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

Regulations

Merchant Shipping (Maritime Security) Regulations, 2004

Part 1 : Preliminary

Division 4 - Applications

4. Regulations not to apply to certain state ships etc

 

(1) Unless the context indicates otherwise, these regulations do not apply to, or in relation to—
(a) a warship or other ship operated for naval, military, customs or law enforcement purposes by an organ of state or by a foreign state;
(b) a ship (other than a ship covered by paragraph (a)) that is—
(i) owned or operated by an organ of state or by a foreign state; and
(ii) being used wholly for non-commercial activities;
(c) a security regulated port,or a part of a port, at any time that the port, or the part of the port, is under the exclusive control of the South African National Defence Force.

 

(2) A reference in these regulations to a maritime industry participant does not include a

reference to—

(a) the South African National Defence Force;
(b) the South African Revenue Service;
(c) the South African Police Service; or
(d) any other organ of state determined in writing by the Minister.