# The Merchant Shipping (Repatriation) Regulations 1979, Regulation 14


Where the wages cannot be paid to the seaman in accordance with regulations 11 and 12 of these Regulations and the seaman is not known to be dead, then, notwithstanding anything contained in section 7 and 8 of the Act or those regulations, the wages shall be paid and accounts thereof delivered to the person named in the list of crew as the seaman's next of kin, as soon as is practicable after the expiration of four months from the time for payment specified in the said regulations 11 and 12.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/97/regulation/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-repatriation-regulations-1979/regulation-14
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