33 Power of superintendent or proper officer to decide disputes about wages.U.K.
(1)Any dispute relating to the amount payable to a seaman employed under a crew agreement may be submitted by the parties to a superintendent or proper officer for decision; but the superintendent or proper officer shall not be bound to accept the submission or, if he has accepted it, to decide the dispute, if he is of the opinion that the dispute, whether by reason of the amount involved or for any other reason, ought not to be decided by him.
(2)The decision of a superintendent or proper officer on a dispute submitted to him under this section shall be final.