Explanatory Notes

Pensions Act 2008

2008 CHAPTER 30

26 November 2008

Commentary on Sections

Chapter 8: Application and interpretation

Section 96: Persons working on vessels

233.Section 96 provides that persons employed in any capacity on board a ship are not workers for the purposes of Part 1 unless regulations make provision to that effect. The section goes on to provide an affirmative regulation-making power to apply the provisions of Part 1 in relation to persons employed on a ship.