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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-seamens-allotments-regulations-1972/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1972/1698",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Seamen's Allotments) Regulations 1972",
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  "heading": "Circumstances in which a seaman may make an allotment",
  "text": "A seaman employed under an agreement relating to one or more ships who either—\n(a) is not exempted from the requirements of section 1 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (which relates to crew agreements) by regulations made under that section; or\n(b) is employed in a ship which is not exempted from those requirements by such regulations;\nmay at any time while he is so employed, by means of an allotment note issued in accordance with these Regulations, allot part of his wages to any person or persons.",
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      "affecting": "uksi/2018/1109",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Work in Fishing Convention) (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2018"
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      "affecting": "uksi/2018/1109",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Work in Fishing Convention) (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2018"
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/1698/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:24:25.782987+00:00"
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  "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."
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