Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)

Regulations

Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Training and Certification) Regulations, 2013

Part 7 : Employment of Seafarers in accordance with Occupational Safety, Security and Medical Requirements

108. Employment of qualified personnel on passenger ships
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[Regulation 108 heading substituted by regulation 53 of Notice No. R. 544, GG 38912, dated 25 June 2015]

 

(1)The owner and the master of every passenger ship shall ensure that the master and every seafarer employed on the ship holds an appropriate certificate required under regulation 76(4) and (5) of these regulations. The requirements of this subregulation apply to passenger ships of Class IIA, V and VI as designated by the Lifesaving equipment Regulations, 1968.

 

(2)The owner and the master of every passenger ship shall ensure that the master, officers and crew with responsibility for the passengers for the safety of passenger in an emergency situation shall hold appropriate certificate required by regulation 76(6) of these regulations.

 

(3)The master, and officers and every person assigned immediate responsibility for embarking and disembarking passenger, loading, discharging and securing of cargo, or closing hull operations on passenger ships shall hold appropriate certificate in accordance with regulation 76(6).