Passenger Vessels Act 1825
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1825 c. 116 |
| Year | 1825 |
(6 Geo. 4) C A P. CXVI.
[5th July 1825]
'WHEREAS an Act was passed in this present Session of Parliament, intituled , in which it is declared, that the Laws of the Customs have become intricate by reason of the great Number of Acts relating thereto which have been passed through a long Series of Years, and that it is therefore highly expedient for the Interest of Commerce and the Ends of Justice, and also for affording Convenience and Facility to all Persons who may be subject to the Operation of those Laws, or who may be authorized to act in the Execution thereof, that all the Statutes now in force relating to the Customs should be repealed, and that the Purposes for which they have from time to time been made should be secured by new Enactments exhibiting more perspicuously and compendiously the various Provisions contained in them: And Whereas by the said Act the Laws relating to the carrying of Passengers to Foreign Parts will be repealed; and it is expedient to make new Provisions in lieu thereof:' Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this resent Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, Thatfrom and after the Fifth Day ofJanuary One thousand eight hundred and twenty six, this Act shall come into and be and continue in full Force and Operation for regulating Vessels carrying Passengers to Foreign Parts.
II What Number of Persons British Vessels, carrying Passengers, shall sail with without a Licence.
II. And be it further enacted, That noBritish Ship carrying any Passenger or Passengers shall sail from any Port or Place in the United Kingdom to or for any Port or Place out of Europe , and not being within the Streights of Gibraltar , with more Persons on board, including the Master and Crew, than One for every Five Tons of her Burthen, without a Licence under the Hands and Seals of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, under the Penalty of Fifty Pounds for every Person exceeding such Proportion, to be paid by the Master of such Ship: Provided always, that no such Licence shall be granted for any Ship to carry any greater Number of Persons, including the Master and Crew, than in the Proportionof One Person for every Two Tons of the Burthen of such Ship or Vessel, except as hereinafter provided in the Caseof Ships sailing fromIreland to the British Possessions in North America: Provided also, that Two Children under Fourteen Years of Age, or Three Children under Seven Years of Age, shall in all Cases be computed as One Person, for the Purposes hereinbefore mentioned.
III What Number of Persons Vessels laden may carry.
III. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for the Master of any Ship laden with Goods and Merchandize for Exportation, which shall sail from any Port or Place in the United Kingdom to or for any Port or Place out ofEurope , and not being within the Streights of Gibraltar , to receive or take on board a greater Number of Persons, including the Master and Crew, computed as aforesaid, than in the Proportion of One Person for ever Two Tons of such Ship remaining unladen with Goods and Merchandize, under the Penalty of Twenty Pounds for every Person exceeding such Proportion, to be paid by the Masterof such Ship: Provided always, that every clear integral Space between the Deck and the Cargo of every Ship which shall have but One Deck, or between the Decks of any Ship having more Decks than One, such Space being unoccupied with Goods or Merchandize, or with Stores, Provisions, Water or Baggage, and being Six Feet in Length, Two Feet Six Inches in Breadth, and being of the whole of the Height between Decks, or being Five Feet Six Inches in Height, if there be only One Deck, shall be deemed to be and shall be equivalent to Two Tons of such Ship remaining unladen.
IV Tonnage how ascertained.
IV. And be it further enacted, That everyBritish Ship shall be deemed to be of such Burthen as is set forth in the Certificate of the Registry of such Ship, and the Burthen of every Foreign Ship shall be ascertained by Admeasurement, in the Manner directed by any Act now in force or hereafter to be made respecting the Admeasurement of British Ships for the Purpose of being registered.
V List of Persons on board to be delivered to Collector.
V. And be it further enacted, That the Master of everyBritish Ship carrying Passengers as aforesaid, and having more Persons on board, including the Master and Crew, computed as aforesaid, than One for every Five Tons of the Burthen of such Ship, previously to his leaving the Port from whence he shall be bound shall deliver to the Collector and Comptroller of His Majesty's Customs at such Port a List, containing the full Number of the Crew, and also the Number of the Passengers, with their Names, Ages and Descriptions, and the Places to which they are to be respectively conveyed, for the Purpose of being registered at such Port; and if the Number of such Persons shall exceed Fifty, such Ship shall not be cleared out, unless the Owner or Owners, or the Master, shall have given Bond to His Majesty, with Two sufficient Sureties, such Bond to be without Stamp, and to be taken by and left in the Hands of the Collector or Comptroller of the Customs of the Port from whence such Ship shall be cleared out, in an Amount equal to the Sum of Twenty Pounds for each Passenger, whether Child or Adult, on board such Ship; with Condition that such Ship is seaworthy, and properly stored with Water and Provisions, and shall have for the Voyage a Surgeon, with a Medicine Chest properly stored with Medicines, as hereinafter provided; and that every such Passenger, if alive, shall be landed at the Port or Ports to which such Passenger shall have contracted...
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