Regulation 42 Interpretation of Part 4

In this Part—

• “hovercraft” has the meaning given in section 4(1) of the Hovercraft Act 1968 M1;

• “rest period” means any time when a master is not on duty;

• “working day”, in relation to a master, means either—

  1. (a)

     where a period of duty is not followed by a rest period of at least 8 hours, the aggregate of—

     1. (i)

        that and each successive period of duty, and

     2. (ii)

        any intervals between those periods of duty,

     until there is a rest period of at least 8 hours; or

  2. (b)

     a period of duty which is followed by a rest period of at least 8 hours.

In this Part, a master is on duty where the master —