Ghana Shipping (Maritime Labour) Regulations, 2015 (L.I. 2226)
Regulation 33
(1) A seafarer is entitled to financial assistance from the shipowner in the event the seafarer falls sick or is injured in the course of the employment of the seafarer or as a result of the employment of the seafarer under the employment agreement.
(2) The dependants of a seafarer who dies in the course of the employment or as a result of the employment of the seafarer are entitled to financial assistance from the shipowner.
(3) Sub regulation (1) does not affect the right of the seafarer to any other legal remedy.
(4) A shipowner is responsible for health protection and medical care of seafarers working on board the ship and
(a) is liable for the cost of treatment of a seafarer in respect of sickness and injury of the seafarer occurring between the date of commencement of duty and the date upon which the seafarer is repatriated, or arising from the employment between those dates;
(b) shall provide financial security to assure compensation in the event of the death or long-term disability of a seafarer due to an occupational injury, illness or hazard, as set out in the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1987 (P.N.D.C.L. 187) or in the seafarers' employment agreement or any applicable collective agreement;
(c) is liable to defray the expense of medical care, including medical treatment and the supply of the necessary medicines and therapeutic appliances, and board and lodging away from home until the sick or injured seafarer has recovered or until the sickness or incapacity has been declared to be of a permanent character; and
(d) is liable to pay the cost of burial expenses in the case of death occurring on board or ashore during the period of employment.
(5) Where the sickness or injury of a seafarer results in incapacity, the shipowner shall
(a) pay full wages as long as the sick or injured seafarer remains on board or until the seafarer has been repatriated in accordance with regulation 17; and
(b) pay wages in whole or in part as prescribed in regulation 14 or as provided for in a collective agreement from the time when the seafarer is repatriated until recovery.
(6) Despite sub regulation (5), the liability of a shipowner to pay wages in whole or in part in respect of a seafarer who is no longer on board the ship is limited to sixteen weeks from the day of the injury or the commencement of the sickness.
(7) A shipowner is not liable in respect of
(a) an injury incurred otherwise than in the service of the ship;
(b) an injury, a sickness or death which is due to the wilful misconduct of the sick, injured or deceased seafarer;
(c) a sickness or an infirmity which was concealed by the seafarer at the time of the seafarer's engagement.
(8) A shipowner or a representative of the shipowner shall take measures to
(a) safeguard property left on board by a sick, injured or deceased seafarer; and
(b) return any property left on board
(i) to the seafarer, in the case of property left by a sick or an injured seafarer; or
(ii) to the next of kin, in the case of property left by a deceased seafarer.
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