73 Relief and return of seamen etc left behind and shipwrecked
Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (1995 c 21) | Legislation

Relief and repatriation and relief costs

73  Relief and return of seamen etc left behind and shipwrecked

(1)     Where—

(a)     a person employed as a seaman in a United Kingdom ship is left behind in any country outside the United Kingdom or is taken to such a country on being shipwrecked; or

(b)     a person who became so employed under an agreement entered into outside the United Kingdom is left behind in the United Kingdom or is taken to the United Kingdom on being shipwrecked;

the persons who last employed him as a seaman shall make such provision for his return and for his relief and maintenance until his return and such other provisions as may be required by regulations made

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