Related amendments to Work Injury Compensation Act
85.—(1)  Section 2(1) of the Work Injury Compensation Act (Cap. 354, 2009 Ed.) is amended by deleting the words “meaning of the Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 179) and includes the master of any such ship” in the definition of “seaman” and substituting the words “meanings of “crew” and “Singapore ship” in the Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 179)”.
(2)  Section 20 of the Work Injury Compensation Act is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after the words “or any part thereof” in paragraph (d), the words “(other than the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) Act 2014)”; and
(b)by deleting the full‑stop at the end of paragraph (d) and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraphs:
(e)where a seaman has received payment under section 35 of the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) Act 2014 for the cost of medical treatment in respect of any injury within the meaning of this Act, the amount of compensation payable to the seaman under section 14(2) for the cost of medical treatment in respect of that injury shall be reduced by the amount so received;
(f)where a seaman has received payment under section 36 of the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) Act 2014 for loss of earnings in respect of any injury within the meaning of this Act, the amount of compensation payable to the seaman under section 14A for any temporary incapacity resulting from that injury shall be reduced by the amount so received.”.