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

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Merchant Shipping (Training, Certification and Safe Manning) Regulations, 2021

Part 3 : Certification Requirements

Division 1 : Deck officer certificates (Seagoing Merchant Ships)

22. Mining operations and non-trading vessel operational limitations

 

(1) If more than half of a candidate's qualifying service for certification referred to in this division is made up of sea service performed on ships employed in mining operations contemplated in regulation 14 the certification concerned shall be limited to mining operations.

 

(2) If more than half of a candidate's qualifying service for certification referred to in this division is made up of sea service performed on vessels not engaged in trading operations, the certification concerned shall be limited to voyages on non-trading vessels.