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

Other special cases

14.  This regulation(1) applies to a worker—

(a) where the worker is engaged in security and surveillance activities requiring a permanent presence in order to protect property and persons, as may be the case for security guards and caretakers;

(b) where the worker’s activities involve the need for continuity of service or production, as may be the case in relation to—

(i) work at docks;

(ii) industries in which work cannot be interrupted on technical grounds;

(iii) the carriage of passengers on regular urban transport services;

(c) where there is a foreseeable surge of activity, as may be the case in relation to tourism;

(d) where the worker’s activities are affected by—

(i) an occurrence due to unusual and unforseeable circumstances, beyond the control of the worker’s employer;

(ii) exceptional events, the consequences of which could not have been avoided despite the exercise of all due care by the employer; or

(iii) an accident or the imminent risk of an accident.

(1)

Regulation 14 is relevant to regulations 6(5) and 10(4).