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South African Maritime Safety Authority Act, 1998 (Act No. 5 of 1998)

Notices

Determination of Charges

Part 3 : Ship Safety and Security, and Pollution Prevention

Division 1 : Ship safety services

15. Survey of ship (other than passenger ship) for local general safety certificate or certificate of fitness

 

(1) Subject to paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5), the following charges are payable for the survey of a ship (other than a passenger ship) for a local general safety certificate, with or without a local safety exemption certificate, or a certificate of fitness.

 

Item

Description of ship

Charge

(1)

Rowing boats

R280

(2)

Mechanically propelled ships and sailing ships < 6 metres in length

R435

(3)

Ships ≥ 6 but < 9 metres in length

R680

(4)

Ships ≥ 9 metres in length but ≤ 25 tons (or ≤14m LOA)

R1 375

(5)

Ships ≥ 25 (or >14m LOA) but < 100 tons

R2 890

(6)

Ships > 100 but ≤ 500 tons

R4 765

(7)

Ships > 500 but ≤ 1 600 tons

R7 667

(8)

Ships > 1 600 but ≤ 3 000 tons

R11 445

(9)

Ships > 3 000 tons

R15 295

 

(2) Charges in the tables forming part of Paragraph (1) covers one visit to the ship, the following special circumstances are applicable;
(a) For item (1) – (4) in the tables, the survey covers all parts of the ship including the hull inspection and inspection of radio installations except for Category A and seagoing passenger vessels.
(b) The survey excludes the hull [determination 20], where the survey thereof requires the ship to be dry-docked, slipped, or lifted by a synchro-lift or crane, and the ship's radio installations [paragraph 19], nor the scrutiny of plans or stability books [paragraph 27]

 

(3) If additional visit(s) are required to those in paragraph (2) above, an additional charge of R975-00 per hour is applicable.

 

(4) Where surveys are conducted by appointed local small vessel surveyors other than officers, an administration fee of R120 is payable by the surveyor to SAMSA with each return of the documentation. This fee includes the issuing of a local general safety certificate or a certificate of fitness and is not an additional charge to those contemplated in paragraph (1) above. The charges in paragraph (1) may not be amended by the surveyors who must issue a receipt as envisaged by Determination 6. The R120 due to SAMSA is borne by the surveyor or concerned and payable at the responsible SAMSA office.

 

(5) Where a service is provided in calculating and issue of a SAMSA buoyancy certificate or related document a fee of R975 per hour is payable.