Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2010, published 100th ILC session (2011)

Seamen's Articles of Agreement Convention, 1926 (No. 22) - Jersey

Article 1 of the Convention. Scope of application. The Committee recalls that until recently the only vessels registered in Jersey were those excluded from the scope of the Convention by virtue of Article 1(2). The Committee notes, that following the adoption of the Shipping (Safety Codes) (Jersey) Order, 2005, vessels falling within the scope of the Convention, are allowed to be registered in Jersey. The Government indicates that currently three ships over 100 gt, to which the Convention applies, are registered in Jersey. It also indicates that pending the drafting of legislation to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Convention, shipowners have been notified that they should comply with the intent of the Convention and the United Kingdom’s Merchant Shipping (Crew Agreements, Lists of Crew and Discharge of Seamen) Regulations as well as the associated Marine Guidance Notes.

In this regard, the Committee recalls that Convention No. 22, as well as 67 other international maritime labour instruments, is revised by the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006). Most of the provisions of this Convention have been incorporated without any significant changes in Regulation 2.1 and the corresponding Code of the MLC, 2006, and therefore ensuring compliance with Convention No. 22 would facilitate compliance with the respective provisions of the MLC, 2006. The Committee requests the Government to pursue the legislative action with a view to effectively implementing the provisions of Convention No. 22 and to transmit copies of any relevant legislative or regulatory texts as soon as they are adopted.