Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)RegulationsMerchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods) Regulations, 1997Part 2 : Carriage of Packaged Dangerous Goods11. List, manifest or stowage plan |
| (1) | The master of a ship carrying packaged dangerous goods must cause a special list, manifest or stowage plan to be carried in the ship— |
| (a) | setting out details, obtained from the shipping documents submitted by the shipper, of the packaged dangerous goods on board, including the correct technical name of the goods, their classification in accordance with the regulation 9(2) and their mass or volume; and |
| (b) | showing details of the location in the ship where the goods are stowed. |
| (2) | The master must also carry in the ship any additional special documents required by the IMDG Code for the carriage of packaged dangerous goods. |
| (3) | Any such list, manifest or stowage plan and any additional special documents required for the acceptance of such goods for carriage in a ship must be kept available for reference or inspection on board the ship until the goods have been discharged from the ship. |
| (4) | If the master of a ship carrying packaged dangerous goods fails to cause a list, manifest or stowage plan or additional special documents required by subregulation (2) to be carried in the ship or kept available as required by subregulation (3), he or she is guilty of an offence. |