Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023
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19 General interpretation
In this Act— “the data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act); “equivalence declaration” has the meaning given by section 3(2); “false or misleading” means false or misleading in a way which is relevant to the operation of any provision of this Act; “Maritime Labour Convention” means the Maritime Labour Convention adopted on 23 February 2006 by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation, as amended from time to time; “national minimum wage equivalent” has the meaning given by section 4(6); “non-qualifying seafarer” has the meaning given by section 2; “operator”, in relation to a service to which this Act applies, means the person who has, or has agreed to take over, in respect of any ship providing the service, the duties and responsibilities imposed on shipowners under the Maritime Labour Convention; “relevant year” has the meaning given by section 3(6); “ship” has the meaning given by section 1(4); “surcharge” has the meaning given by section 9; “UK work” has the meaning given by section 4(10); “work” has the same meaning as in the National Minimum Wage Act 1998.
19 General interpretation
In this Act— “the data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act); “equivalence declaration” has the meaning given by section 3(2); “false or misleading” means false or misleading in a way which is relevant to the operation of any provision of this Act; “Maritime Labour Convention” means the Maritime Labour Convention adopted on 23 February 2006 by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation, as amended from time to time; “national minimum wage equivalent” has the meaning given by section 4(6); “non-qualifying seafarer” has the meaning given by section 2; “operator”, in relation to a service to which this Act applies, means the person who has, or has agreed to take over, in respect of any ship providing the service, the duties and responsibilities imposed on shipowners under the Maritime Labour Convention; “relevant year” has the meaning given by section 3(6); “ship” has the meaning given by section 1(4); “surcharge” has the meaning given by section 9; “UK work” has the meaning given by section 4(10); “work” has the same meaning as in the National Minimum Wage Act 1998.
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