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

Regulations

Purchase

(1)	Qualifying service shall be calculated from the date of engagement on a ship to the date of discharge from the ship, and is calculated by taking the actual days between the days of engagement and discharge, both inclusive, and reckoning 30 days to a month, 12 months to a year.

(2)	Qualifying service performed on vessels restricted to port operations shall be calculated as follows:

(a)	a shift of at least eight hours performed during a 24-hour period is equivalent to one day's qualifying service.

(b)	a shift of more than eight hours shall not count as more than one days' qualifying service.