Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)RegulationsMerchant Shipping (Maritime Security) Regulations, 2004Part 6 : Powers of Officials99. Authorised officers' powers (ships) |
| (1) | An authorised officer may exercise the powers set out in subregulation (2) for the following purposes: |
| (a) | determining whether a person or a ship is complying with these regulations; |
| (b) | investigating a possible contravention of these regulations. |
| (2) | For the purposes set out in subregulation (1), an authorised officer may do one or more of the following: |
| (a) | board and inspect a security regulated ship (including any restricted access area on the ship); |
| (b) | inspect and photograph equipment on the ship; |
| (c) | observe and record operating procedures for the ship (whether carried out by the crew or some other person); |
| (d) | discuss those procedures with a person carrying them out or with another maritime industry participant; |
| (e) | inspect, photograph or copy one or more of the following: |
| (i) | the ship's ISSC; |
| (ii) | a ship security record for the ship; |
| (iii) | a document or record held on the ship that relates to a crew member, a passenger, or anyone else on board the ship, or an item of cargo; |
| (iv) | in the case of a South African regulated ship, any other document that relates to the security of the ship; |
| (f) | operate equipment on a security regulated ship for the purpose of gaining access to a document or record relating to the ship. |
| (3) | However, an authorised officer must not exercise a power under subregulation (2) in relation to a foreign regulated ship whose flag state is a Convention state, unless the power is of a kind that can be exercised, under Chapter XI-2 of the Safety Convention and the ISPS Code, by a port state in relation to a foreign flagged ship. |