Part 5Employment income: deductions allowed from earnings

Chapter 6Deductions from seafarers' earnings

384Meaning of employment “as a seafarer”

1

In this Chapter employment “as a seafarer” means an employment (other than Crown employment) consisting of the performance of duties on a ship or of such duties and others incidental to them.

2

In this section “Crown employment” means employment under the Crown—

a

which is of a public nature, and

b

the earnings from which are payable out of the public revenue of the United Kingdom or of Northern Ireland.