# The Seafarers’ Wages Regulations 2024, Introduction: Introductory text

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

MERCHANT SHIPPING
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
HARBOURS, DOCKS, PIERS AND FERRIES
Made
7th October 2024 Laid before Parliament
10th October 2024 Coming into force
1st December 2024 The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3(2), (5) and (6)(a), 4(6) to (8)(a), 9(1), (4) and (5), 10(4), 11(7), 17(2) and 18(3) of the Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023 (“the Act”).
In accordance with section 4(9) of the Act, the Secretary of State in making these Regulations has sought to secure that a non-qualifying seafarer is for the purposes of section 4 remunerated at a rate equal to the national minimum wage equivalent only if their remuneration is in all the circumstances broadly equivalent to the remuneration they would receive if they qualified for the national minimum wage.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1015/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/seafarers-wages-regulations-2024/introduction/enacted
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