Guidance

MSN 1890 Amendment 2 health and safety new and expectant mothers

Information to comply with the merchant shipping and fishing vessels (health and safety at work) regulations 1997 as they relate to new or expectant mothers.

From:
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Published
30 December 2020

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MSN 1890 (M+F) amendment 2 has been replaced by MSN 1890 (M+F) amendment 3.

Documents

MSN 1890 (M+F) Amendment 2 the merchant shipping and fishing vessels health and safety at work regulations 1997 and the merchant shipping maritime labour convention medical certification regulations 2010 new and expectant mothers

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Details

This notice replaces MGN 522 (M+F) and MSN 1890 (M+F) Amendment 1 and should be read with the merchant shipping and fishing vessels (health and safety at work) regulations 1997, as amended.

The 1997 regulations implemented (among others) Directive 92/85/EEC on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding and form part of the UK’s retained law. All the obligations in the EU legislation mentioned in MSN 1890(M+F) Amendment 2, which have affect in the UK prior to the 1st January 2021, are retained in UK law, with any necessary modifications, after the end of the EU Exit implementation period.

Notice to

  • shipowners
  • employers
  • seafarers on merchant ships and fishing vessels

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