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# The Seafarers' Wages Act 2023 (Commencement) Regulations 2024

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2024 No. 1008 (C. 66)
MERCHANT SHIPPING
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
HARBOURS, DOCKS, PIERS AND FERRIES
The Seafarers' Wages Act 2023 (Commencement) Regulations 2024
Made
7th October 2024
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 20(3) of the Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023.

## 1 Citation and extent {#regulation-1}

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Seafarers' Wages Act 2023 (Commencement) Regulations 2024.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

## 2 Provisions coming into force {#regulation-2}

All provisions of the Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023 come into force, insofar as they are not already in force, on 1st December 2024.