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title: "Dock Work Regulation Act 1976"
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# Dock Work Regulation Act 1976

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Dock Work Regulation Act 1976
1976 c.79
An Act to reconstitute the National Dock Labour Board and make further provision for regulating the allocation and performance of the work of cargo-handling in and about the ports of Great Britain.
[22nd November 1976]

## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-1}



## 2–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-212}



## 13 Financial provisions. {#section-13}

(1) Any sums required by the Secretary of State—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament; and there shall also be so paid any increased administrative expenses of the Secretary of State which are attributable to this Act.
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

## 14 Continuation of certain statutory exceptions. {#section-14}

(1)–(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6)–(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

## 15 Interpretation. {#section-15}

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

## 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-16}



## 17 {#section-17}

(1)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

## 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-18}



## SCHEDULE 1 . . . {#schedule-1}



## SCHEDULES 2—5 . . . {#schedule-2}



## SCHEDULE 6 . . . {#schedule-6}