This course is aimed at making the master aware of his or her responsibilities in law. The course describes how criminal and civil jurisdictions work in the multinational environment of seafaring, the major international conventions that affect yachts and the documents and certificates required to support these. Important safety issues are discussed and in particular UK Health and Safety Laws and also the master and owner’s civil liabilities. Other aspects of UK law, such as that relating to Employment, Salvage and Insurance are covered.
5 days
Assessment will be by a written 2.5 hour examination of 5 questions. The pass mark will be 60%
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