Work Injury Compensation Act 2019 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Application of Act to Seafarers
65. Application of Act to seafarer
Feedback & supportThis Act applies to any seafarer, subject to any modification that may be prescribed for the application of any provision of this Act to the seafarer.
Where a seafarer is injured in an accident occurring on a Singapore ship, this Act applies whether the ship is within or outside Singapore at the time of the accident.
In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —
“crew”, “master” and “Singapore ship” have the meanings given by the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;
“seafarer” means any person who —
is an employee within the meaning of this Act; and
employee
“employee” means an individual who has entered into or works under a contract of service with an employer and —(a)includes every employee of the Government in a class or description declared by the President to be employees for the purposes of this Act; but(b)does not include any class of individuals specified in the Third Schedule;
is employed as part of the crew of any Singapore ship.