S.L. 425.14 Art. 24Minimum hours of rest.

(1) Without prejudice to regulations 25 and 27, the minimum hours of rest shall be not less than -

(a) ten hours in any twenty-four hour period; and

(b) seventy-seven hours in any seven-day period.

(2) Hours of rest may be divided into no more than two periods, one of which shall be at least six hours long, and the interval between such consecutive periods shall not exceed fourteen hours.

(3) Musters, fire-fighting and lifeboat drills shall be conducted in a manner which minimises the disturbance of rest periods and do not induce fatigue.

(4) A fisherman who is on call shall have adequate compensatory rest period, if his normal period of rest is disturbed by call-outs of work.