C3.1.d. Must seafarers always be given individual sleeping rooms?

Under Standard A3.1, paragraph 9(a) of the MLC, 2006 in ships other than passenger ships, an individual sleeping room must be provided for each seafarer; but, in the case of ships of less than 3,000 GT or special purpose ships [see C3.1.c.], exemptions from this requirement may be granted by the competent authority [see A25.] after consultation with the shipowners’ and seafarers’ organizations concerned.

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