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

Chapter V : Safety of Ships and Life at Sea

Part I : Construction of ships, provision of life-saving appliances and installation of radio

192. Issue of safety convention certificates in respect of passenger ships
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If, after consideration of the report of a surveyor, the Authority is satisfied—

(a)that a passenger ship which is or is to be registered in the Republic is constructed and equipped in accordance with all the requirements of the construction regulations, the life-saving equipment regulations, the radio regulations, the collision regulations and any other regulations which may have been made, which are applicable to the ship when plying on international voyages or on short international voyages, it shall cause to be issued in respect of the ship a passenger ship safety certificate for an international voyage or a short international voyage, as the case may be;

[Section 192(a) substituted by item 11(a) (Schedule 2) of Act No. 58 of 1998]

(b)[Section 192(b) deleted]
(c)that a passenger ship which is or is to be registered in the Republic is exempt, by virtue of the exercise by it of a power conferred on it by the construction regulations, the life-saving equipment regulations, the radio regulations, the collision regulations or any other regulations which may have been made, from any of the requirements of the said regulations applicable to the ship when plying on international voyages, or on short international voyages, or when engaged in any special passenger trade on such voyages, and that she is constructed and equipped in accordance with the remaining requirements, it shall cause to be issued in respect of the ship an exemption certificate and a passenger ship safety certificate.

[Section 192(c) substituted by item 11(b) (Schedule 2) of Act No. 58 of 1998]

 

[Section 192 substituted by item 11 (Schedule 2) of Act No. 58 of 1998]