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

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Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods) Regulations, 1997

Part 3 : Carriage of Dangerous Goods in Bulk

19. List, manifest or stowage plan

 

(1) The master of a ship carrying dangerous good  in bulk must cause a special list, manifest or stowage plan to be carried in the ship—
(a) setting out details, obtained from the shipping documents submitted by the shipper, of the dangerous goods carried aboard the ship for the voyage on which it is currently engaged, including the correct technical name of the goods, their mass or volume and, where the dangerous goods appear in Appendix B of the Bulk Cargoes Code, their classification in accordance with regulation 9(2); and
(b) showing details of the location in the ship where the goods are stowed.

 

(2) The master must also carry in the ship any additional special documents required by the Bulk Cargoes Code, the BCH or IBC Codes, or the IGC or Gas Carrier Codes for the carriage of dangerous goods.

 

(3) Any such list, manifest or stowage plan and any additional special documents required for the acceptance of such goods for carriage in a ship must be kept available for reference or inspection on board the ship until the goods have been discharged from the ship.

 

(4) If the master of a ship carrying dangerous goods in bulk fails to cause a list, manifest or stowage plan or additional special documents required for the acceptance of such goods for carriage to be carried in the ship or kept available as required by  subregulation (3), he or she is guilty of an offence.