To provide for the establishment of the Hydrographic Office; to provide for its objects, functions and the manner in which it is to be managed; to provide for the appointment and powers of the Hydrographer and the staff in the Hydrographic Office; to regulate the submission of hydrographic data; to regulate the manner in which hydrographic survey marks and copyrights may be protected; to provide for the limitation of civil liability; to provide for the manner in which the income of the Hydrographic Office must be dealt with; to provide for co-operation agreements and to provide for matters connected therewith.

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:—