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

Regulations

Merchant Shipping (Training, Certification and Safe Manning) Regulations, 2021

Part 8 : Employment of Seafarers in accordance with Occupational Safety, Security and Medical Requirements

112. Employment of qualified personnel on passenger ships
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(1) The owner and the master of every passenger ship shall ensure that the master and every seafarer employed on the ship holds an appropriate certificate set out in regulation 800 and 0of these Regulations. The requirements of this subregulation apply to passenger ships of Class I, II, IIA, V and VI as designated by the Lifesaving Equipment Regulations, 1968.

 

(2) The owner and the master of every passenger ship shall ensure that the master, officers and crew with responsibility for the safety of passengers in an emergency situation shall hold the appropriate certificate set out in regulation 800 of these Regulations.

 

(3) The master, and officers and every person assigned immediate responsibility for embarking and disembarking passenger, loading, discharging and securing of cargo, or closing hull operations on passenger ships shall hold the appropriate certificate in accordance with regulation 80(6).