Regulation 57 Hours of UK work where seafarer is available at or near place of workI1
United Kingdom
Hours of UK work includes hours when a seafarer is available, and required to be available, at or near a place of work for the purposes of doing UK workf1 unless the seafarer is at home.
In paragraph (1), hours when a seafarer is “available” only includes hours when the seafarer is awake for the purposes of working, even if a seafarer by arrangement sleeps at or near a place of work and the employer or operator provides suitable facilities for sleeping.
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Footnotes
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“UK work” is defined in section 4(10) of the Act as work which is carried out in the United Kingdom or its territorial waters. “Territorial waters” are to be construed in accordance with the definition of “territorial sea” in section 1 of the Territorial Sea Act 1987 (c. 49).