Part IV

Safety

Control of, and returns as to, persons on ships

Power to exclude drunken passengers from certain passenger ships.
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1
The master of any ship to which this section applies may refuse to receive on board any person who by reason of drunkenness or otherwise is in such a state, or misconducts himself in such a manner, as to cause annoyance or injury to passengers on board, and if any such person is on board, may put him on shore at any convenient place.
2
A person so refused admittance or put on shore shall not be entitled to the return of any fare he has paid.
3
This section applies to a ship (whether or not a United Kingdom ship) carrying more than 12 passengers and employed in carrying passengers between places in the limited European trading area as for the time being defined in regulations made under section 47 by the Secretary of State.