At least 96 hours before the arrival in a port of a foreign regulated ship, the owner, master or agent of that vessel must send to the Authority a copy of the ship's pre-arrival information that was sent to the South African authorities in terms of regulation 86 of the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Security) Regulations, 2004.6
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6 Regulation 86 of the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Security) Regulations, 2004 states the following:
| "(1) | The master of a foreign regulated ship, or a ship Intending to enter South African waters that would, once It had done so, be a foreign regulated ship, must provide pre-arrival Information In accordance with the requirements determined In writing by the Director-General. |
| (2) | Without limiting subregulation (1), the Director-General may determine — |
| (a) | The person or persons to whom pre-arrival information must be given; |
| (b) | The circumstances in which pre-arrival information must be given; and |
| (c) | The form and manner in which pre-arrival information must be given. |
| (3) | Pre-arrival information is information that — |
| (a) | Must be provided by the ship before the ship enters one or more of the following: |
| (i) | South African waters; |
| (ii) | A security regulated port; |
| (iii) | A port that is not a security regulated port; and |
| (b) | Is of a kind that can be requested, under Xl-2/9 of the Safety Convention, by a port state from a foreign flagged ship. |
| (4) | If the master of a ship contravenes subregulation (1), the master or the ship operator for the ship may be given a control direction under Division 2 of this Part." |
