{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-work-on-ships-and-hovercraft-regulations-2011/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-work-on-ships-and-hovercraft-regulations-2011/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/1771",
  "legislation_title": "The Equality Act 2010 (Work on Ships and Hovercraft) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equality-act-2010-work-on-ships-and-hovercraft-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Differentiation in relation to pay",
  "text": "It is not a contravention of section 39(1)(b) or (2)(a) or 41(1)(a) of the Act, as applied by regulations 3 and 4, for an employer or principal to offer to pay or to pay a person (A) at a lower rate than that at which the employer or principal offers to pay or pays another person (B) because A is of a different nationality from B, if—\n(a) A—\n(i) applied for work as a seafarer, or\n(ii) was recruited as a seafarer,\noutside Great Britain, and\n(b) A is not—\n(i) a British Citizen,\n(ii) a national of an EEA State, or\n(iii) a national of a designated state.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 5(b)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1221), reg. 2(b), Sch. para. 22(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1771/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:01:12.540971+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."
}