32
CAP. 2811
Merchant Shipping
[1986 Ed.
61/89513
Certificates of competency for trawling masters, etc.
(b) the forms, period and conditions of agreement of crew, of reports of crew and of statements of change of crew, of wage accounts and certificates of discharge of crew, of records and reports of death, injuries, ill-treatment or punishment of crew and of every casualty to a trawler;
(c) maintenance of discipline on board trawlers and also for the prevention of disorder and confusion;
(d) the maintaining of a register of trawling masters and trawling engineers; (Replaced, 73 of 1974, s. 4)
(e) duties and obligations of the owners, agents, masters, masters for the time being, engineers and crew of trawlers and the institution of inquiries into disputes between the above persons, and of inquiries into deaths, injuries, ill-treatment or punishment of crew;
(f) adequate means for preventing, by force if necessary, any trawlers from leaving, or attempting to leave the waters of the Colony or any port thereof in contravention of this Ordinance or of any regulations made thereunder;
(g) examination, approval of suitability and annual or periodic surveys of trawlers, including hulls, machinery and equipment, for the purpose of certifying in such form as may be prescribed that such vessels are fit for their intended service;
(h) scale of manning suitable for the intended service of trawlers to ensure that trawlers are not over nor under-manned, and to ensure that trawlers are not carrying passengers, save that the Director may permit experts or observers to be signed on as members of the crew for specific purposes or duties;
(i) regulation of entry of boys under 16 years of age into the sea-fishing service, and prescribing of forms of indenture and agreements with such boys and their enforcement; and
(j) fees in respect of registration, permits, clearances, certificates, surveys and other documents or services relating to trawlers not otherwise provided for under this Ordinance.
(2) The Director may exempt any trawler from the provisions of any regulation made hereunder if he is satisfied that compliance therewith is either impracticable or unreasonable.
94A. (1) The Director shall cause examinations to be held in respect of persons who wish to obtain certificates of competency as trawling masters or trawling engineers, and shall appoint examiners for that purpose. Every such appointment shall be notified in the Gazette.
(2) The Director of Marine may make rules prescribing or providing for-