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

Regulations

Merchant Shipping (National Small Vessel Safety) Regulations, 2007

Part 1 : Preliminary

3. Application

 

(1) Subject to this regulation, these regulations apply to and in relation to—
(a) every commercial vessel (regardless of size) that is used on inland waters;
(b) every other commercial vessel, being a small vessel—
(i) that is registered as a ship in the Republic in terms of the Ship Registration Act 1998 (Act No. 58 of 1998);
(ii) that is required to be licensed in terms of section 68 of the Act; or
(iii) in respect of which a local general safety certificate is required by virtue of section 203 of the Act;
(c) every pleasure vessel (regardless of size) that is used on inland waters; and
(d) every other pleasure vessel of less than 100 gross tonnage, being—
(i) a vessel that is registered as a ship in the Republic; or
(ii) a vessel contemplated in section 68(3)(b) of the Act.

[Regulation 3(1) substituted by regulation 6 of Notice No. R. 731 dated 11 July 2008]

 

(2) These regulations do not apply to tenders.

 

(3) A provision of these regulations does not apply to a ship of South African nationality in the waters of a country other than the Republic where the provision is inconsistent with a law of that country which, by its terms, applies to the ship when in the waters of that country.

 

(4) These regulations apply to vessels under three metres in length except where otherwise stated and subject to regulation 8(4).