# The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Hours of Work) Regulations 2018, Paragraph 2


“A particular group” is a group of the relevant members of a workforce who undertake a particular function, work at a particular workplace or belong to a particular department or unit within their employer's business;
“employee” means an individual who has entered into or works under a contract of employment;
“relevant members of the workforce” are all of the employees employed by a particular employer, excluding any employee whose terms and conditions of employment are provided for, wholly or in part, in a collective agreement;
“representatives of the workforce” are employees duly elected to represent the relevant members of the workforce, “representatives of the group” are employees duly elected to represent the members of a particular group, and representatives are “duly elected” if the election at which they were elected satisfies the requirements of paragraph 3 of this Schedule.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/58/schedule/1/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-hours-of-work-regulations-2018/schedule-1/paragraph-2
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