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Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978
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144 Mariners.E+W+S
(1)Sections 1 to 6 and 49 to 51 do not apply to—
(a)a person employed as a master of or a seaman on a sea-going British ship having a gross registered tonnage of eighty tons or more, including a person ordinarily employed as a seaman who is employed in or about such a ship in port by the owner or charterer of the ship to do work of a kind ordinarily done by a seaman on such a ship while it is in port, or
(b)a person employed as a skipper of or a seaman on a fishing boat for the time being [F1registered under Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988].
(2)Sections 8 and 53 and Parts II, III and V to VII do not apply to employment as master or as a member of the crew of a fishing vessel where the employee is remunerated only by a share in the profits or gross earnings of the vessel.
(3)Section 141(3) and (4) do not apply to an employee, and section 142(2) does not apply to a contract of employment, if the employee is employed as a master or seaman in a British ship and is ordinarily resident in Great Britain.
(4)Sections 8, 29, 31, 122 and 123 do not apply to employment as a merchant seaman.
(5)Employment as a merchant seaman does not include employment in the fishing industry or employment on board a ship otherwise than by the owner, manager or charterer of that ship except employment as a radio officer, but, save as aforesaid, it includes employment as master or a member of the crew of any ship and as a trainee undergoing training for the sea service, and employment in or about a ship in port by the owner, manager or charterer of the ship to do work of the kind ordinarily done by a merchant seaman on a ship while it is in port.
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F1Words substituted by Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12, SIF 111), s. 57(4), Sch. 6
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