§ (1) In Section forty-eight, Sub-section (1) of the principal Act, the following proviso shall be inserted:—
§ "Provided that in respect of that part of such period as aforesaid during which the owner of the ship is not liable to pay wages to the master, seaman, or apprentice so suffering from disease or disablement, sickness benefit may be paid in whole or part if such master, seaman, or apprentice has dependants, and was serving on a home-trade ship, and the benefit so paid shall be paid to or applied for the relief or maintenance of such dependants in such manner as the society or committee by which the benefit is administered, after consultation whenever possible with such person, thinks fit."
§ Lords Amendment: In Sub-section (1), leave out the words "such person" ["whenever possible with such person thinks fit"], and insert instead thereof the words "the master, seaman, or apprentice."