# The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Mariners' Benefits) Regulations 1975, Regulation 3: Special provisions about benefit in the case of masters and members of the crew and pilots


The provisions of Part II (benefit) of the Act, in their application to a mariner, shall have effect subject to the following modifications:—
(a) where the mariner, having been left behind in any country on account of illness, injury, risk of infection or loss of or damage to the ship or vessel in which he was employed, is subsequently returned to a place determined in accordance with regulations made under section 62 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 at the expense of the employer in whose service he was up to the time of being so left, an accident happening to him while being so returned shall, notwithstanding that during that time he renders no services and receives no wages, be deemed to arise out of and in the course of his employment as such mariner if it would have been deemed so to have arisen had the return journey been undertaken in pursuance of an obligation under his contract of service with the employer aforesaid;
(b) in section 53 of the Act (accidents happening while an employed earner is travelling in his employer's transport)—
(i) the expression “place of work” shall include the ship or vessel in the service of which the mariner is employed;
(ii) the requirements of subsection (1)(b) shall not apply in the case of a mariner who, with the express or implied permission of his employer, is travelling to or from such ship or vessel as aforesaid in any other ship or vessel;
(c) in addition to the provisions of section 54 of the Act (accidents happening while meeting an emergency), an accident happening to a mariner in or about a ship or vessel on board which he is for the time being employed shall be deemed to arise out of and in the course of his employment if it happens while he is taking steps on as actual or supposed emergency on or in connection with any ship or vessel to rescue, succor or protect persons who are, or are thought to be or possibly to be, injured or imperilled, or to avert or minimise serious damage to property;
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/470/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-industrial-injuries-mariners-benefits-regulations-1975/regulation-3
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