Section 145: Allotment notes

(1)
Any stipulation made under section 145 of this Act by a seaman at the commencement of a voyage for the allotment of any part of his wages during his absence, shall be inserted in the agreement with the crew, and shall state the amounts and times of the payments to be made.
(2)
Where the agreement with the crew is required to be made in a prescribed form, the seaman may require a stipulation to be inserted in the agreement for the allotment, by means of an allotment note, of any part, not exceeding one-half, of his wages in favour of a near relative or a prescribed bank.
(3)
An allotment note may by agreement with the master be granted to a seaman providing for payment of a greater sum than one half of the wages.
(4)
Allotment notes shall be in the prescribed form.
(5)
When a seaman has signed the agreement, the superintendent before whom the seaman is engaged shall enquire if the seaman requires a stipulation for allotment of wages by an allotment note and if the seaman requires it, the superintendent shall insert the stipulation in the agreement with the crew, and it shall be deemed to have been agreed to by the master.
(6)
Save with the agreement of the master, nothing in subsection (5) shall apply to any stipulation within subsection (3) of this section or subsection (2) of section 150 of this Act.
(7)
For the purposes of this Act and with respect to allotment notes, "near relative" means the spouse, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, child, grandchild, brother or sister of the seaman.