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The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Employment of Young Persons) Regulations 1998
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Young persons' medical certificatesU.K.
8.—(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of the Merchant Shipping (Medical Examination) Regulations 1983(1) and subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), no young person shall be engaged as a worker in any capacity in a ship unless there has been delivered to the master of the ship a certificate granted by a duly qualified medical practitioner certifying that the young person is fit to be engaged in that capacity.
In this paragraph, “duly qualified medical practitioner” means a person who is a fully registered person within the meaning of section 55 of the Medical Act 1983(2) [F1who holds a licence to practise].
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of engagement as a worker in a ship in which only members of the same family are employed.
(3) A superintendent or consular officer may on the ground of urgency authorise a young person to be engaged as a worker in a ship to which the Merchant Shipping (Medical Examination) Regulations 1983 do not apply, notwithstanding that no such certificate has been delivered to the master of the ship; but the young person shall not be engaged as a worker in reliance on any such authorisation beyond the first port at which the ship calls after he has embarked thereon.
(4) A certificate shall be effective for the purposes of this regulation for a period of twelve months from the date on which it is granted and no longer, but if the period of twelve months expires during a voyage in which the young person is engaged as a worker in the ship, the certificate shall remain effective until the next port of call where there is a duly qualified medical practitioner.
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F1Words in reg. 8(1) inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Medical Act 1983 (Amendment) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3135), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 40 (with Sch. 2)
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S.I. 1983/808.
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