NIGERIAN MARITIME LABOUR ACT

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LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA

NIGERIAN MARITIME LABOUR ACT

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

An Act to repeal the Nigerian Dock Labour Act No. 37 of 1999 and enact the Nigerian Labour Act, 2003.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I: Establishment of Joint Maritime Labour Industrial Council and its Functions

1. Establishment of Joint Maritime Labour Industrial Council, etc.
2. Functions of the Council.
3. Establishment and membership of the Governing Board.
4. Tenure of office.
5. Cessation of membership.
6. Termination of membership.
7. Frequency of Board meetings.

PART II: Staff of the Council

8. Executive Chairman.
9. Service in the Council to be pensionable.

PART III: Financial Provisions

10. Funds of the Council.
11. Expenditure of the Council.
12. Power to accept gifts.
13. Annual estimates, account and audit.
14. Annual report.
15. Exemption from tax.

PART IV: Registration of Dock Workers, Stevedoring Companies Terminal and Jetty Operators

16. Registration of dock workers.
17. Registration of dock labour employers, stevedoring company, jetty or terminal operator.
18. Offence by a corporate body.

PART V: Registration of Seafarers and Seafarer Employers

19. Registration of seafarers.
20. Form of application for seafarers.
21. Registration of seafarer employers.
22. Offences by individual or corporate bodies.

PART VI: Obligations of Registered Dock Workers, Seafarers, Stevedoring Companies, Jetty  and Terminal Operators

23. Obligations of dock workers and seafarers.
24. Obligations of the employer.

PART VII: Conditions of Service of Dock Workers and Seafarers

25. Training, medical services, welfare and pensions.
26. Wages and remuneration.
27. Penalty.

PART VIII: Establishment of Maritime Labour Monitoring Committee, etc.

28. Establishment of Maritime Labour Monitoring Committee.
29. Composition of the Committee.
30. Tenure of office.
31. Functions of the Committee.

PART IX: Establishment of a Pool of Dock Workers and Seafarers

32. Establishment of a pool of dock workers and seafarers.
33. Choice of dock workers and seafarers.

PART X: Establishment of a Maritime Labour Welfare Disengagement Fund

34. Establishment and management of the Fund.
35. Membership and composition of the Committee.
36. Account of the Fund.

PART XI: Legal Proceedings

37. Proceedings against the Council.

PART XII: Miscellaneous

38. Cancellation of registration.
39. Jurisdiction.
40. Power to make regulations.
41. Repeal of Act No. 37 of 1999.
42. Savings and transfer of liabilities, staff, etc
43. Interpretation.
44. Citation.

SCHEDULES

First Schedule – Supplementary Provisions relating to the Board, etc.

Second Schedule – Ports to which this Act applies

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NIGERIAN MARITIME LABOUR ACT

An Act to repeal the Nigerian Dock Labour Act No. 37 of 1999 and enact the Nigerian Labour Act, 2003.

[2003 No. 10.]

[25th June, 2003]                [Commencement.]

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