Title 5(17) of the Schedule included in The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention, 2006) Regulations, 2012 provides that: (a) "The Classification Societies, members of the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS), which are recognised by ADOMS and with which there is in place an agreement and provided that ADOMS has satisfied itself as to their capability as required by Regulation 5.1.2 of the Convention, are recognised by ADOMS as recognised organisations for the conduct of inspections and the issue of certification in accordance with these regulations" and (c) "The recognised organisations referred to in sub-paragraph (a) shall have the authority defined in the agreement between them and ADOMS and shall, in particular, have power to require the rectification of deficiencies that its surveyors identify in seafarer’s working and living conditions and to carry out inspections in this regard at the request of Port State Control." In ADOMS's 2015 report on the Maritime Labour Convention (2006) the following organizations were authorized to conduct inspections for the purpose of the MLC, 2006:
Organismes reconnus
- CHINA CLASSIFICATION SOCIETY
- LLOYD’S REGISTER
- BUREAU VERITAS, S.A.
- RUSSIAN MARITIME REGISTER OF SHIPPING
- REGISTRO ITALIANO NAVALE
- AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING
- NIPPON KAIJI KYOKAI
- KOREAN REGISTER OF SHIPPING
- INTERNATIONAL YACHT BUREAUFor Yatchs only
- Det Norske Veritas and Germanischer Lloyd, as merged