Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 106

106. (1) Subject to the provisions of this article and notwithstanding the provisions of any other law or of any regulations, rules and orders made or deemed to be made thereunder, no person under the age of sixteen years shall be employed in any Maltese ship. (2) The Minister may make regulations - (a) prescribing circumstances and capacities in which and the conditions subject to which persons under the age of sixteen years but who have attained such age as may be prescribed in the regulations may be employed in a Maltese ship; (b) prescribing circumstances and capacities in which persons over the age of six teen years but under the age of eighteen years or under such lower age as may be specified in the regulations may not be employed in a Maltese ship or may be so employed only subject to such conditions as may be specified in the regulations. (3) Regulations made for the purposes of this article may make different provision for different employments and different descriptions of ship and any other different circumstances. Registration of persons under eighteen years who are members of the crew. Substituted by: XXII. 2000. 52.