Older Persons Act, 2006
R 385
Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)RegulationsDistressed Seamen's Regulations, 196113. Rates of Passage and Other Allowances |
| (1) | On arrival at the port to which a seaman has been conveyed in accordance with the provisions of regulation 8 the master shall take the seaman to the proper officer and produce the Conveyance Order (form T.V. 5/243) to that officer for payment. |
| (2) | If the proper officer is satisfied by reference to the ship's documents that the seaman has been conveyed, in accordance with the provisions of the Conveyance Order (form T.V 5/243), he shall pay the master at the following rates of passage:— |
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Rank of Personnel |
Rate |
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Masters, Navigating Officers, Engineer Officers (certified and uncertified), Medical Practitioners, Chief Stewards, Chief Pursers, Radio Offices, Apprentice-officers and Cadets |
One rand per day |
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Other White members of a crew |
Seventy five cents per day |
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Non-White members of a crew subsisted on a diet different to the diet for Whites |
Forty cents per day |
| (3) | Where in the opinion of a medical practitioner the health of a seaman conveyed under a Conveyance Order (form T.V. 5/243) is such that he requires medical attendance, extra diet or wines, and such attendance, diet or wines are provided and this fact can be confirmed from entries made in the log-book, the master shall be entitled to receive an allowance of ten cents per day in addition to the rates set out in paragraph (2). |
