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| Name: | Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) (Safe Movement on Board Ship) Regulation (L.N. 581 of 1995) (Cap. 478G). |
| Country: | China - Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
| Subject(s): | Seafarers - Occupational safety and health and welfare |
| Type of legislation: | Regulation, Decree, Ordinance |
| Adopted on: | 1995-12-16 |
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| Published on: | Hong Kong Government Gazette, Legal Supplement No. 2, 1995-12-22, Vol. CXXXVII, No. 51, pp. B2724-2735 |
| ISN: | CHN-1995-R-43206 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=43206&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Hong Kong Government Gazette, Legal Supplement No. 2, 1995-12-22, Vol. CXXXVII, No. 51, pp. B2724-2735 Legislation on-line  Hong Kong E-Legislation (HKeL), Department of Justice, Hong Kong PDF (consulted on 2017-03-08) |
| Abstract/Citation: | Gives effect to Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention 1976 (ILO Convention No. 147). Requires that safe means of access be maintained to areas aboard ships where persons are reasonably expected to go. Requires the maintenance of adequate lighting, stairwells, guardrails, and standard safety signs. Provides for the inspection and detention of ships in Hong Kong waters. |
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