Section 29
of Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations, 2002
Section 29
A shipping company shall, for the purpose of preventing fatigue -
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{a} establish and enforce rest periods for watchkeeping personnel;
(b} require that watch systems are so arranged that the efficiency of all watchkeeping personnel is not impaired by fatigue and that duties are so organised that the first watch at the commencement of a voyage and subsequent relieving watches are sufficiently rested and otherwise .fi.t for duty; and
(c)
comply with the requirements of rest periods as set out in section
A-VIII/1 of the STCW Code and display watch schedules on board their ships where they are easily accessible.
Watchkeeping arrangements and principles to be observed.