European Union
Decisions
Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/993 of 20 June 2016 amending Decision (CFSP) 2015/778 on a European Union military operation in the Southern Central Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED operation SOPHIA) [2016] OJ L162/18
Directives
Council Directive 2002/90/EC of 28 November 2002 defining the facilitation of unauthorised entry, transit and residence [2002] OJ L287/17
Regulations
Regulation (EU) No 656/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 establishing rules for the surveillance of the external sea borders in the context of operational cooperation coordinated by the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union [2014] OJ L189/93
Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2019 on the European Border and Coast Guard and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1052/2013 and (EU) 2016/1624 [2019] OJ L 295/1
Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person (recast) [2013] OJ L180/31
National
Australia
Migration Act 1958 (No 62, 1958)
Bahamas
Merchant Shipping Act, 1976, Chapter 268
Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention Regulations), 2012
Merchant Shipping, Ship and Port Facility (Security) Regulations, 2016
Canada
Canada Shipping Act, Statutes of Canada 2001, c 26
China
Maritime Code of the People’s Republic of China (Adopted at the 28th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Seventh National People’s Congress on November 7, 1992 and promulgated by Order No 64 of the President of the People’s Republic of China on November 7, 1992)
Maritime Traffic Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China (Adopted at the Second Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National People’s Congress, and effective as of January 1, 1984)
Port Facility Security Rules of the People’s Republic of China (issued by the Ministry of Transport on December 17, 2007 and amended via the Decision of the Ministry of Transport on Amending the Port Facility Security Rules of the People’s Republic of China (No 68 [2016], MOT) on September 2, 2016)
Regulations on Watchkeeping for Seafarers on Seagoing Ships of the People’s Republic of China (Enacted by order of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications No (73) Jiao-Hang-Zi-02484 dated January 31, 1984)
Cyprus
Constitution of Cyprus of 4 October 1958
France
Criminal Code (Ordinance No. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September into force 1 January 2002)
Gibraltar
Merchant Shipping (Safety etc) Act (Act No 1995-13)
Greece
Code of Public Maritime Law (Legislative Decree 187/1973, ‘K.Δ.Ν.Δ’)
Hong Kong
Criminal Procedure Ordinance (Cap 221, T-2)
Merchant Shipping (Collision Damage Liability and Salvage) Ordinance (Cap 508, LN 322 of 1997)
Merchant Shipping (Safety) Ordinance (Cap 369, LN 366 of 1981)
Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Safety Management) Regulation (sub.leg.AX, Cap 369)
Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Ship’s Manning Regulation) (LN, 123 of 2016, Cap 369)
Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Navigational Equipment and Safety of Navigation) Regulation (sub leg BA, Cap 369)
Merchant Shipping Safety (Radiocommunications) Regulation (LN 86 of 2017, Cap 369)
Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) (Certification and Watch-keeping Regulation), Chapter 478, Subsidiary Legislation T-2
Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) (Safety Officials and Reporting of Accidents, Dangerous Occurrences and Occupational Diseases) Regulation, Chapter 478, Sub leg R
Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) (Safety, Security and Designated Duties Training) Regulation (Sub leg AJ Cap 478)
Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) (Working and Living Conditions) Regulation, Chapter 478 Sub leg AF
Merchant Shipping (Security of Ships and Port Facilities) Ordinance, Chapter 582
Merchant Shipping (Security of Ships and Port Facilities) Rules, Chapter 582, section 6
Italy
Code of Navigation, Legislative Decree 16 October 2017, No 148
Criminal Code, Royal Decree 19 October 1930, n 1398, revised by Law 28 July 2016, No 153
Migration Law of 1998, Legislative Decree of 18 July 1998, No 286
Japan
Mariners Law, Law No 100 of 1 Sep 1947, last amended by Act No 45 of 2 June 2017
Liberia
Maritime Law, Title 21 of the Liberian Code of Law of 1956 (RLM-107 Series 2018)
Penal Code, Title 26, Chapter 14
Criminal Code, Chapter 9 of the Laws of Malta
European Convention Act (1987), Chapter 319 of the Laws of Malta
Immigration Act, Chapter 217 of the Laws of Malta
Merchant Shipping Act, Chapter 234 of the Laws of Malta
Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) Rules, Subsidiary Legislation 234.51
Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Rules, Subsidiary Legislation 234.30
Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification) Regulations, Subsidiary Legislation 234.17
Port Security Regulations, Subsidiary Legislation 499.35
Panama
Commercial Code (Law No 2 of August 1916), Maritime Commerce (Law No 55 of 2008)
Russia
Federal Act on the internal maritime waters, territorial sea and contiguous zone of the Russian Federation (adopted by the State Duma on 16 July 1998)
Singapore
Maritime Conventions Act (Cap IA3, Rev Ed 2004)
Maritime Offences Act (Chapter 170B, 2003)
Merchant Shipping Act (Cap 179, Rev Ed 1995)
Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) Act 2014 (No.6 of 2014)
Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Regulations (Cap 179, Rev Ed 1999) s.100
Merchant Shipping (Training, Certification and Manning Regulations) (Chapter 179, Section 74, 100 and 216) (31st January 2001)
The Marshall Islands
Maritime Act, Title 47 of the Marshall Islands Revised Code of Laws of 1990 (MI-07 October 2016)
Maritime Regulations (MI-108, August 2018)
United Kingdom
Public Order Act 1986, Chapter 64 (POA, 1986)
Merchant Shipping Act 1995, Chapter 21 (MSA, 1995)
Merchant Shipping (International Safety Management (ISM) Code) Regulations 2014 (2014, No 1512)
Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Hours of Work) Regulations 2018 (2018, No 58)
Merchant Shipping (Safety of Navigation) Regulations 2002 (2002, No 1473)
Merchant Shipping (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping) Regulations 2015 (2015, No 782)
Merchant Shipping, The Ship and Port Facility (Security) Regulations 2004 (2004, No 1495)
United States of America
46 USC § 4.03 (2006)
46 USC § 2304 (2006)
46 USC § 2303 (2006)
46 USC § 80107 (2006)
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (Pub L 82–414, 66 Stat. 163, enacted June 27, 1952)
Vietnam
The Law of the Sea of Vietnam (adopted on 21 June 2012, by the XIIIth National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at its 3rd session)