(1) The Trade Union and Trade Disputes Act shall, so far as it relates to the immunity of persons from legal proceedings for acts committed in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute, apply to seamen as it applies to other persons.
(2) Despite anything in any agreement, a seaman employed in a Saint Lucian ship may terminate his or her employment in that ship by leaving the ship in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute, after giving to the master not less than 48 hours notice of his or her intention to do so, and shall not be compelled, unless the notice is withdrawn, to go to sea in the 48 hours following the giving of such a notice; but such a notice shall be of no effect unless at the time it is given the ship is in Saint Lucia and securely moored in a safe berth.
(3) In this section “trade dispute” means any dispute between employers and seamen, or between seamen and seamen which is connected with the employment or with the conditions of labour, or any person.