The Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

The Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

Proposed Negative
Published: 18 September 2018
ESIC: No upgrade
SLSC: No upgrade 

The instrument makes a number of minor amendments to various pieces of maritime secondary legislation to ensure that the relevant legislation continues to operate effectively after the UK leaves the EU. 

This instrument applies to the wages of seafarers who work wholly or partly within Northern Ireland which is a transferred matter for Northern Ireland under section 4(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998. The UK Government remains committed to restoring devolution in Northern Ireland. This is particularly important in the context of EU Exit because the UK Government wants devolved Ministers to take the necessary actions to prepare Northern Ireland for exit. The UK Government has been considering how to ensure a functioning statute book across the UK including in Northern Ireland for exit day absent a Northern Ireland Executive. With exit day less than one year away, and in the continued absence of a Northern Ireland Executive, the window to prepare Northern Ireland's statute book for exit is narrowing. UK Government Ministers have therefore decided that in the interest of legal certainty in Northern Ireland, the UK Government will take through the necessary secondary legislation at Westminster for Northern Ireland, in close consultation with the Northern Ireland departments. This is one such instrument.

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