http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/8/section/5Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023enStatute Law Database2026-04-15Expert Participation2024-12-01 Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023Pt. 1 headingEmployment Rights Act 2025Sch. 5 para. 2s. 159(3)Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023Ch. 1 headingEmployment Rights Act 2025Sch. 5 para. 4s. 159(3)Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023Pt. 2 headingEmployment Rights Act 2025Sch. 5 para. 4s. 159(3)Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023Pt. 2 Ch. 2 headingEmployment Rights Act 2025Sch. 5 para. 6s. 159(3)Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023s. 3(4A)Employment Rights Act 2025Sch. 5 para. 7(c)s. 159(3)Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023s. 4(5A)(5B)Employment Rights Act 2025Sch. 5 para. 8(b)s. 159(3)Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023Pt. 2 Ch. 3 4Employment Rights Act 2025Sch. 5 para. 9s. 159(3)Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023Pt. 3Employment Rights Act 2025Sch. 5 para. 10s. 159(3)Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023Pt. 4 headingEmployment Rights Act 2025Sch. 5 para. 11s. 159(3)Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023s. 5(1)Employment Rights Act 2025Sch. 5 para. 12(a)(i)s. 159(3)Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023s. 5(1)(a)Employment Rights Act 2025Sch. 5 para. 12(a)(ii)s. 159(3)Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023s. 5(2)Employment Rights Act 2025Sch. 5 para. 12(b)s. 159(3)Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023s. 5(3)Employment Rights Act 2025Sch. 5 para. 12(b)s. 159(3)Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023s. 5(4)Employment Rights Act 2025Sch. 5 para. 12(b)s. 159(3)Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023s. 12(1)(a)Employment Rights Act 2025Sch. 5 para. 17(2)(b)s. 159(3)Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023s. 12(1)(b)Employment Rights Act 2025Sch. 5 para. 17(2)(b)s. 159(3)Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023s. 12(2)(c)Employment Rights Act 2025Sch. 5 para. 17(3)(b)s. 159(3)Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023Pt. 5 headingEmployment Rights Act 2025Sch. 5 para. 20s. 159(3)Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023s. 16AEmployment Rights Act 2025Sch. 5 para. 21s. 159(3)Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023Blanket amendmentEmployment Rights Act 2025Sch. 5 para. 24(1)s. 159(3) 51The operator of a service to which this Act applies is guilty of an offence if—athe operator provides a harbour authority with an equivalence declaration in respect of the service for a relevant year, andbsubsection (2), (3) or (4) applies.2This subsection applies if the equivalence declaration is provided before the beginning of the relevant year and—athe service is operated inconsistently with the declaration at the beginning of the relevant year, orbat any later time during the relevant year the service starts to be operated inconsistently with the declaration and the operator fails to notify the harbour authority within four weeks of—ithe fact that the service has started to be so operated, andiithe time when it started to be so operated.3This subsection applies if the equivalence declaration is provided during the relevant year and—aat the time the declaration is provided the service is being operated inconsistently with the declaration, orbat any later time during the relevant year the service starts to be operated inconsistently with the declaration and the operator fails to notify the harbour authority within four weeks of—ithe fact that the service has started to be so operated, andiithe time when it started to be so operated.4This subsection applies if the equivalence declaration is provided during or after the end of the relevant year and it is false or misleading in so far as it concerns the operation of the service before the declaration was provided.5A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction—ain England and Wales, to a fine, orbin Scotland and Northern Ireland, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.S. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 20S. 5 in force at 1.12.2024 by S.I. 2024/1008, reg. 2