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CHN-1998-R-49406
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Title_of_text
Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) (Hours of Work) (Amendment) Regulation 1998 (L.N. 102 of 1998).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
China
Territorial subdivision(s)
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Subjects (Classification)
Seafarers - Conditions of work: articles of agreement, wages, hours of work and paid leave
Adopted on (Date of text)
1998-02-17
Scope of text
State or Province
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Extends the application of the principal regulations to ships of all sizes, except fishing vessels. Hours of rest for seafarers performing watch duties shall be 10 hours for every 24 hours, and such rest shall not be divided into more than two periods, one of which shall be at least six hours in length. Gives effect to 1995 amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978.
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1995-12-16 (CHN-1995-R-43204)
Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) (Hours of Work) Regulation (L.N. 578 of 1995) (Cap. 478D).
Serial region
Serial title
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette, Legal Supplement No. 2
Date
1998-02-20
Volume
Vol. 2
Number
No. 8
Page range
pp. B1245-1247