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

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Merchant Shipping (Automatic Identification System) Regulations, 2004

8. Inspection of foreign ships

 

When considering whether a foreign ship complies with the requirements of these regulations, a proper officer or a surveyor, as the case may be, need not satisfy himself or herself in relation to the following:

(a) regulation 5(1)(a), if the equipment is of a type approved by or on behalf of the ship's flag state and that state is a Convention State;
(b) regulation 5(1)(b)(ii), if the ship's flag state is a Convention State.