Merchant Shipping Act, 1894

Agreements with crew.

399.(1) The skipper of every fishing boat being a trawler of twenty-five tons tonnage or upwards shall enter into an agreement (in this Part of this Act called a fishing boat’s agreement), in accordance with this Part of this Act, with every seaman whom he carries to sea as one of his crew from any port in England or Ireland, and shall not carry to sea any seaman with whom no such agreement has been entered into.

(2) If a skipper acts in contravention of this section, he shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds.

(3) This section shall not apply in the case of a sea-fishing boy.