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The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

Article 12 of the Convention. Immediate discharge. In comments it had been making for many years, the Committee had noted that no provision in the relevant maritime legislation allowed for circumstances in which a seafarer may demand his/her immediate discharge. It recalls that the Government had declared its intent to make the necessary addition to the maritime legislation in this respect when the Merchant Shipping Act is next reviewed. The Committee notes from the Government’s report that, in light of the labour law review being pursued by the Ministry of Labour and Industrial Relations, it is possible that the relevant maritime legislation will also be looked at, a matter which will have to be discussed with the Ministry of Transport. The Committee once again requests the Government to take the necessary steps to bring the legislation in line with the Convention and to report in detail on any progress made in this regard.