Regulation 29 Deductions or payments for the employer’s or operator’s own use and benefitI1
United Kingdom
Deductions made by the employer in the pay reference period, or payments due from the seafarer to the employer or operator in the pay reference period, for the employer’s or operator’s own use and benefit are treated as reductions except as specified in paragraph (2).
The following deductions and payments are not treated as reductions—
deductions, or payments, in respect of the seafarer’s conduct, or any other event, where the seafarer (whether together with another seafarer or not) is contractually liable;
deductions, or payments, on account of an advance under an agreement for a loan or an advance of wages;
deductions, or payments, as respects an accidental overpayment of wages made by the employer to the seafarer;
deductions, or payments, as respects the purchase by the seafarer of shares, other securities or share options, or of a share in a partnership;
payments as respects the purchase by the seafarer of goods or services from the employer or operator, unless—
the purchase is made in order to comply with a requirement imposed by the employer or operator in connection with the seafarer’s employment, and
the payment is not met, or not intended to be met, by a payment paid to the seafarer by the employer or operator.