Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)RegulationsMaritime Occupational Safety Regulations, 1994Chapter II : Safety provisions for staff on board ship, appliances and equipment7. Definitions |
In this Chapter—
means the Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seamen published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office (UK), as may be amended from time to time;
[Definition substituted by regulation 4 of Notice No. R. 545 dated 30 April 2004]
means an article of transport equipment—
| (a) | of a permanent character and accordingly strong enough to be suitable for repeated use; |
| (b) | specially designed to facilitate the transport of goods, by one or more modes of transport without intermediate reloading; |
| (c) | designed to be secured and/or readily handled, having corner fittings for those purposes; |
| (d) | of such a size that the area enclosed by the four outer bottom corners is either— |
| (i) | at least 14 square metres, or |
| (ii) | at least seven square metres, if it is fitted with top corner fittings, and |
"container" includes a container when carried on a chassis, but does not include a vehicle or packaging;
for the purposes of this Chapter means master or owner;
means any vessel constructed or adapted for the carriage in bulk of any liquefied gas;
includes hatch covers, beams and fixtures and fittings;
"new vessel"
means a vessel built on or after 1 January 1994 and includes a vessel whose construction and assembly commenced on or after 1 January 1994;
"one-strip sling"
means a sling which has not previously been used for lifting any load and which is fitted to a load at the commencement of the journey and is to be disposed of at the destination of that journey.