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Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)

Chapter V : Safety of Ships and Life at Sea

Part I : Construction of ships, provision of life-saving appliances and installation of radio

202. Issue of safety convention certificate by one Government at request of another

 

(1) The Authority may request the Government of a country to which the Safety Convention applies to issue an appropriate safety convention certificate in respect of a ship registered in the Republic; and a certificate issued in pursuance of such a request shall contain a statement that it has been so issued, and shall be deemed to have been issued—
(a) in the case of a passenger ship, under section one hundred and ninety-two; or
(b) in the case of a ship other than a passenger ship, under section one hundred and ninety-three.

 

(2) The Authority may, at the request of the Government of a country to which the Safety Convention applies, cause an appropriate safety convention certificate to be issued in respect of a ship registered in that country, if it is satisfied in like manner as in the case of a ship registered in the Republic, that the certificate can properly be issued: Provided that it may cause the certificate to be issued if it is satisfied that the ship is constructed and equipped in accordance with all the requirements of the construction regulations, the life-saving equipment regulations, the radio regulations and any other regulations which may have been made and which are applicable to the ship and to the voyages on which she is to be engaged, in so far as those requirements are requirements of the Safety Convention applicable as aforesaid, notwithstanding the fact (if it be so) that she is not constructed or equipped in accordance with any requirements of the said regulations that are not applicable requirements of the Safety Convention, and that she is equipped in accordance with the requirements of the collision regulations. A certificate issued in pursuance of such a request shall contain a statement that it has been so issued and shall have effect as if it had been issued by the Government of the country in which the ship is registered.

[Section 202(2) substituted by section 2(2) of Act No. 5 of 1998]