Legal status of crew members on pleasure craft and vessels used in nautical tourism

Abstract

The paper aims at examining the issues related to the legal status of crew members of pleasure craft and vessels used in nautical tourism from an Italian perspective. Firstly, the definition of crew and its composition on pleasure craft and vessels is examined. Additionally, the legal regime of crew members together with the crew on-board documentation, is discussed. Furthermore, the main similarities and dissimilarities of the crew regime according to the type of pleasure craft and vessel and their use, as well as, the on-board services, is dealt with. Finally, the issue related to the legal classification of ‘’guests’’, undertaking complementary on-board services of pleasure craft and vessels is considered.

Keywords

• Italian Yachting Code
• pleasure craft
• pleasure vessel
• crew member
• leagl status
• legal classification
• plovilo za razonodu
• član posade
• nautički turizam
• pravna klasifikacija
• putnik
• gost