Wages Act 1986

30Excluded employments

(1)Parts I and II do not apply to employment where under his contract the person employed ordinarily works outside Great Britain.

(2)For the purposes of subsection (1) a person employed to work on board a ship registered in the United Kingdom (not being a ship registered at a port outside Great Britain) shall, unless—

(a)the employment is wholly outside Great Britain, or

(b)he is not ordinarily resident in Great Britain,

be regarded as a person who under his contract ordinarily works in Great Britain.

(3)Parts I and II do not, however, apply to a person employed under a crew agreement within the meaning of the [1970 c. 36.] Merchant Shipping Act 1970.