South African Maritime and Aeronautical Search and Rescue Act, 2002 (Act No. 44 of 2002)

To incorporate the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue, 1979, and Annex 12 to the Convention on International  Civil Aviation, 1944, into South African law;  to establish the South African Maritime and Aeronautical Search and Rescue Organisation; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:—