West Coast Shipping Employees Hours of Work Regulations

4 (1) Subject to these Regulations, where an employee is entitled to not less than 1.13 lay-days for each day he is on board a ship and works 12 hours, the working hours of the employee may exceed eight hours in a day and 40 hours in a week but shall not exceed 12 hours in a day and his employer shall not cause or permit him to work longer hours than 12 hours in any day.

(2) Subject to these Regulations, where an employee is entitled to not less than 0.4 of a lay-day for each day he is on board a ship and works eight hours, the working hours of the employee may exceed 40 hours in a week but shall not exceed eight hours in a day and his employer shall not cause or permit him to work longer hours than eight hours in any day.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), no employee referred to in subsections (1) and (2) shall be permitted to accumulate more than 45 lay-days.

(4) Where it is established to the satisfaction of the Head of Compliance and Enforcement that during any period, as a result of exceptional circumstances, an accumulation of more than 45 lay-days is reasonable, the Head of Compliance and Enforcement may, by permit, authorize an accumulation of more than 45 lay-days during the period set out in the permit.