Merchant Shipping Act 1894

273 Transmission of declaration.U.K.

(1)The owner of a steamer surveyed shall within fourteen days after the receipt by him of a declaration of survey transmit it to the Board of Trade.

(2)If an owner fails without reasonable cause so to transmit a declaration of survey, he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding [F150p] for every day during which the transmission is delayed, and any sum so forfeited shall be payable on the granting of a certificate in addition to the fee, and shall be applied in the same manner as the fee.

Textual Amendments

F1Words substituted by virtue of Decimal Currency Act 1969 (c. 19), s. 10(1)