Merchant Shipping Act, 1894

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Account of wages.

409.—(1) The owner of a fishing boat, being a trawler of twenty-five tons tonnage or upwards, shall deliver to the skipper, and the owner or skipper of such a boat shall deliver to every seaman of that boat, a full and true account, in a form approved by the Board of Trade, of the wages of the skipper or seaman, as the case may be (not being a share in the catch), and of all deductions to be made therefrom on any account whatever, and a deduction from the wages of a skipper or seaman shall not be allowed unless it is included in the account so delivered, or is in regard of a matter happening after such delivery.

(2) The skipper may by notice to the owner, and a seaman may by notice to the skipper, dispense with the delivery of suck account.

(3) Except where the account of wages is dispensed with, the account shall be delivered not less than four hours before the paying off or discharge of the skipper or seaman.

(4) If the owner or skipper of a boat fails without reasonable cause to comply with this section, he shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds.