# The Seafarers’ Wages Regulations 2024, Regulation 49: Hours not treated as time work

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

(1) The hours a seafarer is absent from work are not treated as hours of time work, except as specified in regulations 46 to 48.
(2) The hours a seafarer spends taking part in industrial action are not hours of time work.
(3) The hours a seafarer spends taking a rest break are not hours of time work.
(4) A seafarer is not to be treated as taking a rest break during hours which, in accordance with regulation 48 (travelling treated as hours of time work), are treated as hours of time work.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1015/regulation/49 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/seafarers-wages-regulations-2024/regulation-49
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