Commonwealth Functions (Statutes Review) Act 1981
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Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (4) the following subsections:
(4A) Where, in pursuance of articles of agreement, a person becomes a member of the crew of a ship, he shall, until he ceases to be a member of the crew of the ship, be deemed, for the purposes of this Act, to belong to the ship. (4B) A person who, in pursuance of articles of agreement, ceases temporarily to be a member of the crew of a ship shall be deemed, for the purposes of this Act, to cease to belong to the ship and does not again belong to the ship until he again becomes a member of the crew of the ship. (4C) A person who, in pursuance of articles of agreement, ceases temporarily to be a member of the crew of a ship shall not be taken to have been discharged from the ship.