# The Equality Act 2010 (Work on Ships and Hovercraft) Regulations 2011, Regulation 4: Application of Part 5 of the Act to seafarers working wholly outside Great Britain and adjacent waters


(1) Part 5 of the Act applies to a seafarer who works wholly outside Great Britain and United Kingdom waters adjacent to Great Britain if the seafarer is on—
(a) a United Kingdom ship and the ship’s entry in the register maintained under section 8 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 specifies a port in Great Britain as the ship’s port of choice, or
(b) a hovercraft registered in the United Kingdom and operated by a person whose principal place of business, or ordinary residence, is in Great Britain,
and paragraph (2) applies.
(2) This paragraph applies if—
(a) the seafarer is a British citizen, or a national of an EEA State other than the United Kingdom or of a designated state, and
(b) the legal relationship of the seafarer’s employment is located within Great Britain or retains a sufficiently close link with Great Britain.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2011/9780111511411/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-equality-act-2010-work-on-ships-and-hovercraft-regulations-2011/regulation-4
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