# The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Hours of Work) Regulations 2018, Paragraph 3


The requirements concerning elections referred to in the definition of “representatives of the workforce” are that—
(a) the number of representatives to be elected is determined by the employer;
(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;
(c) no employee who is eligible to be a candidate is unreasonably excluded from standing in the election;
(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;
(e) the employees entitled to vote may vote for as many candidates as there are representatives to be elected; and
(f) the election is conducted so as to ensure that—
(i) so far as practicable, those voting do so in secret; and
(ii) the votes given at the election are fairly and accurately counted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/58/schedule/1/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maritime-labour-convention-hours-of-work-regulations-2018/schedule-1/paragraph-3
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