# The Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003, Regulation 10B: Working days and rest days


(1) This regulation is subject to regulation 15A.
(2) An employer shall not require a worker to work more than 31 days consecutively.
(3) After a worker has worked a number of consecutive working days, the employer shall immediately allow the worker to take a minimum number of consecutive rest days calculated in accordance with paragraph (4).
(4) The minimum number of consecutive rest days which must immediately follow the consecutive working days shall be calculated as follows—
(a) for the 1st to the 10th consecutive working day: 0.2 rest days per consecutive working day;
(b) for the 11th to the 20th consecutive working day: 0.3 rest days per consecutive working day; and
(c) for the 21st to the 31st consecutive working day: 0.4 days per consecutive working day.
(5) Partial days resulting from the calculation under paragraph (4) shall be added to the minimum number of consecutive rest days and granted only as full days.
(6) Paragraphs (7) and (8) apply where, according to the work schedule, the number of working days is no more than the number of rest days.
(7) In addition to the minimum number of immediate consecutive rest days calculated in accordance with paragraph (4), the employer shall allow the worker to take a number of rest days equal to the number of working days worked less the rest days the worker became immediately entitled to under paragraph (4).
(8) The worker shall be entitled to take the rest days referred to in paragraph (7) during the reference period.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3049/regulation/10B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-working-time-inland-waterways-regulations-2003/regulation-10B
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