# The Statutory Maternity Pay (Persons Abroad and Mariners) Regulations 1987, Regulation 7: Mariners


(1) In this regulation, “foreign-going ship”, “home-trade ship” and “mariner” have the same meanings as in Case C of Part VIII of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979 and the expressions “ship” and “ship or vessel”, except in paragraph (3), include hovercraft.
(2) Subject to regulation 3, a mariner engaged in employment on board a home-trade ship with an employer who has a place of business within the United Kingdom shall be treated as an employee for the purposes of Part V of the 1986 Act, notwithstanding that she may not be employed in Great Britain.
(3) A mariner who is engaged in employment—
(a) on a foreign-going ship, or
(b) on a home-trade ship with an employer who does not have a place of business within the United Kingdom,
shall not be treated as an employee for the purposes of Part V of the 1986 Act, notwithstanding that she may have been employed in Great Britain.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/418/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-persons-abroad-and-mariners-regulations-1987/regulation-7
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