Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1992 No. 234, 1992 - SECT 5

5.(1) In a claim for compensation under section 29, if it is established that
a prescribed ship has not been heard of for at least 3 months the ship is
taken to have been lost with all on board immediately after the ship was last
heard of.

(2) A copy of:

   (a)  an agreement; or

   (b)  a list of the employees on a prescribed ship; or

   (c)  another document showing changes in the employees on a
        prescribed ship; which has been prepared for a legal purpose is, in
        the absence of proof to the contrary, sufficient proof that the
        employees named in the document were on board the prescribed ship at
        the time of the loss.