PART 3Recruitment and placement

Duty on shipowner in respect of recruitment and placement services8

1

A shipowner must not use a recruitment and placement service to recruit a person as a seafarer to work on board a ship unless it is a service falling within paragraph (2).

2

A recruitment and placement service falls within this paragraph if it—

a

is based—

i

in the United Kingdom;

ii

in a country which has ratified the MLC; or

iii

in a country to which another country's ratification of the MLC has been extended; or

b

is based in another country and conforms to the requirements relating to recruitment and placement services referred to in paragraph 5 of Standard A1.4 of the MLC, whether or not those requirements are obligations under the law of the country in which it is based.

3

A breach of paragraph (1) is an offence by the shipowner.

4

In this regulation, “recruitment and placement service” means any person or organisation which is engaged in recruiting seafarers on behalf of shipowners or placing seafarers with shipowners.