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Relief of seamen left behind or ship-wrecked

Merchant Shipping (Repatriation) Regulations

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—(1) The employer of a seaman to whom these Regulations apply shall —(a)from the time when the seaman is left behind or when the seaman is brought ashore; or(b)if the employer did not know or could not reasonably have known the whereabouts of the seaman during the first 48 hours from that time, from the time the seaman informs the employer or the employer’s agents of his whereabouts and asks to be returned,make provision for the seaman’s food and lodging and such other relief and maintenance as is necessary having regard to the personal circumstances of the seaman and of any requirement special to him.(2) The employer shall continue the provision referred to in paragraph (1) until the seaman is returned to a place in accordance with regulation 8 or until the employer is no longer required to continue the provision by reason of any arrangement made in accordance with regulation 4.(3) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), the provision for relief and maintenance to be made in accordance with that paragraph shall include —(a)clothing;(b)toilet and other personal necessaries;(c)surgical or medical treatment and such dental or optical treatment (including the repair or replacement of any appliance) as cannot be postponed without impairing efficiency; and(d)sufficient money to meet any minor ancillary expenses necessarily incurred or likely to be so incurred by the seaman for his relief and maintenance.(4) The provisions to be made by an employer in accordance with this regulation shall include —(a)the repayment of expenses incurred in bringing a shipwrecked seaman ashore and maintaining him until he is brought ashore; and(b)the payment of the expenses of the burial or cremation of a seaman who dies before he can be returned to a place in accordance with regulation 8.

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