Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NAVIGATION ACT 1912 - SECT 70

             (1)  Subject to this section, a seaman who is engaged in Australia for service in a ship may make stipulations for the allotment and payment of portion of his or her wages as a seaman:

                     (a)  a person who is or is stated by the seaman to be:

                              (i)  the grandparent, parent, wife, husband, brother, sister, child or grandchild of the seaman; or

                             (ii)  a person towards the maintenance of whom the seaman contributes; or

                     (b)  a bank.

             (2)  Except by agreement with the master of the ship on which he or she engages to serve, a seaman is not entitled to make stipulations under this section for the allotment of a portion of his or her wages which, or of portions of his or her wages the total of which, is greater than three‑fourths of the wages.

             (3)  A stipulation under this section is of no force unless:

                     (a)  an allotment note in the prescribed form, or in a form approved by the Authority by instrument in writing, is signed by the master and the seaman; and

                     (b)  the sum allotted is specified in the agreement with the seaman.

             (4)  A seaman engaged in Australia for service in a ship shall not make stipulations for the allotment and payment of his or her wages, or any portion of his or her wages, otherwise than in accordance with this section.