Merchant Shipping Act, 1894

Agreements for fishing vessels in Scotland.

389.(1) The owner or skipper of any British vessel engaged in fishing off the coast of the United Kingdom may enter into an agreement with any person employed on that vessel that that person shall be remunerated wholly by a share in the profit of the fishing adventure.

(2) Every such agreement shall be in writing, and shall be signed by the contracting parties in the presence of a superintendent.

(3) The superintendent shall, before the agreement is signed, read and (if necessary) explain the same to the contracting parties, and shall attest the signature of the agreement and certify that it has been read to, and agreed to, by the contracting parties.

(4) Any such agreement, if made in manner provided by this section, shall be valid and binding on all the contracting parties, and shall have effect notwithstanding anything in Part II. of this Act.

(5) This section shall only apply to Scotland.

Fees and Control of Superintendents.