Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)RegulationsMerchant Shipping (IGC Code) Regulations, 19982. Application |
| (1) | Subject to subregulations (2) and (3), these regulations apply— |
| (a) | to gas carriers constructed on or after 1 July 1986; |
| (b) | to ships converted to gas carriers after that date; and |
| (c) | (to the extent that the Authority considers reasonable and practicable) to gas carriers constructed before, but undergoing repairs, alterations and modifications of a major character on or after, that date. |
| (2) | Where a ship is constructed or adapted to carry one or more of the substances listed both in Chapter 17 of the IBC Code and in Chapter 19 of the IGC Code and is not constructed or adapted to carry any substance listed only in Chapter 19 of the IGC Code then these regulations do not apply to that ship. |
| (3) | These regulations apply to all ships specified in subregulation (1) that are South African ships, wherever they may be, and to other such ships while they are in the Republic or its territorial waters; but in the case of a ship registered in a State not party to the 1974 SOLAS Convention they do not apply by reason of the ship’s being in the Republic or its territorial waters if it would not have been there but for stress of weather or any circumstances that could not have been prevented by the owner, the master or the charterer (if any). |