Merchant Shipping Act 1906

Merchant Shipping Act 1906

Territorial extent United Kingdom
Status: Unknown
Text of statute as originally enacted

Introduced in 1906 by David Lloyd George, then President of the Board of Trade, the Merchant Shipping Act established regulations covering the standards of food and accommodation on British registered ships. It was part of a number of acts introduced by David Lloyd George, and later Winston Churchill, as President of the Board of Trade, to improve conditions for workers.

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