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

Schedules

Second Schedule

Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974

Appendix

Appendix : Form of Safety Certificate for Passenger Ships

 

PASSENGER SHIP SAFETY CERTIFICATE

(Official Seal)

Country

 

for an / a short international voyage.

 

Issued under the provisions of the

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA, 1974

 

Name of ship

Distinctive Number or Letters

Port of Registry

Gross Tonnage

Particulars of voyages, if any sanctioned under Regulation 27 (c) (vii) of Chapter III

Date on which keel was laid (see Note below)
























 

The                                (Name) Government certifies

I, the undersigned                                (Name) certify.

 

I. That the above-mentioned ship has been duly surveyed in accordance with the provisions of the Convention referred to above.

 

II. That the survey showed that the ship complied with the requirements of the Regulations annexed to the said Convention as regards—
(1) the structure, main and auxiliary boilers and other pressure vessels and machinery;
(2) the watertight subdivision arrangements and details;
(3) the following subdivision load lines:

 

Subdivision load lines assigned and marked on the ship’s side at amidships (Regulation 11 of Chapter II–1)

Freeboard

To apply when the spaces in which passengers are carried include the following alternative spaces

C.1

 

 

C.2

 

 

C.3

 

 

 

III. That the lifesaving appliances provide for a total number of.................persons and no more, viz.:

 

lifeboats (including........................motor lifeboats) capable of accommodating.........................persons, and .................motor lifeboats fitted with radiotelegraph installation and searchlight (included in the total lifeboats shown above) and.......................motor lifeboats fitted with searchlight only (also included in the total lifeboats shown above), requiring..................certificated lifeboatmen;

 

liferafts, for which approved launching devices are required, capable of accommodating................persons; and liferafts, for which approved launching devices are not required, capableof accommodating..................persons;

 

buoyant apparatus capable of supporting......................persons;.

lifebuoys;

life-jackets.

 

IV. That the lifeboats and liferafts were equipped in accordance with the provisions of the Regulations.

 

V. That the ship was provided with a line-throwing appliance and portable radio apparatus for survival craft in accordance with the provisions of the Regulations.

 

VI. That the ship complied with the requirements of the Regulations as regards radiotelegraph installations, viz.:

 

 

Requirements or Regulations

Actual provision

Hours of listening by operator

 

 

Number of operators

 

 

Whether auto alarm fitted

 

 

Whether main installation fitted

 

 

Whether reserve installation fitted

 

 

Whether main and reserve transmitters electrically separated or combined

 

 

Whether direction-finder fitted

 

 

Whether radio equipment for homing on the radiotelephone distress frequency fitted

 

 

Whether radar fitted

 

 

Number of passengers for which certificated

 

 

 

VII. That the functioning of the radiotelegraph installations for motor lifeboats and/or the portable radio apparatus for survival craft, if provided, complied with the provisions of the Regulations.

 

VIII. That the ship complied with the requirements of the Regulations as regards fire-detecting and fire-extinguishing appliances, radar, echo-sounding device and gyro-compass and was provided with navigation lights and shapes, pilot ladder, and means of making sound signals, and distress signals in accordance with the provisions of the Regulations and also the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea in force.

 

IX. That in all other respects the ship complied with the requirements of the Regulations, so far as these requirements apply thereto.

This certificate is issued under the authority of the Government. It will remain in force until

 

Issued at  ................................................................. the ........................................ day of.................................................. 19.........

 

Here follows the seal or signature of the authority entitled to issue the certificate.

 

 

........................................................

Seal

 

 

If signed, the following paragraph is to be added:

The undersigned declares that he is duly authorized by the said Government to issue this certificate.

 

 

........................................................

Signature

 

 

Note.—It will be sufficient to indicate the year in which the keel was laid or when the ship was at a similar stage of construction except for 1952, 1965 and the year of the coming into force of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, in which cases the actual date should be given.

In the case of a ship which is converted as provided in Regulation 1 (b) (i) of Chapter II-1 or Regulations 1 (a) (i) of Chapter II-2 of the Convention, the date on which the work of conversion was begun should be given.