The Seafarers’ Wages Regulations 2024

Schedules

Regulation 5

Schedule 1 National Minimum Wage Equivalence Declaration Form

Form [***]

Place outside of the United Kingdom that the service calls at:

A declaration is to be made pursuant to one only of section 4(2) OR section 4(3) OR section 4(4) OR section 4(5) of the Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023 (“the Act”).

Section 4(2) Declaration

Period to which this declaration applies:

__ ____________ 20___ to __ ____________ 20___

Please tick the statement which applies:

□ On behalf of the operator of the service, I declare that during the period to which this declaration applies all non-qualifying seafarers, as defined in the Act, who will work on ships which will provide the service will be paid, in respect of their UK work in relation to the service, a rate equivalent to the UK national minimum wage in accordance with the Seafarers' Wages Regulations 2024.

□ On behalf of the operator of the service, I declare that during the period to which this declaration applies, there will be no non-qualifying seafarers, as defined in the Act, working on ships providing the service.

Section 4(3) Declaration

Period to which this declaration applies:

__ ____________ 20___ to 20__

Please tick the statement which applies:

□ On behalf of the operator of the service, I declare that during the period to which this declaration applies all non-qualifying seafarers, as defined in the Act, working on ships providing the service will be paid, in respect of their UK work in relation to the service, a rate equivalent to the UK national minimum wage in accordance with the Seafarers' Wages Regulations 2024.

□ On behalf of the operator of the service, I declare that during the period to which this declaration applies, there will be no non-qualifying seafarers, as defined in the Act, working on ships providing the service.

Section 4(4) Declaration

Period to which this part of this declaration applies:

__ ____________ 20___ to __ ____________ 20___

Please tick the statement which applies:

□ On behalf of the operator of the service, I declare that during the period to which this part of this declaration applies all non-qualifying seafarers, as defined in the Act, who worked on ships which provided the service were paid, in respect of their UK work in relation to the service, a rate equivalent to the UK national minimum wage in accordance with the Seafarers' Wages Regulations 2024.

□ On behalf of the operator of the service, I declare that during the period to which this part of this declaration applies, there were no non-qualifying seafarers, as defined in the Act, working on ships which provided the service

and

Period to which this part of this declaration applies:

__ ____________ 20___ to __ ____________ 20___

Please tick the statement which applies:

□ On behalf of the operator of the service, I declare that during the period to which this declaration applies all non-qualifying seafarers, as defined in the Act, working on ships providing the service will be paid, in respect of their UK work in relation to the service, a rate equivalent to the UK national minimum wage in accordance with the Seafarers' Wages Regulations 2024.

□ On behalf of the operator of the service, I declare that during the period to which this declaration applies, there will be no non-qualifying seafarers, as defined in the Act, working on ships providing the service.

Section 4(5) Declaration

Period to which this declaration applies:

__ ____________ 20___ to __ ____________ 20___

Please tick the statement which applies:

□ On behalf of the operator of the service, I declare that during the period to which this declaration applies all non-qualifying seafarers, as defined in the Act, who worked on ships which provided the service were paid, in respect of their UK work in relation to the service, a rate equivalent to the UK national minimum wage in accordance with the Seafarers’ Wages Regulations 2024.

□ On behalf of the operator of the service, I declare that during the period to which this declaration applies, there were no non-qualifying seafarers, as defined in the Act, working on ships which provided the service.

Note that, pursuant to section 5 of the Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023, it may be a criminal offence to operate the service inconsistently with this declaration. It may also be a criminal offence to provide a false or misleading declaration in so far as it concerns the operation of the service before the declaration was provided.

Name of person making this declaration on behalf of the operator, and capacity in which they are making this declaration:

Signature:

Date:

Regulation 7

Schedule 2 Tariff of Surcharges

1.—(1) The rate of surcharge to be imposed per entry to the harbour by a ship providing the service to which the surcharge relates is to be calculated according to the tonnage of the ship as follows—

(2) in respect of a ship of Class A—

(a) 5p per tonne up to a maximum of 50,000 tonnes; plus

(b) 1p per tonne in excess of 50,000 tonnes; and

(3) in respect of a ship of Class B—

(a) 10p per tonne up to a maximum of 50,000 tonnes; plus

(b) 2p per tonne in excess of 50,000 tonnes.

2.  For purposes of this Schedule—

(a) a ship's tonnage shall be its gross tonnage assessed in accordance with the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships 1969 and entered on its International Tonnage Certificate (1969) or, if this certificate is not available for any reason, the ship's gross registered tonnage or, in the case of an unregistered ship or a ship measured only by length, the tonnage reckoned in accordance with the Thames Measurement adopted by Lloyds Register;

(b) a ship of Class A is a ship certified to carry 12 or fewer passengers;

(c) a ship of Class B is a ship certified to carry more than 12 passengers.