Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)RegulationsMerchant Shipping (Collision and Distress Signals) Regulations, 20053. Interpretation |
| (1) | In these regulations any word or expression given a meaning in the Act has the meaning so given and, unless the context indicates otherwise— |
means the International Maritime Organization;
has the meaning given by Rule 3(e) of the International Regulations;
includes an unregistered ship having South African nationality;
means the Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951);
means the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, annexed to the International Collision Regulations Convention and set out in the Annex;
includes a craft referred to in regulation 4(2)(b) or (c);
has the meaning given by Rule 3(m) of the International Regulations.
[Definition substituted by Notice No. R. 778 dated 5 August 2005]
| (2) | In interpreting the International Regulations— |
| (a) | "high-speed craft" has the same meaning as in regulation XI/1 of the Safety Convention; |
| (b) | "mile" means a nautical mile; |
| (c) | "the Organization" means IMO; |
| (d) | the diagram referred to in section 7 (Colour specification of lights) of Annex I is the diagram specified in the Chromaticity Chart (1975) published by the International Commission on Illumination (CIE); |
| (e) | the references in Rule 38 (Exemptions) to the date of entry into force of the International Regulations are to be read, in the case of a vessel of foreign nationality, as a reference to the date of entry into force of those Regulations for the State whose nationality the vessel has; |
| (f) | the reference, in section 14 (Approval) of Annex I and in section 3 (Approval) of Annex III, to the satisfaction of the appropriate authority is to be read, in the case of a South African ship, as a reference to the satisfaction of the Authority; and |
| (g) | the reference, in section 3 of Annex IV, to the International Code of Signals is to be read as a reference to the code of that name published by IMO, and the reference in that section to the Merchant Ship Search and Rescue Manual is to be read as a reference to the manual of that name published by IMO, both references being to the current editions of those publications, as may be amended from time to time. |