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

Notices

Determination of Charges, 2021

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

R 320

(2)

Mechanically propelled ships and sailing ships < 6 metres in length

R 499

(3)

Ships ≥ 6 but < 9 metres in length

R 780

(4)

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

R 1 575

(5)

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

R 3 310

(6)

Ships > 100 but ≤ 500 tons

R 5 456

(7)

Ships > 500 but ≤ 1 600 tons

R 8 778

(8)

Ships > 1 600 but ≤ 3 000 tons

R 13 103

(9)

Ships > 3 000 tons

R 17 511

 

(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, the ship's radio installations [Determination 19], nor the scrutiny of plans or stability books [Determination 27]
(c) Groups of boats appearing on a single certificate will be charged at R1 117 per hour.

 

(3) If additional visit(s) are required to those in paragraph (2) above, an additional charge of R 1 117 per hour is applicable.

 

(4) Where surveys are conducted by appointed local small vessel surveyors other than officers, an administration fee of R128 is payable by the surveyor to SAMSA with each return of the documentation. This fee includes the issuing of a local general safety certificate a certificate of fitness or a hull certificate 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 R1 117 per hour or part thereof is payable.