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These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Medical Certification) Regulations, 2014.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_2\", \"num\": \"2.\", \"text\": \"Definitions 2. (1) In these Regulations \u2014 \u201cauthorised person\u201d means a person authorised by the Chief Executive Officer to carry out inspections and audits for the purposes of these Regulations and includes any surveyor of ships appointed under section 419 of the Law; \u201cChief Executive Officer\u201d means Chief Executive Officer of the Maritime Authority established under section 3 of the Maritime Authority Law (2013 Revision); \u201cCISN 05\/2011\u201d means Shipping Notice CISN 05\/2011 published by the Maritime Authority regarding Issue of Endorsements Attesting to the Recognition of a Certificate of Competency; Regulation 3 Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Medical Certification) Regulations, 2014 SL 41 of 2014 \u201cLaw\u201d means the Merchant Shipping Law (2011 Revision); \u201cmedical fitness certificate\u201d means a certificate issued by or under the authority of a country listed in the Schedule; \u201cmedical practitioner\u201d means a medical practitioner who, is entitled to practise in the country or territory in which that practitioner is based, and whose qualifications are as equivalent to those required of a practitioner based in the Islands who is a registered medical practitioner; \u201cMSN 1822\u201d means Merchant Shipping Notice 1822 (M) of the UK\u2019s Maritime and Coastguard Agency, regarding Seafarer Medical Examination System and Medical and Eyesight Standards; \u201cnon-Cayman Islands ship\u201d means a ship that is not a Cayman Islands ship; \u201coffshore installation\u201d means any installation which is intended for underwater exploitation of mineral resources or exploration with a view to that exploitation; and \u201cseafarer\u201d means any person, including a master, who is employed or engaged or works in any capacity on board a ship and whose normal place of work is on a ship; and \u201cshipowner\u201d means \u2014 (a) in relation to a ship which has a valid Maritime Labour Certificate, the person identified as the shipowner on that Certificate; or (b) in relation to any other ship the owner of the ship or, if different, any other organisation or person such as the manager, or the bareboat charterer, that has assumed the responsibility for the operation of the ship from the owner.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_3\", \"num\": \"3.\", \"text\": \"Application 3. (1) Subject to paragraph (2) \u2014 (a) these Regulations apply to Cayman Islands ships wherever they may be; and (b) regulation 12 applies to ships which are not Cayman Islands ships, when they are in port in the Islands or Cayman Islands waters. (2) These Regulations do not apply to \u2014 (a) pleasure vessels; (b) fishing vessels; (c) warships or naval auxiliaries; or (d) offshore installations whilst on their working stations. (3) These Regulations do not apply to and in the case of regulation 5, do not apply as respects, any person whose work is not part of the routine business of the ship and whose principal place of work is ashore. Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Medical Certification) Regulations, 2014 Regulation 4 SL 41 of 2014\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_4\", \"num\": \"4.\", \"text\": \"Seafarer to have a valid medical certificate 4. (1) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), a person may not work as a seafarer on a ship to which these Regulations apply unless that person has been issued with a medical fitness certificate which is still valid and is not suspended. (2) A seafarer who has been issued with a medical fitness certificate shall carry that certificate on board during the term of that seafarer\u2019s employment on a ship to which these Regulations apply. (3) A seafarer whose medical fitness certificate has expired during the course of a voyage may continue to work until \u2014 (a) the first port at which it is possible for the seafarer to make an application for a medical fitness certificate and be examined by a medical practitioner; or (b) the expiry of three months starting on the date of the expiry of the certificate. (4) In urgent cases, with the Chief Executive Officer\u2019s approval, if a person does not hold a valid medical fitness certificate; but \u2014 (a) has held a medical fitness certificate for a period of not less than 24 months; or (b) in the case of a person under 18 years at the date of issue of the certificate, has held a medical fitness certificate for a period of not less than 12 months, and that certificate has expired no earlier than one month before the date on which that person joined a ship to which these Regulations apply, that person may work as a seafarer on that ship until the first port at which it is possible for an application for a medical fitness certificate as respects that person to be made and for that person to be examined by a medical practitioner, but in any case not for a period exceeding three months. (5) A person may not work as a seafarer on a ship to which these Regulations apply in a capacity of sea service or in a geographical area precluded by any restriction in that person\u2019s medical fitness certificate. (6) A person may not work as a seafarer on a ship to which these Regulations apply in breach of a condition of that person\u2019s medical fitness certificate.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_5\", \"num\": \"5.\", \"text\": \"Employment of seafarers 5. (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a person may not employ another person as a seafarer on a ship to which these Regulations apply unless that other person has been issued with a medical fitness certificate which is still valid and is not suspended. Regulation 6 Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Medical Certification) Regulations, 2014 SL 41 of 2014 (2) A person may continue to employ as a seafarer, on a ship to which these Regulations apply, a person whose medical fitness certificate has expired during the course of a voyage until \u2014 (a) the first port at which it is possible for the seafarer to make an application for a medical fitness certificate and be examined by a medical practitioner; or (b) the expiry of three months starting on the date of expiry of the certificate, whichever is the sooner. (3) In urgent cases, with the Chief Executive Officer\u2019s approval, if a person who is a seafarer does not hold a valid medical fitness certificate; but \u2014 (a) has held a medical fitness certificate for a period of not less than 24 months; or (b) in the case of a person under 18 years at the date of issue of the certificate, has held a medical fitness certificate for a period of not less than 12 months, and that certificate has expired no earlier than one month from the date on which the seafarer joined a ship to which these Regulations apply, another person may employ that person as a seafarer on that ship until the first port of call at which it is possible for an application for a medical fitness certificate as respects that seafarer to be made and for that seafarer to be examined by a medical practitioner, but in any case not for a period exceeding three months. (4) A person may not employ a person as a seafarer in a ship to which these Regulations apply in a capacity of sea service or in a geographical area precluded by any restriction in that person\u2019s medical fitness certificate. (5) A person may not employ a person as a seafarer in a ship to which these Regulations apply in a way that breaches a condition of the person\u2019s medical fitness certificate.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_6\", \"num\": \"6.\", \"text\": \"Period of validity of medical fitness certificate 6. A medical fitness certificate is valid only from the date of the medical examination or the date of consideration by a medical referee and for the following maximum periods \u2014 (a) in respect of a person under 18 years of age, one year; or (b) in respect of a person of 18 years of age or over, two years, or, in either case, the shorter period specified on the certificate. 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(2) The Chief Executive Officer may from time-to-time approve a medical fitness certificate which has been issued to a person by an authority empowered to issue that certificate by the laws of any country or territory outside the Islands not listed in the Schedule to these Regulations and that certificate shall be equivalent to a medical fitness certificate issued under these Regulations, but only until the expiry date specified on the certificate. (3) A certificate to which paragraph (1) or (2) applies is not equivalent to a medical fitness certificate unless it is issued in English, or in English and some other language.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_8\", \"num\": \"8.\", \"text\": \"Reporting of medical conditions 8. (1) A person who is a seafarer who holds a medical fitness certificate and who \u2014 (a) is, or is likely to be, absent from work for a period of thirty days or more due to a medical condition; or (b) develops a significant medical condition, shall report that medical condition as soon as practicable. (2) A report made in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be made \u2014 (a) to the authority which issued that certificate; or (b) in any other case, to a medical practitioner. (3) If a seafarer makes a report required by paragraph (1), the validity of that seafarer\u2019s medical fitness certificate is suspended from the date on which it first becomes practicable for that seafarer to make the report until the date on which a medical practitioner or the authority has assessed, if necessary by conducting a medical examination of the seafarer, that the seafarer is fit having regard to the medical standards specified in MSN 1822. (4) In this regulation \u201cmedical condition\u201d includes both injury and illness, and a significant medical condition is one which adversely affects or is reasonably likely adversely to affect the seafarer\u2019s ability to carry out their duties, including the seafarer\u2019s ability to undertake emergency duties. Regulation 9 Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Medical Certification) Regulations, 2014 SL 41 of 2014\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_9\", \"num\": \"9.\", \"text\": \"Health assessment and transfer of seafarers on night watchkeeping duties 9. (1) If \u2014 (a) a medical practitioner has certified that a seafarer engaged on watchkeeping duties is suffering from health problems which the practitioner considers to be due to the fact that the seafarer performs work during the night; and (b) it is possible for the seafarer\u2019s employer to transfer the seafarer to work \u2014 (i) to which the seafarer is suited; and (ii) which is to be undertaken during the periods that the seafarer will cease to perform work during the night, the shipowner shall transfer the seafarer accordingly. (2) In paragraph (1), \u201cnight\u201d means a period \u2014 (a) the duration of which is not less than nine consecutive hours; and (b) which includes the period between midnight and 5 a.m. local time.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_10\", \"num\": \"10.\", \"text\": \"Offences and penalties 10. (1) A person who contravenes regulation 4 or 5 commits an offence and is liable \u2014 (a) on summary conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars; or (b) on conviction on indictment to a fine of twenty thousand dollars, notwithstanding sections 6(2) and 8 of the Criminal Procedure Code (2013 Revision). (2) A shipowner who fails to comply with regulation 8 commits an offence and is liable \u2014 (a) on summary conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars; or (b) on conviction on indictment to a fine of twenty thousand dollars, notwithstanding sections 6(2) and 8 of the Criminal Procedure Code (2013 Revision). (3) A person who \u2014 (a) obstructs a relevant inspector in the exercise of the inspector\u2019s powers under regulation 11 or 12; or (b) fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement made under regulation 12 commits an offence is liable \u2014 (a) on summary conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars; or (b) on conviction on indictment to a fine of fifty thousand dollars, Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Medical Certification) Regulations, 2014 Regulation 11 SL 41 of 2014 notwithstanding sections 6(2) and 8 of the Criminal Procedure Code (2013 Revision). (4) It shall be a defence for a person charged under this regulation to show that they took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_11\", \"num\": \"11.\", \"text\": \"Inspection and detention of a Cayman Islands Ship 11. An authorised person may inspect a Cayman Islands ship to which these Regulations apply and if the authorised person is satisfied that a seafarer, whose employer is required by regulation 5 to ensure that the seafarer is the holder of a medical fitness certificate, is unable to produce a certificate which meets the requirement of that regulation and the state of the seafarer\u2019s health is such that the ship could not sail without serious risk to the safety and health of those on board, the authorised person may detain the ship but shall not in the exercise of these powers detain or delay the ship unreasonably.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_12\", \"num\": \"12.\", \"text\": \"Inspection of ships other than Cayman Islands ships 12. (1) When a ship other than a Cayman Islands ship is in an Islands\u2019 port or waters, an authorised person may inspect that ship and may require any seafarer on board that ship to produce any document, in order to ascertain whether the requirements of Regulation 1.2 and Standard A1.2 of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 are met in relation to the seafarers working on that ship. (2) Where an authorised person is satisfied that any seafarer working on a ship which is not a medical certification requirements of Regulation 1.2 and Standard A1.2 of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, the relevant inspector may send \u2014 (a) a report to the government of the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly; and (b) a copy of the report to the Director General of the International Labour Office. (3) A ship shall not in the exercise of the power under this regulation be delayed unreasonably. 13. Repeals 13. The Merchant Shipping (Medical Examination) Regulations, 2002 are repealed. 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Convention) (Medical\nCertification) Regulations, 2014\nArrangement of Regulations\n\nc\nSL 41 of 2014\nPage 3\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nMerchant Shipping Law\nMERCHANT SHIPPING (MARITIME LABOUR\nCONVENTION) (MEDICAL CERTIFICATION)\nREGULATIONS, 2014\n(SL 41 of 2014)\nArrangement of Regulations\nRegulation\nPage\n1.\nCitation ......................................................................................................................................5\n2.\nDefinitions ..................................................................................................................................5\n3.\nApplication .................................................................................................................................6\n4.\nSeafarer to have a valid medical certificate ................................................................................7\n5.\nEmployment of seafarers ...........................................................................................................7\n6.\nPeriod of validity of medical fitness certificate ............................................................................8\n7.\nCertificates equivalent to a medical fitness certificate ................................................................9\n8.\nReporting of medical conditions .................................................................................................9\n9.\nHealth assessment and transfer of seafarers on night watchkeeping duties ............................. 10\n10.\nOffences and penalties ............................................................................................................ 10\n11.\nInspection and detention of a Cayman Islands Ship ................................................................. 11\n12.\nInspection of ships other than Cayman Islands ships ............................................................... 11\n13.\nRepeals ................................................................................................................................... 11\n\nMerchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Medical\nCertification) Regulations, 2014\nRegulation 1\n\nc\nSL 41 of 2014\nPage 5\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nMerchant Shipping Law\nMERCHANT SHIPPING (MARITIME LABOUR\nCONVENTION) (MEDICAL CERTIFICATION)\nREGULATIONS, 2014\n(SL 41 of 2014)\nThe Cabinet, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 110 and 463 of the Merchant\nShipping Law (2011 Revision), makes the following Regulations \u2014\n1.\nCitation\n1.\nThese Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour\nConvention) (Medical Certification) Regulations, 2014.\n2.\nDefinitions\n2.\n(1) In these Regulations \u2014\n\u201cauthorised person\u201d means a person authorised by the Chief Executive\nOfficer to carry out inspections and audits for the purposes of these\nRegulations and includes any surveyor of ships appointed under section 419 of\nthe Law;\n\u201cChief Executive Officer\u201d means Chief Executive Officer of the Maritime\nAuthority established under section 3 of the Maritime Authority Law (2013\nRevision);\n\u201cCISN 05\/2011\u201d means Shipping Notice CISN 05\/2011 published by the\nMaritime Authority regarding Issue of Endorsements Attesting to the\nRecognition of a Certificate of Competency;\n\nRegulation 3\nMerchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Medical\nCertification) Regulations, 2014\n\nPage 6\nSL 41 of 2014\nc\n\n\u201cLaw\u201d means the Merchant Shipping Law (2011 Revision);\n\u201cmedical fitness certificate\u201d means a certificate issued by or under the\nauthority of a country listed in the Schedule;\n\u201cmedical practitioner\u201d means a medical practitioner who, is entitled to\npractise in the country or territory in which that practitioner is based, and\nwhose qualifications are as equivalent to those required of a practitioner based\nin the Islands who is a registered medical practitioner;\n\u201cMSN 1822\u201d means Merchant Shipping Notice 1822 (M) of the UK\u2019s\nMaritime and Coastguard Agency, regarding Seafarer Medical Examination\nSystem and Medical and Eyesight Standards;\n\u201cnon-Cayman Islands ship\u201d means a ship that is not a Cayman Islands ship;\n\u201coffshore installation\u201d means any installation which is intended for\nunderwater exploitation of mineral resources or exploration with a view to that\nexploitation; and\n\u201cseafarer\u201d means any person, including a master, who is employed or\nengaged or works in any capacity on board a ship and whose normal place of\nwork is on a ship; and\n\u201cshipowner\u201d means \u2014\n(a)\nin relation to a ship which has a valid Maritime Labour Certificate, the\nperson identified as the shipowner on that Certificate; or\n(b) in relation to any other ship the owner of the ship or, if different, any\nother organisation or person such as the manager, or the bareboat\ncharterer, that has assumed the responsibility for the operation of the ship\nfrom the owner.\n3.\nApplication\n3.\n(1) Subject to paragraph (2) \u2014\n(a)\nthese Regulations apply to Cayman Islands ships wherever they may\nbe; and\n(b) regulation 12 applies to ships which are not Cayman Islands ships, when\nthey are in port in the Islands or Cayman Islands waters.\n(2) These Regulations do not apply to \u2014\n(a)\npleasure vessels;\n(b) fishing vessels;\n(c)\nwarships or naval auxiliaries; or\n(d) offshore installations whilst on their working stations.\n(3) These Regulations do not apply to and in the case of regulation 5, do not apply\nas respects, any person whose work is not part of the routine business of the\nship and whose principal place of work is ashore.\n\nMerchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Medical\nCertification) Regulations, 2014\nRegulation 4\n\nc\nSL 41 of 2014\nPage 7\n\n4.\nSeafarer to have a valid medical certificate\n4.\n(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), a person may not work as a seafarer on a\nship to which these Regulations apply unless that person has been issued with\na medical fitness certificate which is still valid and is not suspended.\n(2) A seafarer who has been issued with a medical fitness certificate shall carry\nthat certificate on board during the term of that seafarer\u2019s employment on a\nship to which these Regulations apply.\n(3) A seafarer whose medical fitness certificate has expired during the course of a\nvoyage may continue to work until \u2014\n(a)\nthe first port at which it is possible for the seafarer to make an application\nfor a medical fitness certificate and be examined by a medical\npractitioner; or\n(b) the expiry of three months starting on the date of the expiry of the\ncertificate.\n(4) In urgent cases, with the Chief Executive Officer\u2019s approval, if a person does\nnot hold a valid medical fitness certificate; but \u2014\n(a)\nhas held a medical fitness certificate for a period of not less than 24\nmonths; or\n(b) in the case of a person under 18 years at the date of issue of the\ncertificate, has held a medical fitness certificate for a period of not less\nthan 12 months,\nand that certificate has expired no earlier than one month before the date on\nwhich that person joined a ship to which these Regulations apply, that person\nmay work as a seafarer on that ship until the first port at which it is possible\nfor an application for a medical fitness certificate as respects that person to be\nmade and for that person to be examined by a medical practitioner, but in any\ncase not for a period exceeding three months.\n(5) A person may not work as a seafarer on a ship to which these Regulations\napply in a capacity of sea service or in a geographical area precluded by any\nrestriction in that person\u2019s medical fitness certificate.\n(6) A person may not work as a seafarer on a ship to which these Regulations\napply in breach of a condition of that person\u2019s medical fitness certificate.\n5.\nEmployment of seafarers\n5.\n(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a person may not employ another person as\na seafarer on a ship to which these Regulations apply unless that other person\nhas been issued with a medical fitness certificate which is still valid and is not\nsuspended.\n\nRegulation 6\nMerchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Medical\nCertification) Regulations, 2014\n\nPage 8\nSL 41 of 2014\nc\n\n(2) A person may continue to employ as a seafarer, on a ship to which these\nRegulations apply, a person whose medical fitness certificate has expired\nduring the course of a voyage until \u2014\n(a)\nthe first port at which it is possible for the seafarer to make an application\nfor a medical fitness certificate and be examined by a medical\npractitioner; or\n(b) the expiry of three months starting on the date of expiry of the certificate,\nwhichever is the sooner.\n(3) In urgent cases, with the Chief Executive Officer\u2019s approval, if a person who\nis a seafarer does not hold a valid medical fitness certificate; but \u2014\n(a)\nhas held a medical fitness certificate for a period of not less than 24\nmonths; or\n(b) in the case of a person under 18 years at the date of issue of the\ncertificate, has held a medical fitness certificate for a period of not less\nthan 12 months,\nand that certificate has expired no earlier than one month from the date on\nwhich the seafarer joined a ship to which these Regulations apply, another\nperson may employ that person as a seafarer on that ship until the first port of\ncall at which it is possible for an application for a medical fitness certificate as\nrespects that seafarer to be made and for that seafarer to be examined by a\nmedical practitioner,\nbut in any case not for a period exceeding three months.\n(4) A person may not employ a person as a seafarer in a ship to which these\nRegulations apply in a capacity of sea service or in a geographical area\nprecluded by any restriction in that person\u2019s medical fitness certificate.\n(5) A person may not employ a person as a seafarer in a ship to which these\nRegulations apply in a way that breaches a condition of the person\u2019s medical\nfitness certificate.\n6.\nPeriod of validity of medical fitness certificate\n6.\nA medical fitness certificate is valid only from the date of the medical examination\nor the date of consideration by a medical referee and for the following maximum\nperiods \u2014\n(a)\nin respect of a person under 18 years of age, one year; or\n(b) in respect of a person of 18 years of age or over, two years,\nor, in either case, the shorter period specified on the certificate.\n\nMerchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Medical\nCertification) Regulations, 2014\nRegulation 7\n\nc\nSL 41 of 2014\nPage 9\n\n7.\nCertificates equivalent to a medical fitness certificate\n7.\n(1) A medical fitness certificate which has been issued to a person by an authority\nempowered to issue that certificate by the laws of any country or territory\noutside the Islands listed in Shipping Notice CISN 05\/2011 is for the purposes\nof these Regulations equivalent to a medical fitness certificate issued under\nthese Regulations, but only until the expiry date specified on the certificate.\n(2) The Chief Executive Officer may from time-to-time approve a medical fitness\ncertificate which has been issued to a person by an authority empowered to\nissue that certificate by the laws of any country or territory outside the Islands\nnot listed in the Schedule to these Regulations and that certificate shall be\nequivalent to a medical fitness certificate issued under these Regulations, but\nonly until the expiry date specified on the certificate.\n(3) A certificate to which paragraph (1) or (2) applies is not equivalent to a\nmedical fitness certificate unless it is issued in English, or in English and some\nother language.\n8.\nReporting of medical conditions\n8.\n(1) A person who is a seafarer who holds a medical fitness certificate and who \u2014\n(a)\nis, or is likely to be, absent from work for a period of thirty days or more\ndue to a medical condition; or\n(b) develops a significant medical condition,\nshall report that medical condition as soon as practicable.\n(2) A report made in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be made \u2014\n(a)\nto the authority which issued that certificate; or\n(b) in any other case, to a medical practitioner.\n(3) If a seafarer makes a report required by paragraph (1), the validity of that\nseafarer\u2019s medical fitness certificate is suspended from the date on which it\nfirst becomes practicable for that seafarer to make the report until the date on\nwhich a medical practitioner or the authority has assessed, if necessary by\nconducting a medical examination of the seafarer, that the seafarer is fit having\nregard to the medical standards specified in MSN 1822.\n(4) In this regulation \u201cmedical condition\u201d includes both injury and illness,\nand a significant medical condition is one which adversely affects or is\nreasonably likely adversely to affect the seafarer\u2019s ability to carry out their\nduties, including the seafarer\u2019s ability to undertake emergency duties.\n\nRegulation 9\nMerchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Medical\nCertification) Regulations, 2014\n\nPage 10\nSL 41 of 2014\nc\n\n9.\nHealth assessment and transfer of seafarers on night watchkeeping duties\n9.\n(1) If \u2014\n(a)\na medical practitioner has certified that a seafarer engaged on\nwatchkeeping duties is suffering from health problems which the\npractitioner considers to be due to the fact that the seafarer performs\nwork during the night; and\n(b) it is possible for the seafarer\u2019s employer to transfer the seafarer\nto work \u2014\n(i)\nto which the seafarer is suited; and\n(ii) which is to be undertaken during the periods that the seafarer will\ncease to perform work during the night,\nthe shipowner shall transfer the seafarer accordingly.\n(2) In paragraph (1), \u201cnight\u201d means a period \u2014\n(a)\nthe duration of which is not less than nine consecutive hours; and\n(b) which includes the period between midnight and 5 a.m. local time.\n10.\nOffences and penalties\n10. (1) A person who contravenes regulation 4 or 5 commits an offence and is\nliable \u2014\n(a)\non summary conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine of twenty thousand dollars,\nnotwithstanding sections 6(2) and 8 of the Criminal Procedure Code (2013\nRevision).\n(2) A shipowner who fails to comply with regulation 8 commits an offence and is\nliable \u2014\n(a)\non summary conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine of twenty thousand dollars,\nnotwithstanding sections 6(2) and 8 of the Criminal Procedure Code (2013\nRevision).\n(3) A person who \u2014\n(a)\nobstructs a relevant inspector in the exercise of the inspector\u2019s powers\nunder regulation 11 or 12; or\n(b) fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement made\nunder regulation 12\ncommits an offence is liable \u2014\n(a)\non summary conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars; or\n(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine of fifty thousand dollars,\n\nMerchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Medical\nCertification) Regulations, 2014\nRegulation 11\n\nc\nSL 41 of 2014\nPage 11\n\nnotwithstanding sections 6(2) and 8 of the Criminal Procedure Code (2013\nRevision).\n(4) It shall be a defence for a person charged under this regulation to show that\nthey took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid\nthe commission of the offence.\n11.\nInspection and detention of a Cayman Islands Ship\n11. An authorised person may inspect a Cayman Islands ship to which these\nRegulations apply and if the authorised person is satisfied that a seafarer, whose\nemployer is required by regulation 5 to ensure that the seafarer is the holder of a\nmedical fitness certificate, is unable to produce a certificate which meets the\nrequirement of that regulation and the state of the seafarer\u2019s health is such that the\nship could not sail without serious risk to the safety and health of those on board,\nthe authorised person may detain the ship but shall not in the exercise of these\npowers detain or delay the ship unreasonably.\n12.\nInspection of ships other than Cayman Islands ships\n12. (1) When a ship other than a Cayman Islands ship is in an Islands\u2019 port or waters,\nan authorised person may inspect that ship and may require any seafarer on\nboard that ship to produce any document, in order to ascertain whether the\nrequirements of Regulation 1.2 and Standard A1.2 of the Maritime Labour\nConvention, 2006 are met in relation to the seafarers working on that ship.\n(2) Where an authorised person is satisfied that any seafarer working on a ship\nwhich is not a medical certification requirements of Regulation 1.2 and\nStandard A1.2 of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, the relevant\ninspector may send \u2014\n(a)\na report to the government of the State whose flag the ship is entitled to\nfly; and\n(b) a copy of the report to the Director General of the International Labour\nOffice.\n(3) A ship shall not in the exercise of the power under this regulation be delayed\nunreasonably.\n13.\nRepeals\n13. 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