Regulation 14 The national minimum wage equivalentI1

United Kingdom

(1)

The hourly rate for the purposes of the national minimum wage equivalent is—

(a)

F1£12.71 for a seafarer who is aged 21 years or over;

(b)

F2£10.85 for a seafarer who is aged 18 years or over (but is not yet aged 21 years);

(c)

F3£8.00 for a seafarer who is aged under 18 years;

(d)

F4£8.00 for a seafarer to whom the apprenticeship rate applies, as determined in accordance with regulation 16 (determining whether the apprenticeship rate applies).

(2)

If the rate in paragraph (1)(d) applies to a seafarer, the rates in paragraph (1)(a) to (c) of this regulation do not apply to that seafarer.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sum in reg. 14(1)(a) substituted (1.4.2026) by The Seafarers’ Wages (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/244), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(a)
F2: Sum in reg. 14(1)(b) substituted (1.4.2026) by The Seafarers’ Wages (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/244), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(b)
F3: Sum in reg. 14(1)(c) substituted (1.4.2026) by The Seafarers’ Wages (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/244), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(c)
F4: Sum in reg. 14(1)(d) substituted (1.4.2026) by The Seafarers’ Wages (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/244), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(d)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 14 in force at 1.12.2024, see reg. 1(1)