-107994)
The Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Chemicals (Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2015 (2015 No. 21).
Repealed Text region
Repealed text(s)
1995-03-29 (GBR-1995-R-40183)
Merchant Shipping (Employment of Young Persons) Regulations 1995 (No. 972 of 1995)
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Regulation on-line
Author
Office of Public Sector Information
Publisher
Government of the United Kingdom
URL
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1998/19982411.htm