# The Seafarers’ Wages Regulations 2024, Regulation 2: Interpretation

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

In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023;
“basic hours” has the meaning given in regulation 35(8);
“basic payments” has the meaning given in regulation 20;
“basic rate” means the hourly rate determined in accordance with regulation 18;
“basic reductions” has the meaning given in regulation 20;
“basic remuneration” has the meaning given in regulation 18;
“calculation year” has the meaning given in regulation 36;
“employer”, in relation to a seafarer, means the person by whom the seafarer is (or, where the employment has ceased, was) employed;
“employment”, in relation to a seafarer, means employment under the seafarer’s contract and “employed” is to be construed accordingly;
“excess hours” has the meaning given in regulation 40(3);
“hours” includes a fraction of an hour;
“hours of UK work” has the meaning given in regulation 19;
“national minimum wage equivalent” means the applicable hourly rate specified in regulation 14;
“pay reference period” has the meaning given in regulation 13;
“performance bonus” has the meaning given in regulation 35(9);
“refusal of access notification” means a communication from a harbour authority to an operator containing the information required by regulation 12(6);
“relevant service” means a service to which the Act applies;
“salaried hours work” has the meaning given in regulation 35;
“salary premium” has the meaning given in regulation 35(10);
“seafarer” means a non-qualifying seafarer within the meaning of the Act;
“surcharge notification” means a communication from a harbour authority to an operator containing the information required by regulation 6(5);
“time work” has the meaning given in regulation 44;
“total hours of work” has the meaning given in regulation 18;
“total reductions” has the meaning given in regulation 26(1);
“UK additional payments” has the meaning given in regulation 21;
“UK additional rate” means any hourly rate which is specific to a seafarer’s hours of UK work determined in accordance with regulation 19;
“UK additional reductions” has the meaning given in regulation 21;
“UK additional remuneration” has the meaning given in regulation 19;
“unmeasured work” has the meaning given in regulation 50.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1015/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/seafarers-wages-regulations-2024/regulation-2
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