Part IV

Safety

Control of, and returns as to, persons on ships

Unauthorised persons: offences relating to safety
106
1
Where a person goes to sea in a ship without the consent of the master or of any other person authorised to give it or is conveyed in a ship in pursuance of section 73(5)(b), sections 58 and 59 shall apply as if he were a seaman employed in the ship.
2
Subsection (1) above shall, in its application to section 58 so far as that section applies to ships which are not sea-going ships have effect—
a
with the omission of the words “goes to sea in a ship”; and
b
with the insertion, after the words “to give it”, of the words “is on board a ship while it is on a voyage or excursion”.
3
This section does not apply to fishing vessels.