Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)RegulationsMerchant Shipping (Maritime Security) Regulations, 2004Part 5 : Foreign Regulated ShipsDivision 1 - Obligations on foreign regulated ships86. Foreign regulated ships must provide pre-arrival information |
| (1) | The master of a foreign regulated ship, or a ship intending to enter South African waters that would, once it had done so, be a foreign reguthed ship, must provide pre-arrival information in accordance with the requirements determined in writing by the Director-General. |
| (2) | Without limiting subregulation (1), the Director-General may determine— |
| (a) | the person or persons to whom pro-arrival information must be given; |
| (b) | the circumstances in which pre-arrival information must be given, and |
| (c) | the form and manner in which pro-arrival information must te given. |
| (3) | Pre-arrival information is information that— |
| (a) | must be provided by a ship before the ship enters one or more of the following: |
| (i) | South African waters; |
| (ii) | a security regulated port; |
| (iii) | a port that is not a security regulated port; and |
| (b) | is of a kind that can be requested, under regulation XI-2/9 of the Safety Convention, by a port state from a foreign flagged ship. |
| (4) | If the master of a ship contravenes subregulation (1), the master or the ship operator for the ship may be given a control direction under Division 2. |