{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-seamens-allotments-regulations-1972/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1972/1698",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Seamen's Allotments) Regulations 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-seamens-allotments-regulations-1972",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Limitation on issue of allotment notes",
  "text": "(1) Unless the seaman's employer or the master otherwise agrees, a seaman shall not—\n(a) allot more than one half of his wages; or\n(b) allot that part of his wages to more than 2 persons.\n(2) For the purposes of calculating the proportion of a seaman's wages specified in paragraph (1)(a) of this regulation—\n(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\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/1614",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Consequential and Minor Amendments) Regulations 2014"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/1614",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Consequential and Minor Amendments) Regulations 2014"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2018/1109",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Work in Fishing Convention) (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2018"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2018/1109",
      "affecting_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Work in Fishing Convention) (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2018"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/1698/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:24:25.782987+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."
}