Singapore legislation

Regulation 4

of Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Financial Security) Regulations 2017

Regulation 4

Requirements of financial security contract for repatriation

A financial security contract for repatriation must provide —

(a)

that any of the following persons may bring a claim for compensation:

(i)

a seafarer that the shipowner is obliged to repatriate;

(ii)

a representative of a seafarer that the shipowner is obliged to repatriate; and

(b)

that the approved financial security provider must promptly pay to the seafarer, or the representative of the seafarer, all claims arising from the shipowner’s obligation to repatriate a seafarer.