Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if the owner of a ship that is registered in the International Register would, apart from subsection (2), be liable under regulations made for the purposes of section 59 of the Navigation Act to pay wages to a seafarer who is hurt or injured, or becomes ill, while on board the ship when it was used to engage in international trading.
(2) Any liability of the owner under that section ceases on the earlier of the following days:
(a) the day after the seafarer has recovered;
(b) the day that is 16 weeks after the first day the seafarer was hurt or injured, or became ill.