Merchant Shipping Act 1894
ccommodation for seamen.
210.—(1) Every place in any British ship occupied by seamen or apprentices, and appropriated to their use, shall have for each of those seamen or apprentices a space of not less than seventy-two cubic feet, and of not less than twelve superficial feet measured on the deck or floor of that place, and shall be subject to the regulations in the Sixth Schedule to this Act, and those regulations shall have effect as part of this section, and if any of the foregoing requirements of this section is not complied with in the case of any ship, the owner of the ship shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.
(2) Every place so occupied and appropriated shall be kept free from goods and stores of any kind not being the personal property of the crew in use during the voyage, and if any such place is not so kept free, the master shall forfeit and pay to each seaman or apprentice lodged in that place the sum of one shilling for each day during which, after complaint has been made to him by any two or more of the seamen so lodged, it is not so kept free.
(3) Such fees as the Board of Trade fix shall be paid in respect of an inspection for the purposes of this section, not exceeding the fees specified in the Sixth Schedule to this Act.
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Modifications (not altering text):
C38
Reference to space provided to crew in subs. (1) construed (1.06.1907) by Merchant Shipping Act 1906 (6 Edw. 7) c. 48, s. 64(1), commenced as per s. 86(2).
Increase of crew space
64. —(1) Subsection (1) of section two hundred and ten of the principal Act (which provides for the space required for each seaman or apprentice in any place in a British ship occupied by seamen or apprentices and appropriated to their use) shall be construed as if a space of not less than one hundred and twenty cubic feet and of not less than fifteen superficial feet measured on the deck or floor of that place were substituted for a space of not less than seventy-two cubic feet and of not less than twelve superficial feet measured on the deck or floor of that place.
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Editorial Notes:
E77
A fine of £20 translates into a Class C fine, not exceeding €2,500, as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3 and 6, table ref. no. 8, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.
E78
Power pursuant to section exercised (15.12.2010) by Merchant Shipping (Fees) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 594 of 2010), in effect as per art. 1(2)