The Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003

Regulation 20

SCHEDULE 2AMENDMENTS TO LEGISLATION

1.  In regulation 11 of the Merchant Shipping (Local Passenger Vessels) (Masters' Licences and Hours, Manning and Training) Regulations 1993(1) (application of provisions about masters' hours of work), paragraph (a) is revoked.

2.—(1) The Employment Tribunals Act 1996(2) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 18(1) (cases where conciliation provisions apply), the word “or” preceding paragraph (1) is omitted and after that paragraph there is inserted—

“(m)under regulation 18 of the Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003.”.

(3) In section 21(1) (jurisdiction of the Employment Appeal Tribunal), the word “or” preceding paragraph (m) is omitted and after that paragraph there is inserted—

“(n)the Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003.”.

3.—(1) The Employment Rights Act 1996(3) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 45A (right not to suffer detriment: working time cases), after subsection (4) there is inserted—

“(5) A reference in this section to the Working Time Regulations 1998 includes a reference to the Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003.”.

(3) In section 101A (fairness in dismissal: working time cases), the existing provision shall become subsection (1) and after it there is inserted—

“(2) A reference in this section to the Working Time Regulations 1998 includes a reference to the Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003.”.

(4) In section 104(4)(d) (fairness in dismissal: assertion of statutory right), at the end there is inserted “or the Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003”.

4.—(1) The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(4) is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 68A (right not to suffer detriment: working time cases), after paragraph (4) there is inserted—

“(5) A reference in this Article to the Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 includes a reference to the Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003.”.

(3) In Article 132A (fairness in dismissal: working time cases), the existing provision shall become paragraph (1) and after it there is inserted—

“(2) A reference in this Article to the Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 includes a reference to the Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003.”.

(4) In Article 135(4)(d) (fairness in dismissal: assertion of statutory right), at the end there is inserted “or the Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003”.

5.  In Article 20(1) of the Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(5) (cases where conciliation provisions apply), at the end there is inserted—

“(k)under regulation 18 of the Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003”.

6.  In regulation 18(1) of the Working Time Regulations 1998(6) (excluded sectors), for paragraph (c) there is substituted—

“(c)to workers to whom the Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003 apply”.

7.  In regulation 18(1) of the Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998(7) (excluded sectors), for paragraph (c) there is substituted—

“(c)to workers to whom the Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003 apply”.

8.  In regulation 3(3) of the Merchant Shipping (Medical Examination) Regulations 2002(8) (application of Regulations), at the end there is inserted “or the Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003”.

9.  In regulation 3(2) of the Merchant Shipping (Hours of Work) Regulations 2002(9) (application of Regulations), at the end there is inserted “or the Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003”.