reg 48 Shipowners' liability for seafarer unemployment and losses following loss or foundering of ship
(1) This regulation applies in relation to a seafarer working on board a ship which founders or is lost. (2) If the loss or foundering of the ship causes the seafarer to become unemployed, the shipowner must pay to the seafarer an amount equivalent to the wages which would otherwise have been payable under the seafarer employment agreement for every day on which the seafarer is unemployed in the two month period commencing on the day following the day on which the loss or foundering occurred. (3) If the loss or foundering of the ship causes the seafarer to suffer injury or loss (other than the loss of wages referred to in paragraph (2)), the shipowner must pay compensation to the seafarer. (4) In relation to loss other than personal injury or death, the duty in paragraph (3) is limited to the amount specified (if any) in the seafarer employment agreement. (5) A seafarer may recover any sum due from the shipowner under paragraph (2) or (3) as a civil debt.