The Merchant Shipping (Seamen's Wages and Accounts) Regulations 1972

THE SCHEDULE ACCOUNTS OF SEAMEN'S WAGES

(Regulation 3)

Particulars to be shown in the account of wages to be delivered to a seaman under section 8(1) and (4) of the Act

Particulars of the seaman and of the ship

1.  Name of the seaman and—

(a) the number of his current discharge book (if any);

(b) his reference number in the crew agreement;

(c) his income tax code;

(d) his national insurance number; and the dates on which his national insurance contributions commenced and ceased.

2.  Name of the ship and its official number.

Particulars of employment

3.  Capacity in which the seaman was employed.

4.  Dates when employment commenced and ceased and total period of employment in which wages were earned, showing separately the dates of the beginning and end of any period in which wages were not earned.

Allotments

5.  Sums payable under each allotment note, date when the first payment was due, the intervals between payments, and the total of all such sums.

Gross wages

6.  Total amount of gross wages earned, with, shown separately and with sufficient detail to indicate how each amount is calculated, the total amounts in respect of—

(a) the wages at the rate specified in the crew agreement;

(b) increase in wages;

(c) overtime;

(d) leave pay;

(e) subsistence;

(f) any other earnings during the period of employment.

Deductions

7.  Deductions authorised by regulations 4 and 5, specifying the nature of the deduction and showing the total amount in respect of each deduction.

8.  Fines deducted pursuant to section 38 of the Act.

9.  Deductions authorised by enactments other than the Act, specifying the nature of the deduction and showing the total amount in respect of each deduction.

10.  Total of amounts deducted from gross wages.

Net Wages

11.  Total amount of net wages.

Special retentions

12.  Amount of net wages retained pursuant to a notice (relating to a claim for maintenance etc. of the seaman's dependants) under section 183 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (having effect as set out in Schedule 5 to the Ministry of Social Security Act 1966) or under section 17 of the Act, stating by whom any such notice was served.

Balance payable

13.  Balance of wages.