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122A: After Clause 53, insert the following new Clause— “Statutory rights of GB-linked ships’ crews(1) The members of the crew of a GB-linked ship shall be entitled to the statutory rights to which employees in the UK are entitled under statute.(2) In this section, “GB-linked ship” means a ship providing a service—(a) for the carriage of persons or goods, with or without vehicles, and(b) that is within subsection (3) or (4).(3) A service is within this subsection if it is operated between a place in Great Britain and another place in the United Kingdom.(4) A service is within this subsection if—(a) ships providing the service entered a harbour in Great Britain on at least 120 occasions in the period of 12 months ending with the day on which one or more of the statutory rights referred to in subsection (1) is claimed, or(b) 15 if the service has been provided for less than 12 months before that day, ships providing the service entered a harbour in Great Britain on at least 10 occasions in each month for which the service has been provided.(5) But a service is not within subsection (4) if the service—(a) is for the purpose of leisure or recreation, or(b) is provided by a fishing vessel.(6) In this section—“harbour” has the same meaning as in the Harbours Act 1964;“ship” has the same meaning as in section 193A of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (see subsection (4) of that section).” Member's explanatory statement This new clause is intended to extend entitlement of the rights of GB-linked ships’ crews from the right to collective redundancy notification in clause 29 to entitlement to all statutory rights enjoyed by UK employees.