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Merchant Shipping Act 1995 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Manning and Certification
48. Prohibition of going to sea undermanned
Feedback & supportSubject to any exemption under section 215, if a ship goes to sea or attempts to go to sea without carrying the number of officers, doctors and other seamen that it is required to carry under section 47, the owner or the master of the ship shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 and the ship may be detained.
ship
Defined · s 2
“ship” means any kind of vessel used in navigation by water, however propelled or moved and includes —(a)a barge, lighter or other floating vessel;(b)an air-cushion vehicle, or other similar craft, used wholly or primarily in navigation by water; and(c)an off-shore industry mobile unit;