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Merchant Shipping Act 1995 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Crew Matters
95. Penalty for receiving remuneration from seamen for engagement
Feedback & support(1)
A person must not demand or receive, directly or indirectly, from a seaman, or from a person seeking employment as a seaman, or from a person on his or her behalf, any remuneration whatever for providing him or her with employment.
seaman
Defined · s 2
“seaman” includes every person employed or engaged in any capacity on board a ship on the business of the ship, other than —(a)the master of the ship;(b)a pilot; or(c)a person temporarily employed on the ship in port;
(2)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction for each offence to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.