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Equality Bill

28: After Schedule 7, insert the following new Schedule— "SCHEDULE Work: seafarers Application of Part 5 1 (1) Part 5 of this Act applies to a seafarer who works wholly or partly within Great Britain (including United Kingdom waters adjacent to Great Britain) if— (a) the seafarer is on a United Kingdom ship and the ship’s entry in the register maintained under section 8 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 specifies a port in Great Britain as the ship’s port of choice, or (b) the seafarer is on a hovercraft registered in the United Kingdom and is operated by a person whose principal place of business, or ordinary residence, is in Great Britain. (2) Part 5 of this Act also applies to a seafarer who works wholly or partly within Great Britain (including United Kingdom waters adjacent to Great Britain) and who is— (a) on a ship registered in or entitled to fly the flag of an EEA State other than the United Kingdom, or (c) on a hovercraft registered in an EEA State other than the United Kingdom, if sub-paragraph (3) applies. (3) This sub-paragraph applies if— (a) the ship or hovercraft is in United Kingdom waters adjacent to Great Britain, (b) the seafarer has attained the age of 18, (c) the seafarer is a British citizen or a national of an EEA State other than the United Kingdom, or of a designated state, and (d) the legal relationship of the seafarer’s employment can be located within Great Britain or retains a sufficiently close link with Great Britain. 2 (1) Part 5 of this Act applies to a seafarer who works wholly outside Great Britain and United Kingdom waters adjacent to Great Britain if— (a) the seafarer is on a United Kingdom ship and the ship’s entry in the register maintained under section 8 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 specifies a port in Great Britain as the ship’s port of choice, or (b) the seafarer is on a hovercraft registered in the United Kingdom and is operated by a person whose principal place of business, or ordinary residence, is in Great Britain, and sub-paragraph (2) applies. (2) This sub-paragraph applies if— (a) the seafarer is a British citizen, or a national of an EEA State other than the United Kingdom, or of a designated state, and (b) the legal relationship of the seafarer’s employment can be located within Great Britain or retains a sufficiently close link with Great Britain. Interpretation 3 In this Schedule— "British citizen" has the same meaning as in the British Nationality Act 2010; "designated state" means the countries of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, the Kingdom of Morocco, the Most Serene Republic of San Marino, the Peoples’ Democratic Republic of Algeria, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Tunisia, the Republic of Turkey, the Russian Federation and the Swiss Confederation; "United Kingdom ship" means a ship registered in the United Kingdom under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995; "United Kingdom waters" means the sea or other waters within the seaward limits of the territorial sea of the United Kingdom."