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Peripatetic seamen and the Pensions Act 2008

In The Queen (on the application of Fleet Maritime Services (Bermuda) Ltd) v The Pensions Regulator [2015] EWHC 3744 (Admin) it has been held that the Pensions Act 2008, requiring automatic enrolment of workers into a pension scheme, does not apply to seafarers who began and ended their tours of duty outside the UK, and who spent most if not all of those tours of duty outside the UK, although they travelled to and from the UK at the start and end of their tours of duty .