Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)RegulationsMerchant Shipping (Carriage of Cargoes) Regulations, 2004Part 2 : General Requirements6. Carriage of documentation |
| (1) | The owner and master of every ship, other than a ship engaged in the carriage of grain, must ensure that the ship has on board appropriate documentation, relevant to the cargo and its stowage and securing, and specifying, in particular, the precautions necessary for the safe carriage of that cargo by sea. This documentation may consist of one or more of the following codes of safe practice: |
| (a) | the Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage and Securing adopted by IMO Assembly Resolution A.714(17), as may be amended from time to time; |
| (b) | the Code of Safe Practice for Ships Carrying Timber Deck Cargoes adopted by IMO Assembly Resolution A.715(17), as may be amended from time to time; |
| (c) | the Code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes (BC Code) adopted by IMO Assembly Resolution A.434(XI), as may be amended from time to time; |
| (d) | the Code of Safe Practice for the Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers adopted by IMO Assembly Resolution A.862(20), as may be amended from time to time. |
| (2) | The owner and master of every ship carrying grain must ensure that the International Grain Code is carried on board. |
| (3) | The owner and master of every passenger ship and of every cargo ship carrying a cargo other than solely a solid bulk cargo, except a cargo ship of less than 500 gross tonnage that is a coasting ship, must ensure that a Cargo Securing Manual is carried on board. |
| (4) | Every owner or master who contravenes subregulation (1), (2) or (3) commits an offence. |