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Merchant Shipping Act 1970

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9Regulations relating to wages and accounts

The Board of Trade may make regulations—

(a)authorising deductions to be made from the wages due to a seaman under a crew agreement (in addition to any authorised by any provision of this Act or of any other enactment for the time being in force) in cases where a breach of his obligations under the agreement is alleged against him and such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the regulations are complied with, or in such other cases as may be specified in the regulations;

(b)regulating the manner in which any amounts deducted under the regulations are to be dealt with;

(c)prescribing the manner in which wages due to a seaman under a crew agreement are to be or may be paid;

(d)regulating the manner in which such wages are to be dealt with and accounted for in circumstances where a seaman leaves his ship in the United Kingdom otherwise than on being discharged therefrom;

(e)prescribing the form and manner in which any account required to be delivered by section 8 of this Act is to be prepared and the particulars to be contained therein (which may include estimated amounts).

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