Merchant Shipping Order, 2002 · As enacted · Part IV · Employment of Seamen
58. Regulations relating to crew agreements, engagement and discharge of seamen
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang
Di-Pertuan, make regulations prescribing the particulars to be entered in a crew agreement and the procedure to be followed in connection with the engagement and discharge of seamen from ships.
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, in the regulations, make provision -
{a} regarding the period of validity of a crew agreement and the circumstances under which it may be extended;
{b) requiring the engagement and discharge to be recorded, whether by entries in the crew agreement and discharge book or otherwise, and requiring copies of any such entry to be given to the Director;
Director
"Director" means the Director of Marine appointed under section 4 and includes the Deputy Director of Marine;
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requiring the posting in ships of copies of or extracts from crew agreements;
{d) for cases where a seaman employed on a ship is left behind otherwise than on being discharged from the ship; and
{e) requiring the crew agreement to be produced to the Director when the ship is in Brunei Darussalam.
Terms defined in s 2
Director
Defined · s 2"Director" means the Director of Marine appointed under section 4 and includes the Deputy Director of Marine;
seaman
Defined · s 2"seaman" includes every person employed or engaged in any capacity on board a ship on the business of the ship, other than- (a} the master of the ship; (b) a pilot; or (c) a person temporarily employed on the ship in port;
ship
Defined · s 2"ship" means any kind of vessel used in navigation by water, however propelled or moved and includes - (a} a barge, lighter or other floating vessel; and (b) an air cushion vehicle, or other similar craft, used wholly or primarily in navigation by water;
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