1.—(1) The Employment Tribunals Act 1996(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In section 18(1) (cases where conciliation provisions apply)—
(a)omit the “or” at the end of paragraph (w) ;
(b)at the end of paragraph (x) insert “, or”;
(c)after paragraph (x) insert—
“(y)under regulation 22 of the Merchant Shipping (Hours of Work) Regulations 2002.”.
(3) In section 21(1) (jurisdiction of the Appeal Tribunal)—
(a)omit the “or” at the end of paragraph (x) ;
(b)at the end of paragraph (y) insert “, or”;
(c)after paragraph (y) insert—
“(z)the Merchant Shipping (Hours of Work) Regulations 2002.”.
1996 c.17. Sections 18 and 21 were amended by section 1 of the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (c.8). Section 18 was also amended by section 5 of the Employment Act 2008 (c. 24) and section 21 by S.I. 1998/1833. Extensive amendments to section 18 were made by Schedule 1 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c.24) but these are not yet in force or not yet in force for relevant purposes. There are other amendments to sections 18 and 21 which are not relevant to these Regulations.