# Merchant Shipping Act 1995, Section 106: Unauthorised persons: offences relating to safety.


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/21/section/106 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/section-106
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