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The Merchant Shipping (Work in Fishing Convention) (Medical Certification) Regulations 2018

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16.—(1) When a fishing vessel other than a United Kingdom fishing vessel is in a United Kingdom port or United Kingdom waters, a relevant inspector may inspect that fishing vessel, and may require any fisherman on board that fishing vessel to produce any document, in order to ascertain whether the requirements of Article 10 of the Work in Fishing Convention are met in relation to the fishermen working on that vessel.

(2) Where a relevant inspector is satisfied that any fisherman on a vessel which is not a United Kingdom fishing vessel is unable to prove that that fisherman is working in accordance with the medical certification requirements of Article 10 of the Work in Fishing Convention, the relevant inspector may send—

(a)a report to the government of the State whose flag the fishing vessel is entitled to fly; and

(b)a copy of the report to the Director General of the International Labour Office.

(3) A fishing vessel must not in the exercise of the power under this regulation be delayed unreasonably.

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