# Merchant Shipping (International Labour Conventions) Act 1925 (repealed 1.5.1995), Chapter Article 4

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In urgent cases, the competent authority may allow a young person below the age of eighteen years to embark without having undergone the examination provided for in Articles 2 and 3 of this Convention, always provided that such an examination shall be undergone at the first port at which the vessel calls.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/15-16/42/schedule/Preamble/Section/2./FIRST/part/III/chapter/Article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-international-labour-conventions-act-1925-repealed-151995/schedule-Preamble/Section/2./FIRST/part-III/chapter-Article/4
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