Statutory Instruments
MERCHANT SHIPPING
MASTERS AND SEAMEN
Made
9th November 1972
Laid before Parliament
17th November 1972
Coming into Operation
1st January 1973
The Secretary of State, after consulting with the organisations referred to in section 99(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970, in exercise of powers conferred by section 11(3) of that Act and now vested in him(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:-
1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Seamen's Wages) (Contributions) Regulations 1972 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1973.
(2) In these Regulations-
"charity" means
"friendly society" means
"pension" means
"pension fund" means
"trade union" means
(3) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply to the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
2. It is hereby declared that section 11 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 applies-
(a)in relation to contributions to a fund, to-
(i)any pension fund; and
(ii)any charity; and
(b)in relation to contributions in respect of membership of a body, to-
(i)any trade union; and
(ii)any friendly society.
Michael Heseltine
Minister for Aerospace and Shipping
Department of Trade and Industry
9th November 1972
Section 11 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 restricts assignment of and charges upon the wages of seamen employed in ships registered in the United Kingdom but provides that nothing in the section is to apply to any disposition relating to the application of wages in the payment of contributions to a fund, or in respect of membership of a body, which has been declared by regulations to be a fund or body to which the section applies. These Regulations declare the funds and bodies to which it applies.
See the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Order 1970 (S.I. 1970/1537 (1970 III, p. 5293)).