Gary Daniel Forbes
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Recommendations
Recommendations (the sheriff's words)(i) That the Maritime and Coastguard Agency give consideration to amending The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) Regulations 1997 so that they apply to share fishermen, thereby requiring all persons on board fishing vessels to wear personal flotation devices or lifejackets when working on deck.
(ii) That the Maritime and Coastguard Agency give consideration to amending The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) Regulations 1997 so that the present mandatory risk assessment required for vessels of the class of Barnacle 111 is recorded in writing and stored appropriately.
Under section 28 of the 2016 Act, each recipient of a recommendation must respond within 8 weeks. The 8-week window is counted from the publication date. See how we track responses.
Section 28 responses
Overall status, as assessed by this site: Response pending
No response has been identified on the case landing page yet. The 8-week window has closed without a published response or non-response notice.
About Fatal Accident Inquiries
Fatal Accident Inquiries are held under the 2016 Act before a sheriff. They are mandatory for deaths in custody and at work. The sheriff may make recommendations under s.26(1)(b); recipients must respond within 8 weeks under s.28. See the methodology page for detail.
Data: scotcourts.gov.uk.