# The Merchant Shipping (Maintenance of Seamen's Dependants) Regulations 1972, Regulation 3: Form of and information to be contained in a retention notice


(1) A retention notice shall state—
(a) that it is served under section 17 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 and that, during the seaman's employment in a ship, the responsible authority serving the notice has incurred expenses of one or more of the descriptions specified in regulation 4; and
(b) that the seaman's employer is required—
(i) to retain, for the period beginning with the service of the retention notice and ending 28 days after the seaman's discharge from the ship, a proportion (which shall be specified in the notice) of the seaman's net wages, ascertained in accordance with the provisions of regulation 5, not exceeding, if the notice relates to one dependant only, one half, or, if the notice relates to two or more dependants, two thirds; and
(ii) to give to the responsible authority as soon as may be notice in writing of such discharge.
(2) A retention notice shall contain the following particulars—
(a) the name and address of the responsible authority;
(b) the name of the seaman's employer;
(c) the name of the seaman;
(d) (if known to the responsible authority) the name of the ship in which the seaman is employed;
(e) (if known to the responsible authority) the capacity in which the seaman is employed;
(f) the description of the expenses in respect of which the notice is served;
(g) the name of the person in respect of whom the expenses are incurred; and
(h) the name of the person to whom any payment forming part of those expenses has been or is intended to be made.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/1635/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-maintenance-of-seamens-dependants-regulations-1972/regulation-3
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.