Seafarers Wages Act 2023

Legislation

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Seafarers Wages Act 2023

  1. Introductory Text

  2. Introductory

    1. 1. Services to which this Act applies

    2. 2. Non-qualifying seafarers

  3. National minimum wage equivalence declarations

    1. 3. Request for declaration

    2. 4. Nature of declaration

    3. 5. Offence of operating service inconsistently with declaration

  4. Surcharges

    1. 6. Imposition of surcharges: failure to provide declaration in time

    2. 7. Imposition of surcharges: in-year declaration that is prospective only

    3. 8. Imposition of surcharges: operating inconsistently with declaration

    4. 9. Surcharges: general

    5. 10. Objections to surcharges

    6. 11. Refusal of harbour access for failure to pay surcharge

  5. Enforcement powers

    1. 12. Provision of information by operators

    2. 13. Provision of information by harbour authorities

    3. 14. Inspections

    4. 15. Prosecution of offences

  6. Supplementary

    1. 16. Directions

    2. 17. Regulations

  7. General

    1. 18. “Harbour” and “harbour authority”

    2. 19. General interpretation

    3. 20. Extent, commencement and short title