Merchant Shipping (Seamen's Allotments) Regulations, 2007

Allotments) Regulations, 2007.

Interpretation.

A reference in these Regulations to a ship shall be read as a reference to a Brunei Darussalam ship.

A reference in these Regulations to a seaman shall be read as including a reference to the master of a ship.

{a) is not exempted from the requirements of section 57 by regulations made under that section; or

{b)

is employed in a ship which is not exempted from those requirements by such regulations, may at any time while he is so employed, by means of an allotment note issued in accordance with these Regulations, allot part of his wages to any person or persons or to a savings bank.

Limitations on issue of allotment notes.

Unless the seaman's employer or the master otherwise agrees, a seaman shall not allot more than one-half of his wages.

The wages of a seaman shall be taken to be his wages calculated at the rate stipulated in the agreement under which he is employed without any addition, including overtime payments, or deduction whatsoever.

{a}

the first sum payable under an allotment note shall be payable not less than one month from the date on which the allotment note is issued and subsequent sums shall become payable at regular intervals of not less than one month reckoned from the date when the first sum is payable; and

{b J no sum shall be payable under an allotment note before the seaman has earned any of the wages allotted by it.

Form of allotment notes.

An allotment note shall be in the form specified in the Schedule.