Clause 6
Minimum age of cooks on board ships
of Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) Bill
BillNot in forceProvision 12 of 88
Clause 6
(1)
No seafarer below 18 years of age shall 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.