Guidance and regulation

What kinds of vessels get expanded inspections by the MCA, what happens during the inspections, notice, and where you can find more advice.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 13 September 2023

MOU between the HSE, the MCA and the MAIB for health and safety enforcement activities and accident investigation at the water margin and offshore.

• From: Health and Safety Executive and 2 others
• Updated: 22 September 2021

• Memorandum of understanding between HSE, MCA and MAIB

  Memorandum of understanding between the Health and Safety Executive, the…

• Operational working agreement between HSE, MCA and MAIB

  Operational working agreement between the Health and Safety Executive, the…

Information about the MCA Regulatory Compliance Investigations Team, its operational procedures and action it can take for maritime legislation offences.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 16 November 2021

• MCA Enforcement Policy Statement

  1. Background The MCA is an Executive Agency of the Department of…

Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation: court hearings from January 2023.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 21 December 2023

Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation including court hearings from January 2024.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 8 May 2024

Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation: court hearings from January 2019.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 8 July 2020

Draft regulations to amend merchant shipping regulations to align the safety standards of older UK domestic passenger vessels with modern passenger ships.

• From: Department for Transport and 1 others
• Updated: 21 March 2022

Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation: court hearings from January 2022.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 14 June 2022

Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation: court hearings from January 2020.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 4 December 2020

Data for Maritime and Coastguard Agency detentions of fishing vessels in UK and foreign ports as a result of UK flag state inspections.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 10 November 2015

Data for Maritime and Coastguard Agency detentions of merchant ships in UK ports as a result of UK flag state inspections.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 6 August 2015

Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation: court hearings from January to December 2010.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 1 May 2014

Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation: court hearings from January to December 2011.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 1 May 2014

Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation: court hearings from January to December 2012.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 1 May 2014

Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation: court hearings from January to December 2013.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 1 May 2014

Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation: court hearings from January 2014.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 17 February 2016

This treaty was presented to Parliament in August 2014.

• From: Closed organisation: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• Updated: 26 August 2014

Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation: court hearings from January 2015.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 17 February 2016

Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation: court hearings from January 2016.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 9 November 2018

Record of prosecutions resulting from breaches of maritime legislation: court hearings from January 2021.

• From: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
• Updated: 10 December 2021