Maritime Labour Convention 2006 as amended (MLC) – Liability for Uninsured MLC Liabilities 13 February 2018 No.17-015 Download PDF (212KB) As Members will be aware from the Club’s circulars No.16-009 dated 24 June 2016 and No.16-013 dated 12 October 2016 concerning the implementation of financial requirements in accordance with the amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (“MLC”), the Boards of all International Group Clubs agreed that Clubs would provide the necessary certification.   The circulars also made clear, however, that whilst some of the liabilities arising under the certificates – i.e. compensation for death or long-term disability in accordance with Regulation 4.2, Standard A4.2 and Guideline B4.2 - would be covered by standard P&I cover, the liabilities for outstanding wages and repatriation of seafarers together with incidental costs and expenses in accordance with MLC Regulation 2.5, Standard A2.5.2 and Guideline B2.5 would fall outside of cover. Should the Club be required to meet those liabilities in the first instance under its certificate, Members will be obliged to reimburse the Club.   This position is reflected in the terms of the MLC Extension Clause 2016 against which the Club issues MLC Certificates. The MLC Application Form that Members are required to sign to obtain their Certificates explicitly binds Members to the terms of the MLC Extension Clause, and the party signing the Application Form is deemed to have the authority of all Co-Assureds and Joint Members/Joint Entrants to so bind them.   This circular is therefore intended to remind Members of the need to obtain the authority of all joint assureds on the policy to sign the Application Form on their behalf and to bind them to their obligations under the MLC Extension Clause, and to remind all Members and Joint Member/Joint Entrants that they are jointly and severally liable to reimburse the Club for any MLC liabilities falling outside standard P&I cove