{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-repatriation-regulations-1979/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-repatriation-regulations-1979/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1979/97",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Repatriation) Regulations 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-repatriation-regulations-1979",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A seaman who is to be returned in pursuance of these Regulations shall be returned—\n(a) in the case of a seaman who is resident in the United Kingdom, either to his home in the United Kingdom or to the place where the Merchant Navy Establishment Administration Office at which he is registered is situated, whichever is nearer to the place at which he first arrives in the United Kingdom; or\n(b) in the case of a seaman who is not resident in the United Kingdom, to a place in the country in which he is resident being—\n(i) if he joined the ship from which he was left behind or shipwrecked in that country, the place where he joined the ship; or\n(ii) if he did not join the ship in that country, the place in that country at which he was engaged to join the ship; or\n(c) to any other place which may be agreed between the seaman and his employer.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/97/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:22:38.632385+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}