Versions of s. 293(2)

Any or all moneys paid by the Minister pursuant to subsection (1), together with the wages, if any, due to the seaman, are a charge on the ship to which the distressed seaman belonged, and are a debt to the Crown from the master of the ship or from the owner of the ship for the time being, or, where the ship has been lost, from the person who was owner of the ship at the time of the loss, or, where the ship has been transferred to a person who is not a British subject, either from the owner for the time being or from the person who was the owner of the ship at the time of the transfer, and, if the ship is a foreign ship, from the person, whether principal or agent, who engaged the seaman for service in the ship.