Schedule A1A, Part 3, paragraph 16

This paragraph applies in relation to a ballot held under section 226(1)(a) (industrial action). The voting paper must comply with section 229(2) to (4). This sub-paragraph applies to a merchant seaman if the trade union reasonably believes that— the merchant seaman will be employed in a ship either at sea or at a place outside Great Britain at some time in the period during which votes may be cast, and it will be convenient for the merchant seaman to receive the hybrid voting materials and, in relation to the voting paper, to vote while on the ship or while at a place where the ship is rather than in accordance with paragraph 14(1). In the case of a ballot in which merchant seamen to whom sub-paragraph (3) applies are entitled to vote, paragraph 14(3)(a) is to be read as if, for “the address to which, and the date by which, it is to be returned” there were substituted “the address to which it is to be returned or, as appropriate, the ship to which the seamen belong, and the date by which it is to be returned”. A merchant seaman to whom sub-paragraph (3) applies must, if it is reasonably practicable— have the hybrid voting materials made available to them while on the ship or while at a place where the ship is, and in relation to the voting paper, be given an opportunity to vote while on the ship or while at a place where the ship is. In this paragraph, “merchant seaman” has the meaning given in section 232(3).

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04