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- Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), where a person is employed on board any ship or vessel of one Party, he shall be subject only to the legislation of that Party as if any conditions relating to residence were satisfied in his case, provided that he is ordinarily resident in the territory of either Party.
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- Where a person who is subject to the legislation of one Party and employed either in the territory of that Party or on board any ship or vessel of that Party, is sent by his employer in the territory of that Party to work on board a ship or vessel of the other Party, he shall continue to be subject only to the legislation of the former Party provided that his employment on board the ship or vessel of the latter Party is not expected to last for a period of more than one year. Where his employment on board the ship or vessel of the latter Party continues after such period of one year, he shall continue to be subject only to the legislation of the former Party for any further period of not more than one year, provided that the competent authority of the latter Party agrees thereto before the end of the first period of one year.
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- Where a person who is not normally employed at sea is employed other than as a member of the crew, on board a ship or vessel of one Party, in the territorial waters of, or at a port of, the other Party, he shall be subject only to the legislation of the Party in whose territory he is ordinarily resident as if any conditions relating to residence were satisfied in his case.
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- Where a person who is ordinarily resident in the territory of one Party and employed on board any ship or vessel of the other Party is paid remuneration in respect of that employment by a person who is ordinarily resident in, or by an undertaking having a place of business in, the territory of the former Party, he shall be subject only to the legislation of the former Party as if the ship or vessel were a ship or vessel of the former Party, and the person or undertaking by whom the remuneration is paid shall be treated as the employer for the purpose of such legislation.
