Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)RegulationsMerchant Shipping (Training, Certification and Safe Manning) Regulations, 2021Part 9 : Supplemental119. Exemptions |
| (1) | The Authority may, if in its opinion no danger would result to persons, property or the environment, grant an exemption, on such terms as it may specify, from any of the provisions of these Regulations for classes of cases or individual cases. In the case where an exemption is for classes of ships, the Authority shall cause the exemption to be published in a Government Gazette. |
| (2) | An exemption permitting a person to serve in a capacity for which he or she is not certificated may be granted only if the person is certificated to serve in the next lower capacity. If the next lower capacity is an uncertificated capacity, an exemption may be granted only if the person's knowledge and experience, in the opinion of the Authority, are appropriate for the capacity to be filled. |
| (3) | An exemption permitting a person to serve in a capacity for which he or she is not certificated shall not be granted in the case of— |
| (a) | the master of a passenger ship; |
| (b) | the master or chief engineer of any ship to which the STCW Convention applies, except in the case of force majeure and then only for the shortest possible time. |
| (4) | The Authority may alter or cancel any exemption granted under this regulation. |