# The Merchant Shipping (Maintenance of Seamen's Dependants) Regulations 1972, Regulation 2: Conditions for service of a retention notice


A responsible authority may serve a retention notice on a seaman's employer if the following conditions are satisfied, namely—
(a) that the responsible authority has incurred expenses of any of the descriptions and in the circumstances specified in regulation 4; and
(b) that the employer has a residence or a registered or principal office in the United Kingdom.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/1635/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maintenance-of-seamens-dependants-regulations-1972/regulation-2
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