The Equality Act 2010 (Work on Ships and Hovercraft) Regulations 2011 No. 1771

Differentiation in relation to pay E+W

5.  It is not a contravention of section 39(1)(b) or (2)(a) or 41(1)(a) of the Act, as applied by regulations 3 and 4, for an employer or principal to offer to pay or to pay a person (A) at a lower rate than that at which the employer or principal offers to pay or pays another person (B) because A is of a different nationality from B, if—

(a) A—

(i) applied for work as a seafarer, or

(ii) was recruited as a seafarer,

outside Great Britain, and

(b) A is not—

(i) a British Citizen,

(ii) a national of [F1 an] EEA State, or

(iii) a national of a designated state.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in reg. 5(b)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1221), reg. 2(b), Sch. para. 22(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)