Subsection (1) provides that national minimum wage equivalent is an hourly rate specified in regulations.
	This section was previously section 4(6)-(9) of the Seafarers’ Wages Act, and has been moved in the Schedule so that it also applies to remuneration regulations.
	Subsection (2) provides that regulations may make provision for purposes of specifying the hourly rate at which a non-qualifying seafarer is remunerated in any period in respect of any work, and specifying whether their work is UK work.
	Subsection (3) provides that the regulations may make reference to any provision in s2(2) to (6) of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 and to currency conversion.
	Subsection (4) provides that subsection (5) applies for the purposes of section 4, and remuneration regulations that are framed by reference to the national minimum wage equivalent.
	Subsection (5) provides that in making regulations, the Secretary of State much seek to ensure that a non-qualifying seafarers is remunerated at a rate equal to the national minimum wage equivalent only if their remuneration is broadly equivalent to the remuneration they will receive if they qualified for the national minimum wage.
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