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the International Labour Organisation's Maritime Labour Convention,MLC came into force internationally onAugust, it has already been amended, and a further two sets of amendments have been agreed and are expected to come into force inand.
Maritime Labour Convention,UK and REG Implementation sets out in detail how the UK, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar and the Isle of Man being the members of the Red Ensign Group REG which are subject to the MLC have implemented the Convention.
Specific references are given to the laws, merchant shipping notices and guidance, as well as identifying the areas where implementation is permitted by way of collective agreements.
As the MLC sits in the context of the wider international regulatory regime, it expressly endorses the application of other international instruments and standards, particularly those of the International Maritime Organisation.
Furthermore, many of the MLC's mandatory provisions have been incorporated into EU Directives, which are relevant to the UK and Gibraltar.
These international and regional provisions are also referenced, Chaptersets

out an introduction to the ILO and the MLC, Chapterdescribes the general approach of how the UK applies its legislation to UK ships and, while they are in UK waters, nonUK ships without MLC documentation, and nonUK ships with MLC documentation.
Chaptersdescribe the UK provisions in more detail as the other REG members' laws are influenced by those to a significant extent.
The specific provisions for Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Gibraltar and the Isle of Man have been set out, with detailed references to the appropriate regulatory sources in Chapters.
Due to the central role of the MLC's Titleon compliance and enforcement, this is set out in full in Part VIII, Appendix, annotated with references to the relevant sections of the ILO's guidelines on flag state control and port state control.
The full text of the amendments to the MLC have been set out in Part VIII, Appendix, .