Regulation 2
(1)
Subject to paragraph (2) of this regulation, these Regulations apply to—
(a)
any seaman employed in a ship registered in the United Kingdom who is left behind in any place or country outside the United Kingdom or is taken to such a place or country on being shipwrecked;
(b)
any seaman who became so employed under an agreement entered into outside the United Kingdom and who is left behind in the United Kingdom or is taken to the United Kingdom on being shipwrecked.
(2)
Regulations 11 to 14 shall also apply to any seaman who became so employed under an agreement entered into in the United Kingdom and who leaves his ship in the United Kingdom, otherwise than on being discharged therefrom.