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The Merchant Shipping (Seamen~s Wages and Accounts) (Amendment) Regulations 1994

Type Statutory-Instrument

Publication 1994-03-16

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Made: 16th March 1994

Laid before Parliament: 23rd March 1994

Coming into force: 13th April 1994

The Secretary of State, after consulting with the organisations referred to in section 99(2) ofthe Merchant Shipping Act 1970[^f00001], in exercise of powers conferred by section 9 of that Act and now vested in him[^f00002], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Seamen’s Wages and Accounts) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 13th April 1994.

2

The Merchant Shipping (Seamen’s Wages and Accounts) Regulations 1972[^f00003] shall be further amended by the substitution for regulation 6 of the following:

(6) The maximum amount which may be deducted from a seaman’s wages in respect of any number of breaches of his obligations under the crew agreement— (a) by virtue of regulation 5(c), shall be £300; and (b) by virtue of regulation 5(d), shall be £300.

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Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Mackay of Ardbrecknish — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, — Department of Transport — 16th March 1994

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations further amend the Merchant Shipping (Seamen’s Wages and Accounts) Regulations 1972 by increasing from £200 to £300 the maximum deduction an employer may make from wages in respect of certain breaches of the crew agreement.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1970 c. 36.

[^f00002]: See S.I. 1979/1537.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1972/1700; relevant amendment is S.I. 1985/340.

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