Merchant Shipping Act 1894

Limited application of Part III. of Act to colonial voyages.

365

365. (1) This Part of this Act, so far as the same is applicable, shall apply to every ship carrying steerage passengers on a colonial voyage as defined by this Part of this Act, provided that the enactments thereof relating to—

(a) master’s bond;

(b) steerage passengers contract tickets;

(c) Orders in Council regulating emigration from the British Islands, or prescribing rules for promoting health, cleanliness, order, and ventilation;

(d) passage brokers;

(e) emigrant runners; and

(f) posting of abstracts, and production of a copy, of this Part of this Act,

shall not apply.

(2) Where the duration of a colonial voyage (as determined under this Part of this Act) is less than three weeks, the enactments relating to—

(a) the regulations scheduled to this Act as to the accommodation for steerage passengers;

(b) medical practitioners, stewards, cooks, cooking apparatus, and manning with an efficient crew; and

(c) maintenance of steerage passengers after arrival,

shall also not apply.

(3) Where the duration of a colonial voyage (as determined under this Part of this Act), is less than three weeks, the enactments relating to the issue of provisions shall not, except as to the issue of water, apply to any steerage passenger who has contracted to furnish his own provisions.