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

Regulations

Merchant Shipping (Eyesight and Medical Examination) Regulations, 2004

Part 2 : Medical Fitness

7. Evidence of medical fitness
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For the purposes of regulation 6, and sections 87, 92, 101 and 111 of the Act, a person is medically fit to perform duties as a seafarer if that person—

(a)holds a valid medical certificate declaring him or her to be fit for those duties; and
(b)there is no evidence that his or her medical condition has changed since the last medical examination to an extent that would make him or her unfit for those duties.