5 (International Labour Conventions). ARTICLE 4. Each member of the International Labour Organisation which ratifies this Convention engages to apply it to its colonies, protectorates and possessions which are not fully self-governing: (a) Except where owing to the local conditions its provisions are inapplicable; or (b) Subject to such modifications as may be necessary to Each member shall notify to the International Labour 10 Office the action taken in respect of each of its colonies, protectorates and possessions which are not fully self-governing. 15 PART II. DRAFT CONVENTION FIXING THE MINIMUM AGE FOR A.D. 1924. ARTICLE 1. 66 For the purpose of this Convention, the term vessel includes all ships and boats, of any nature whatsoever, engaged in maritime navigation, whether publicly or privately owned; 20 it excludes ships of war. ARTICLE 2. Young persons under the age of eighteen years shall not be employed or work on vessels as trimmers or stokers. ARTICLE 3. The provisions of Article 2 shall not apply: (a) To work done by young persons on school-ships or (b) To the employment of young persons on vessels (c) To young persons of not less than sixteen years of A.D. 1924. (International Labour Conventions). ARTICLE 4. When a trimmer or stoker is required in a port where young persons of less than eighteen years of age only are available, such young persons may be employed and in that case it shall be necessary to engage two young persons in place 5 of the trimmer or stoker required. Such young persons shall be at least sixteen years of age. ARTICLE 5. In order to facilitate the enforcement of the provisions of this Convention, every shipmaster shall be required to keep a 10 register of all persons under the age of eighteen years employed on board his vessel, or a list of them in the articles of agreement, and of the dates of their births. ARTICLE 6. Articles of agreement shall contain a brief summary of the 15 provisions of this Convention. ARTICLE 11. Each member of the International Labour Organisation which ratifies this Convention engages to apply it to its colonies, possessions and protectorates, in accordance with 20 the provisions of Article 421 of the Treaty of Versailles and of the corresponding Articles of the other Treaties of Peace. PART III. DRAFT CONVENTION CONCERNING THE COMPULSORY ARTICLE 1. For the purpose of this Convention, the term vessel includes all ships and boats, of any nature whatsoever, engaged in maritime navigation, whether publicly or privately owned; 30 it excludes ships of war. ARTICLE 2. The employment of any child or young person under eighteen years of age on any vessel, other than vessels upon 5 (International Labour Conventions). which only members of the same family are employed, shall be A.D. 1924. conditional on the production of a medical certificate attesting fitness for such work, signed by a doctor who shall be approved by the competent authority. ARTICLE 3. The continued employment at sea of any such child or young person shall be subject to the repetition of such medical examination at intervals of not more than one year, and the production, after each such examination, of a further medical 10 certificate attesting fitness for such work. Should a medical certificate expire in the course of a voyage, it shall remain in force until the end of the said voyage. ARTICLE 4. In urgent cases, the competent authority may allow a 15 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. Each member of the International Labour Organisation which ratifies this Convention engages to apply it to its colonies, possessions and protectorates, in accordance with the provisions of Article 421 of the Treaty of Versailles and 25 of the corresponding Articles of the other Treaties of Peace. 30 35 SECOND SCHEDULE. DOMINIONS TO WHICH ACT MAY NOT BE APPLIED BY British India. The Dominion of Canada. The Commonwealth of Australia (including Papua and Norfolk Island). The Dominion of New Zealand. The Union of South Africa. The Irish Free State. Merchant Shipping (International Labour Conventions). [H.L.] An Act to give effect to certain Draft Conventions adopted by the International Labour Conference relating respectively to an unem ployment indemnity for seamen in the case of loss or foundering of their ship, the minimum age for the admission of young persons to employment as trimmers and stokers, and the compulsory medical examination of children and young persons employed at sea. Brought from the Lords, 11 April 1924. Ordered, by The House of Commous, to be Printed, 17 July 1924. To be purchased directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses: 1, St. Andrew's Crescent, Cardiff; or 120, George Street, Edinburgh; District) Water Order Confirmation. A BILL ΤΟ Confirm a Provisional Order under the Private A.D. 1924. Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1899 relating to Midlothian (Calder District) Water. W THEREAS His Majesty's Secretary for Scotland has after inquiry held before Commissioners made the Provisional Order set forth in the schedule hereunto annexed under the provisions of the Private Legislation 62 & 63 Vict. 5 Procedure (Scotland) Act 1899 and it is requisite that c. 47. the said Order should be confirmed by Parliament: Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent ConfirmaMajesty by and with the advice and consent of the tion of Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in this Order in 10 present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows: 15 schedule. 1. The Provisional Order contained in the schedule Short title. hereunto annexed shall be and the same is hereby confirmed. 2. This Act may be cited as the Midlothian (Calder District) Water Order Confirmation Act 1924. |