The following section is hereby substituted for section 345 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1951:

“Payment of allowances to persons appointed to make preliminary inquiries into shipping casualties, to members of courts of marine enquiry, maritime courts or courts of survey and assessors

345. Any person appointed under section 264, any member of a court of marine enquiry, maritime court or court of survey, any expert to whom an appeal has been referred under section 282 or any assessors summoned under subsection (2) of section 292 [or section 331 and any salvage officer] shall, if he or she is in the employ of the Government of the Republic, be paid such allowances towards subsistence and transport as may be prescribed (otherwise than under this Act) for Government employees of his or her class, and if he or she is not in the employ of the Government of the Republic, or if no such allowances have been prescribed for Government employees of his or her class, he or she shall be paid such allowances towards subsistence and transport as may be prescribed by the regulations made under this Act.”.