Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NAVIGATION ACT 1912 - SECT 6E

             (1)  For the purposes of this Act, but subject to subsection (2):

                     (a)  the proper return port of a master who has been engaged for service on a ship is:

                              (i)  such port as is agreed upon between the owner of the ship and the master; or

                             (ii)  in the absence of agreement--the port at which the master shipped; and

                     (b)  the proper return port of a seaman who has been engaged for service on a ship is:

                              (i)  such port as is agreed upon between the master of the ship and the seaman, either in the seaman's agreement or otherwise; or

                             (ii)  in the absence of agreement--the port at which the seaman shipped.

             (2)  A master or seaman and the owner of a ship may agree to refer a question which has arisen between them as to the proper return port of the master or seaman to a proper authority for his or her decision.

             (3)  Section 81 applies to and in relation to such an agreement as if it were an agreement to which that section applies and the reference in that section to a superintendent were a reference to a proper authority.