S.L. 425.14 Art. 12Minors acting as fishermen.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this regulation, no person under the age of sixteen years shall work on any local fishing vessel.

(2) Without prejudice to sub-regulation (3) and any other law, particularly those relating to work by persons under eighteen (18) years of age and laws on compulsory schooling, the Director may, in accordance with these regulations and under certain conditions, authorise persons aged fifteen (15) years of age and older to work on a local fishing vessel for the purposes of vocational training:

Provided that the Director may also authorise persons of the age of fifteen (15) to perform light work during school holidays and in such cases he shall determine, after consultation, the kinds of work permitted and shall prescribe the conditions in which such work shall be undertaken and the periods of rest required, which in no instance shall be less than those provided under regulation 24, as applicable pro rata for the authorised periods of work:

Provided further that regulations 25 and 27 shall be inapplicable for persons of fifteen (15) years of age who are engaged in work according to this regulation.

(3) Without prejudice to sub-regulation (4), no person aged less than eighteen (18) years may be authorised to work, or assigned activities by any other person, which by their nature or the circumstances in which they are carried out are likely to jeopardise the health, safety, physical, mental or social development, education or morals of such persons:

Provided that, without prejudice to the generality of this obligation, the Director may, after consultation and consideration of the risks concerned and applicable international standards, establish a list of activities which shall be deemed to jeopardise the health, safety, physical, mental or social development, education or morals of persons aged less than eighteen (18) years for the purposes of this regulation.

(4) The performance of the activities referred to in sub-regulation (3) by persons of sixteen (16) and seventeen (17) years of age may be authorised by the Director, after consultation, on condition that the health, safety, physical, mental and social development, education and morals of the young persons concerned are fully protected and that the young persons concerned have received adequate specific instruction or vocational training and have completed basic pre-sea safety training:

Provided that the authorisation for such work is indispensable for the vocational training of the person concerned and said work is performed at all times under the supervision of a person competent for the occupational health and safety of all those present on board the fishing vessel.