# The Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003, Regulation 10: Rest periods

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) ... A worker is entitled to adequate rest.
(2) For the purpose of this regulation, “adequate rest” means that a worker has regular rest periods, the duration of which are expressed in units of time and which are sufficiently long and continuous to ensure that, as a result of fatigue or other irregular working patterns, he does not cause injury to himself, to fellow workers or to others and that he does not damage his health, either in the short term or in the longer term.
(3) The rest periods referred to in paragraph (2) shall not be less than—
(a) 10 hours in each 24 hour period, of which at least six hours are uninterrupted; and
(b) 84 hours in any seven day period.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3049/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-working-time-inland-waterways-regulations-2003/regulation-10
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