Six months. This period may be extended by one month if the inspection or control measures required cannot be accomplished at the port.

Yes. The Merchant Shipping (Musters, Training and Decision Support Systems) Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/2722) (which are explained in MGN 71) provide that on any ship carrying passengers where the passengers are scheduled to be on board for more than 24 hours, a muster of the passengers must take place within 24 hours of their embarkation.

Food wastes which have not been passed through a comminuter or grinder may be discharged outside a special area as far as practicable but in no case less than 12 nautical miles from the nearest land, while the ship is en route.

General legal obligations and what employers must do; inspection of work equipment; regular maintenance; training; marking of work equipment; operational considerations; construction, repair and modification including welding repairs; records of equipment; survey and inspection by MCA surveyors.

Firstly, mortgages are less easily obtained for unregistered ships. Secondly, a prospective owner can inspect the ownership details of a registered ship on the register in order to verify that the ship is free of "encumbrances" such as an undischarged mortgage.

A Record of Equipment for the Cargo Ship Safety Radio Certificate (Form R), which lists: 

Accidents arising through mechanical failure, corrosion, fatigue, inappropriate repairs or modifications and poor maintenance.

The master should ensure: 

An area outside Sea Areas A1, A2 and A3.

Officer of the watch, or OOW. To avoid confusion with an Engine Department OOW, the term "Officer of the Watch (Deck)" or "Deck OOW" is preferable.

Whenever the crew agreement is closed, the original Radio Log sheets should be sent with the crew agreement documents and Official Log Book to the nearest MCA Marine Office superintendent in the UK or a Proper Officer abroad, within 3 days of the last person employed on the crew agreement signing off, or as soon as possible thereafter.

A certificate granted by a duly qualified medical practitioner certifying that the young person is fit to be engaged in that capacity, i. e. a Medical Fitness Certificate.

Ships engaged on international voyages must be fitted with an ECDIS as follows: 

When a major non-conformity is raised corrective action must be implemented before a new certificate can be issued or an existing certificate endorsed at annual (DOC) or intermediate (SMC) verification. A major non-conformity may be downgraded to a non-conformity as soon as appropriate initial corrective action has been taken. Corrective action against this non-conformity may then be agreed and a corrective action timescale agreed.

All activities of young persons engaged as workers on UK ships, wherever they are.