s 83 Payment of fines for disciplinary offences
83.—(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), the amount of a fine imposed on a seaman for a disciplinary offence, so far as not remitted by the master or on appeal, may be deducted from the seaman’s wages or otherwise recovered by the person employing the seaman and must be paid by the seaman (whether or not it has been so deducted or otherwise recovered) to the Director. (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) —(a) if the wages or part of the wages are paid by the master of a ship on the master’s own behalf or on behalf of the person employing the seaman (as the case may be), the said amount must be paid at the time when the seaman leaves the ship at the end of the seaman’s agreement or, if earlier, when the seaman’s employment on the ship is terminated; (b) in any other case, the master must at that time notify the amount to the person employing the seaman, and the person must pay it when the next payment in respect of the seaman’s wages falls to be made by the person. (3) Where an appeal against such a fine is pending at the time mentioned in subsection (2), no amount is to by reason of the fine be deducted, recovered, paid or notified under subsections (1) and (2) until the appeal has been disposed of; but regulations made under section 80 may provide for the amount of the fine to be provisionally deducted from the seaman’s wages pending the appeal.