Regulation 3 Limitation on issue of allotment notes

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 3(1) words inserted by Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Consequential and Minor Amendments) 2014 reg. 4(3)(a)
reg. 3(3) inserted by Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Consequential and Minor Amendments) 2014 reg. 4(3)(b)
reg. 3(1) words inserted by Merchant Shipping (Work in Fishing Convention) (Consequential Provisions) 2018 reg. 4(3)(a)
reg. 3(4) inserted by Merchant Shipping (Work in Fishing Convention) (Consequential Provisions) 2018 reg. 4(3)(b)

(1)

Unless the seaman's employer or the master otherwise agrees, a seaman shall not—

(a)

allot more than one half of his wages; or

(b)

allot that part of his wages to more than 2 persons.

(2)

For the purposes of calculating the proportion of a seaman's wages specified in paragraph (1)(a) of this regulation—

(a)

the wages of a seaman shall be taken to be his wages calculated at the rate stipulated in the agreement under which he is employed without any addition (including overtime payments) or deduction whatsoever; and

(b)

an allotment note issued under the law in force immediately before these Regulations come into operation shall be treated as if it had been issued under these Regulations.