UK Act of Parliament 2023 c. 8 United Kingdom

Seafarers Wages Act 2023

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Enforced by
MCA
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Prosecution 1 of 1 obligation carry an unlimited fine.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person1

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Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts

What it requires

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.012 Provision of information by operators (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Fail to provide required information or provide false informationAny Person

Unlimited fine

19 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Services to which this Act applies (opens in a new tab)
s.002 Non-qualifying seafarers (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Request for declaration (opens in a new tab)
s.004 Nature of declaration (opens in a new tab)
s.005 Offence of operating service inconsistently with declaration (opens in a new tab)
s.006 Imposition of surcharges: failure to provide declaration in time (opens in a new tab)
s.007 Imposition of surcharges: in-year declaration that is prospective only (opens in a new tab)
s.008 Imposition of surcharges: operating inconsistently with declaration (opens in a new tab)
s.009 Surcharges: general (opens in a new tab)
s.010 Objections to surcharges (opens in a new tab)
s.011 Refusal of harbour access for failure to pay surcharge (opens in a new tab)
s.013 Provision of information by harbour authorities (opens in a new tab)
s.014 Inspections (opens in a new tab)
s.015 Prosecution of offences (opens in a new tab)
s.016 Directions (opens in a new tab)
s.017 Regulations (opens in a new tab)
s.018 “Harbour” and “harbour authority” (opens in a new tab)
s.019 General interpretation (opens in a new tab)
s.020 Extent, commencement and short title (opens in a new tab)

Connected legislation

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