Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)RegulationsMerchant Shipping (Carriage of Charts and Nautical Publications) Regulations, 20024. Carriage of charts and publications |
| (1) | Subject to subregulation (2), the master and owner of every ship must have on board, in respect of each area in which the ship is to be navigated, the current editions of the charts and publications that are required to be used in terms of regulations 5 and 6. |
| (2) |
| (a) | The Authority may, on such terms as it may specify, exempt the master and owner of any ship, other than a foreign-going ship, from the requirement to have on board any one or more of the charts or publications referred to in subregulation (1), and may, after reasonable notice, alter or cancel any such exemption. |
| (b) | An exemption may be granted under paragraph (a) only if— |
| (i) | the Authority considers that the area to be navigated by the ship is such as to render the application of the relevant requirement unreasonable or unnecessary; and |
| (ii) | the person in charge of the navigation of the ship has, in the opinion of the Authority, sufficient knowledge of the information referred to in paragraph (c), such that safe and efficient navigation in the area where the ship is to be navigated is not compromised. |
| (c) | The information referred to in paragraph (b)(ii) is— |
| (i) | the location and character of charted— |
| (aa) | shipping routes; |
| (bb) | lights, buoys and marks; and |
| (cc) | navigational hazards; and |
| (ii) | the prevailing navigational conditions, taking into account such factors as tides, currents and weather patterns. |