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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-hours-of-work-regulations-2018/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-hours-of-work-regulations-2018/schedule-1/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/58",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Hours of Work) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-hours-of-work-regulations-2018",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The requirements concerning elections referred to in the definition of “representatives of the workforce” are that—\n(a) the number of representatives to be elected is determined by the employer;\n(b) the candidates for election as representatives of the workforce are relevant members of the workforce, and the candidates for election as representatives of a group are members of the group;\n(c) no employee who is eligible to be a candidate is unreasonably excluded from standing in the election;\n(d) all the relevant members of the workforce are entitled to vote for representatives of the workforce, and all the members of a particular group are entitled to vote for representatives of the group;\n(e) the employees entitled to vote may vote for as many candidates as there are representatives to be elected; and\n(f) the election is conducted so as to ensure that—\n(i) so far as practicable, those voting do so in secret; and\n(ii) the votes given at the election are fairly and accurately counted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/58/schedule/1/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:35:51.200859+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."
}