Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)RegulationsMaritime Labour Certificate and Declaration of Compliance Regulations, 2017Part 3 : Issuing of Documentation11. Suspension or cancellation of documents of compliance and safety management certificates |
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| (a) | The Authority may, by notice in writing, suspend or cancel any Declaration of Maritime Compliance and Maritime Labour Certificate issued by it or at its request under these Regulations, where any audit of a shipowner or inspection of a ship has revealed, or where it believes on reasonable grounds, that— |
| (i) | the Maritime Labour Certificate or Declaration of Maritime Compliance was issued on false or erroneous information; or |
| (ii) | since any audit or inspection required by these Regulations, the ownership of the ship has changed without notification to the Authority. |
| (b) | A notice must set out the grounds for suspending or cancelling the Maritime Labour Certificate or the Declaration of Maritime Compliance. |
| (c) | A notice must not be given unless the holder of the Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance and Maritime Labour Certificate has been given the opportunity to make representations. |
| (2) | The Authority may require that any Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance and Maritime Labour Certificate issued by it or at its request under these Regulations that have expired or have been suspended or cancelled, be surrendered as directed. |
| (3) | No person may— |
| (a) | alter a Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance or a Maritime Labour Certificate; |
| (b) | in connection with any audit or inspection conducted pursuant to these Regulations, knowingly or recklessly furnish false information; |
| (c) | with intent to deceive, use, lend or allow to be used by another the Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance and Maritime Labour Certificate; |
| (d) | fail to surrender a Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance and Maritime Labour Certificate required to be surrendered under subregulation (2); or |
| (e) | forge any Declaration of Maritime Compliance and Maritime Labour Certificate. |