Navigation (Master and Seamen) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1920.
I, THE
GOVERNOR-GENERAL
in and over the Commonwealth of Australia,
acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make
the following Regulations under the
Dated this fourteenth day of March, 1923.
FORSTER,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
AUSTIN CHAPMAN,
Minister of State for Trade and Customs.
Amendment of Navigation (Master and Seamen) Regulations 1922.
(Statutory Rules 1922, No. 34, as amended by Statutory Rules 1922, Nos. 72, 96, and 131, and 1923, No. 7.)
“ 14a. The master of an Australian-trade ship or of a limited coast-trade ship of fifty tons gross registered tonnage or upwards shall pay to each seaman, through or in the presence of a superintendent, within one clear day (exclusive of any Sunday or holiday) from the time the seaman lawfully leaves the ship at the end of his engagement, the balance of wages due to him.”
“15. (1.) Where a seaman is discharged and a settlement of his wages effected before a superintendent, the master or owner and the seaman shall, in the presence of the superintendent, sign a mutual release of all claims in respect of the past engagement—
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a ) in cases where a whole crew is being discharged on the termination of the agreement and the completed agreement is to be retained by the superintendent, in the column headed‘ Release’ in the agreement; and(
b ) in other cases both in that column and in Form M. & S.—10.(2.) A release in the form embodied in the agreement or in Form M. & S.—10, signed in accordance with sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation, shall be deemed to be the prescribed release within the meaning of section 80 of the
Navigation Act 1912-1920.”
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