Merchant Shipping Act 1894
Regulations as to allotment notes.
141.—(1) Any stipulation made by a seaman at the commencement of a voyage for the allotment of any part of his wages during his absence shall be inserted in the agreement with the crew, and shall state the amounts and times of the payments to be made.
(2) Where the agreement is required to be made in a form approved by the Board of Trade, the seaman may require that a stipulation be inserted in the agreement for the allotment by means of an allotment note, of any part (not exceeding one half) of his wages in favour either of a near relative or of a savings bank.
(3) Allotment notes shall be in a form approved by the Board of Trade.
(4) For the purposes of the provisions of this Act with respect to allotment notes—
(a) the expression “ near relative ” means one of the following persons, namely, the wife, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, child, grandchild, brother, or sister of the seaman:
(b) the expression “ savings bank ” means a seamen’s savings bank under this Act, or a trustee savings bank, or a post office savings bank.
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Modifications (not altering text):
C18
Application of section affected (18.08.1911) by Merchant Shipping (Seamen's Allotment) Act 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5) c. 8, s. 1, commenced on enactment. This effectively repeals "(not exceeding one half)" in subs. (2).
Regulations as to allotment note.
1. —By agreement with the master an allotment note may be granted to a seaman providing for—
(a) payment of a greater sum than one half of the wages;
(b) payment at a period earlier than one month from the date of the agreement with the crew and at intervals more frequent than one month.
C19
Further effect to section given (1.06.1907) by Merchant Shipping Act 1906 (6 Edw. 7) c. 48, s. 61, commenced as per s. 86(2).
Obligation to offer allotment notes.
61.—In order to give effect to the provisions of section one hundred and forty-one of the principal Act enabling a seaman to require a stipulation for the allotment of his wages by means of an allotment note every superintendent or other officer before whom the seaman is engaged shall, after the seaman has signed the agreement, inquire of the seaman whether he requires such a stipulation for the allotment of his wages by means of an allotment note, and if the seaman requires such a stipulation shall insert the stipulation in the agreement with the crew, and any such stipulation shall be deemed to have been agreed to by the master.