{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-information-and-consultation-of-employees-regulations-2004/regulation-43",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-information-and-consultation-of-employees-regulations-2004/regulation-43.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2004/0110505107",
  "legislation_title": "The Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-information-and-consultation-of-employees-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/43",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "43",
  "heading": "Exception for merchant navy",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (3), no long haul crew member shall be—\n(a) a negotiating representative; or\n(b) an information and consultation representative.\n(2) In paragraph (1), a “long haul crew member” means a person who is a member of a merchant navy crew other than—\n(a) a ferry worker; or\n(b) a person who normally works on voyages the duration of which is less than 48 hours.\n(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply where the employer decides that the long haul crew member in question shall be permitted to be, as the case may be, a negotiating representative or an information and consultation representative.\n(4) Where paragraph (1) applies, no long haul crew member shall—\n(a) stand as a candidate for election as a negotiating representative or an information and consultation representative; or\n(b) be appointed or elected to be a negotiating representative or an information and consultation representative.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2004/0110505107/regulation/43",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:23:28.038777+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}