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What it requires
Regulations 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.006
Maximum daily working time
Regulated
- Ensure workers do not work more than 14 hours in any 24-hour periodEmployer
s.006
Maximum weekly working time
Regulated
- Ensure workers do not exceed 84 hours in any 7-day periodEmployer
s.006
Maximum annual working time
Regulated
- Ensure workers' annual working time does not exceed 2,304 hoursEmployer
s.006
Maximum average weekly working time where there are more working days than rest days
Regulated
- Limit average weekly hours to 72 when work days exceed rest daysEmployer
s.007
Health assessments for night workers
Regulated
- Provide free health assessments before night work and at regular intervalsEmployer
s.007
Transfer of night workers to day work
Regulated
- Transfer night worker with health problems to day work if possibleEmployer
s.007
Length of night work
Regulated
- Do not require workers to exceed 42 hours of night work in 7 daysEmployer
s.008
Pattern of work
Regulated
- Give adequate rest breaks when work patterns risk health and safetyEmployer
s.009
Records
Regulated
- Keep and maintain working time records for each crew memberEmployer
s.010
Working days and rest days
Regulated
- Restrict consecutive working days to 31 and grant rest daysEmployer
s.011
Entitlement to annual leave and payment for leave
Regulated
- Provide paid annual leave of 4 weeks per year to workersEmployer
s.016
Power to require information
Regulated
- Provide information about night workers to the MCA when requestedEmployer
s.018
Remedies
Regulated
- Pay workers correctly for rest breaks and annual leaveEmployer
22 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001
Citation and Commencement
s.002
Interpretation
s.003
Application
s.004
Northern Ireland
s.005
General
s.006
Maximum average weekly working time
s.007
Health assessments
s.007
Safety and health protection for night and shift workers
s.010
Rest periods
s.010
Rest breaks
s.011
Entitlement to additional annual leave
s.012
Entitlements under other provisions
s.013
Unmeasured working time
s.014
Other special cases
s.014
Emergency situations
s.015
Collective and workforce agreements
s.015
Seasonal work on passenger ships
s.017
Offences
s.018
Extension of time limit to facilitate conciliation before institution of proceedings
s.019
Restriction on contracting out
s.019
Review
s.020
Amendments to legislation
Schedules
Schedules
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s.sch001
The following are the conditions that must be satisfied for...
Regulated
- Ensure workforce agreements meet legal conditionsEmployer
s.sch001
The requirements concerning elections referred to in paragraph 2 are...
Regulated
- Run fair secret ballots when electing worker representativesEmployer
10 other schedules
s.sch001
For the purposes of this Schedule— “a particular group” is...
s.sch002
In regulation 11 of the Merchant Shipping (Local Passenger Vessels)...
s.sch002
(1) The Employment Tribunals Act 1996 is amended as follows....
s.sch002
(1) The Employment Rights Act 1996 is amended as follows....
s.sch002
(1) The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 is amended...
s.sch002
In Article 20(1) of the Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order...
s.sch002
In regulation 18(1) of the Working Time Regulations 1998 (excluded...
s.sch002
In regulation 18(1) of the Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland)...
s.sch002
In regulation 3(3) of the Merchant Shipping (Medical Examination) Regulations...
s.sch002
In regulation 3(2) of the Merchant Shipping (Hours of Work)...
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