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Section 193A Application of section 193 in certain cases involving redundancies of ships’ crewF1F11

(1)

Section 193 F2applies with the modifications set out in subsections (2) and (3) if—

(a)

the duty under section F3193(1) or 193(2) applies to a proposal to dismiss employees as redundant, and

(b)

F4some or all of the employees concerned are members of the crew of a seagoing F5ship which is registered at a port outside Great Britain.

(2)

The employer shall give the notification required by F6section 193(1) or (2) section 193(2) F7, so far as relating to the members of crew of a ship within subsection (1)(b), to the competent authority of the state where the F8ship is registered (F9as well as to the Secretary of State).

F10(3)

Where this subsection applies, section 193 is to be read as if references in subsections (4) and (6) to a notice were to the notice that is required to be given to the Secretary of State.

(4)

In this section “ship” includes—

(a)

any kind of vessel used in navigation, and

(b)

hovercraft.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 193A inserted (6.2.2018) by The Seafarers (Transnational Information and Consultation, Collective Redundancies and Insolvency Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/26), regs. 1(1), 3(2) (with reg. 3(4))

F2

Words in s. 193A(1) substituted (18.2.2026) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), ss. 31(3)(a), 159(3); S.I. 2026/3, reg. 3(5)

F3

Words in s. 193A(1)(a) omitted (6.1.2026 for specified purposes) by virtue of Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), ss. 29(4)(a), 159(3); S.I. 2026/3, reg. 2(14)(b)

F4

Words in s. 193A(1)(b) inserted (18.2.2026) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), ss. 31(3)(b)(i), 159(3); S.I. 2026/3, reg. 3(5)

F5

Word in s. 193A(1)(b) substituted (18.2.2026) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), ss. 31(3)(b)(ii), 159(3); S.I. 2026/3, reg. 3(5)

F6

Words in s. 193A(2) substituted (6.1.2026 for specified purposes) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), ss. 29(4)(b), 159(3); S.I. 2026/3, reg. 2(14)(b)

F7

Words in s. 193A(2) inserted (18.2.2026) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), ss. 31(4)(a), 159(3); S.I. 2026/3, reg. 3(5)

F8

Word in s. 193A(2) substituted (18.2.2026) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), ss. 31(4)(b), 159(3); S.I. 2026/3, reg. 3(5)

F9

Words in s. 193A(2) substituted (18.2.2026) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), ss. 31(4)(c), 159(3); S.I. 2026/3, reg. 3(5)

F10

S. 193A(3)(4) inserted (18.2.2026) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), ss. 31(5), 159(3); S.I. 2026/3, reg. 3(5)

F11

S. 193A heading substituted (18.2.2026) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), ss. 31(2), 159(3); S.I. 2026/3, reg. 3(5)

Notes on Chapter II

Modifications

C1

Pt. IV Ch. II (ss. 188-198) modified (3.4.1995) by 1994 c. 19, s. 44(1)(b) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 para. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1995/852, art. 7, Sch. 26