Guidance

List of young persons on board on ship

A summary of statutory guidelines for employing any person under the age of 18, and the outer cover.

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List of Young Persons

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Outer cover for list of crew and list of young persons

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Details

The guidelines are taken from the provisions in:

  • section 55 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995
  • the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety At Work) Employment Of Young Persons) Regulations 1998 (as amended)

They must be included in every list of crew.

Updates to this page

Published 1 May 2014
Last updated 3 July 2014 + show all updates
  1. Update to List of Young Persons document (01/07/14)

  2. First published.

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