Regulation 4

deductions of any amount payable by the seaman to his employer in respect of —

bar bills;

goods supplied;

radio or telephone calls;

postage expenses;

cash advances; and

allotments;

contributions by the seaman to a fund or in respect of membership of a body declared by regulations under section 60(3) of the Act to be a fund or body to which section 60 applies;

subject to regulations 5 and 6, a deduction of an amount being the actual expense or pecuniary loss incurred or sustained by the employer in consequence of the seaman’s absence or absences without leave, where the employer is satisfied on reasonable grounds that such absence is a breach of the seaman’s obligations under the crew agreement;

subject to regulations 5 and 6(2), (3), (4) and (5) and to any additional limitations imposed by the crew agreement, a deduction of an amount being the actual expense or pecuniary loss incurred or sustained by the employer, where the employer is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the expense or loss was caused by a breach or breaches of the seaman’s obligations under the crew agreement not falling within sub-paragraph (c).

without prejudice to any dispute relating to the amount payable to a seaman under the crew agreement and, subject to the provisions of the Act, to the rights and obligations, whether of the employer or of the seaman, under the agreement or otherwise; and

in addition to any deduction authorised by any provisions of the Act (except section 58) or of any other written law.