Merchant Shipping Act 1894

Passage brokers agents.

345

345.(1) A passage broker shall not employ as an agent in his business of passage broker any person who does not hold from him an appointment, signed by the passage broker, and counter-signed by the emigration officer at the port nearest to the place of business of the passage broker.

(2) Every such agent shall, upon request, produce his appointment to any emigration officer, or to any person treating for a steerage passage under this Part of this Act.

(3) If any person acts in contravention of this section he shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.

Annotations:

Modifications (not altering text):

C104

Application of section extended (1.06.1907) by Merchant Shipping Act 1906 (6 Edw. 7) c. 48, s. 23, commenced as per s. 86(2).

Sale of steerage passages.

23. The provisions of Part III of the principal Act, relating to passage brokers, shall apply to any person who at any place in the British Islands sells or lets, or agrees to sell or let, or is anywise concerned in the sale or letting of, steerage passages from any place in Europe not within the Mediterranean Sea.

Editorial Notes:

E174

A fine of £50 translates into a Class B fine, not exceeding €4,000, as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3 and 5, table ref. no. 8, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.