Excluded sectors
22.—(1) These Regulations do not apply—
(a)to workers to whom the Merchant Shipping (Hours of Work) Regulations 2002(1) apply;
(b)to workers to whom the Fishing Vessels (Working Time: Sea-fishermen) Regulations 2004(2) apply;
(c)to workers to whom the Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003(3) apply.
(2) Regulations 4(1) and (2), 7(1), (2) and (6), 9(1) and (6), 10, 12(1), 13(1) and (2), 14(1), 15, 16 and 20 do not apply—
(a)where characteristics peculiar to certain specific services such as the armed forces or the police, or to certain specific activities in the civil protection services, inevitably conflict with the provisions of these Regulations; or
(b)to workers to whom the European Agreement on the organisation of working time of mobile staff in civil aviation concluded on 22nd March 2000 and implemented by Council Directive 2000/79/EC of 27th November 2000(4) applies.
(3) Regulations 4(1) and (2), 7(1), (2) and (6), 10, 12(1), 13(1) and (2) and 14(1) do not apply to workers to whom Directive 2002/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, on the organisation of working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities, dated 11th March 2002(5) applies.
(4) Regulation 28 does not apply to workers to whom the Cross-border Railways Services (Working Time) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008(6) apply.
O.J. No. L302, 1.12.00, p. 57
O.J. No. L80, 23.3.02, p. 35