No. 15 - Minimum Age (Trimmers and Stokers), 1921 [Shelved]

Provisions

• Persons under the age of 18 may not be employed as trimmers or stokers on steamships.
• If, in a given port, the only people available for those jobs are aged between 16 and 18, two people must be employed for each vacancy.
• The master of every vessel is required to keep a register of all persons younger than 18 who are employed on board, or enter their names in the articles of agreement (which must also contain a brief summary of the provisions of the Convention).
• Sailors on newfang led oil-powered ships are not covered.

Administered by

Maritime New Zealand

• Maritime Transport Act 1994

How New Zealand implements it

Section 26, of the Maritime Transport Act:

• prohibits the employment of a person under the age of 18 years as a trimmer or fireman on steamships;
• permits two persons over the age of 16 to be employed in place of one person over 18 in a port where no persons over the age of 18 is available; and
• requires a list of all crew members under the age of 18 to be included in a register.

This Convention is not applicable to Tokelau.

Ratified - 26 November 1959

Total ratifications - 10

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