Section 6
Minimum age of cooks on board ships
of Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) Act 2014
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Section 6
(1)
A seafarer below 18 years of age must not be employed or engaged, or work, as a ship’s cook.
(2)
Any person who employs or engages a seafarer below 18 years of age to work as a ship’s cook shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.