# The Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003, Regulation 6B: Maximum annual working time


(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an employer shall ensure that a worker’s working time shall not exceed 2,304 hours within 12 months.
(2) Where the duration of a worker’s employment relationship is less than 12 months, paragraph (1) shall not apply and a worker’s maximum working time shall be that proportion of 2,304 hours that the employment relationship bears to 12 months.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3049/regulation/6B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-working-time-inland-waterways-regulations-2003/regulation-6B
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