Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NAVIGATION ACT 1912 - SECT 83

             (1)  No seaman shall, by any agreement:

                     (a)  be deprived of any remedy for the recovery of his or her wages; or

                     (b)  forfeit his or her lien upon the ship for his or her wages; or

                     (c)  abandon his or her right to wages in case of the loss of the ship; or

                     (d)  abandon any right that he or she may have or obtain in the nature of salvage.

             (2)  The lien for seamen's wages shall have priority over all other liens.

             (3)  Every stipulation in any agreement, inconsistent with any provision of this Act, shall be void.

             (4)  Nothing in this section shall apply to a stipulation made by any seaman, belonging to a ship which according to the terms of the agreement is to be employed exclusively on salvage service, with respect to the remuneration to be paid to the seaman for salvage service to be rendered by that ship to any other ship.