Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992

285 Employment outside Great Britain. E+W+S

(1) The following provisions of this Act do not apply to employment where under his contract of employment an employee works, or in the case of a prospective employee would ordinarily work, outside Great Britain—

In Part III (rights in relation to trade union membership and activities)—

sections 137 to 143 (access to employment),

[F1 sections 145A to 151 (inducements and detriment)], and

sections 168 to 173 (time off for trade union duties and activities;

In Part IV, [F2 sections [F3 193 to 194] (duty to notify Secretary of State of certain redundancies)].

[F4 (1A) Sections 145A to 151 do not apply to employment where under his contract personally to do work or perform services a worker who is not an employee works outside Great Britain.]

[F5 (1B) For the purposes of subsection (1) as it relates to sections 193 to 194, employment on board a ship registered in the United Kingdom shall be treated as employment where under his contract a person ordinarily works in Great Britain.]

(2) For the [F6 other purposes of subsection (1) and the purposes of subsection (1A)] employment on board a ship registered in the United Kingdom shall be treated as employment where under his contract a person ordinarily works in Great Britain unless—

(a) the ship is registered at a port outside Great Britain, or

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

(c) the employee or, as the case may be, [F7 the worker or] the person seeking employment or seeking to avail himself of a service of an employment agency, is not ordinarily resident in Great Britain.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 285(1) substituted (1.10.2004) by Employment Relations Act 2004 (c. 24), ss. 57(1), 59(2)-(4), Sch. 1 para. 17(2); S.I. 2004/2566, art. 3(b) (with arts. 4-8)

F2 Words in s. 285(1) substituted (25.10.1999) by 1999 c. 26, s. 32(1); S.I. 1999/2830, art. 2(1) Sch. 1 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 para. 7)

F3 Words in s. 285(1) substituted (6.2.2018) by The Seafarers (Transnational Information and Consultation, Collective Redundancies and Insolvency Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/26), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(a) (with reg. 3(4))

F4 S. 285(1A) inserted (1.10.2004) by Employment Relations Act 2004 (c. 24), ss. 57(1), 59(2)-(4), Sch. 1 para. 17(3); S.I. 2004/2566, art. 3(b) (with arts. 4-8)

F5 S. 285(1B) inserted (6.2.2018) by The Seafarers (Transnational Information and Consultation, Collective Redundancies and Insolvency Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/26), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(b) (with reg. 3(4))

F6 Words in s. 285(2) substituted (6.2.2018) by The Seafarers (Transnational Information and Consultation, Collective Redundancies and Insolvency Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/26), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(c) (with reg. 3(4))

F7 Words in s. 285(2)(c) inserted (1.10.2004) by Employment Relations Act 2004 (c. 24), ss. 57(1), 59(2)-(4), Sch. 1 para. 17(4)(b); S.I. 2004/2566, art. 3(b) (with arts. 4-8)