Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)

Regulations

Purchase

(1)	If a medical examiner—

(a)	is satisfied as to the identity of an applicant; and

(b)	is able to attest to the true state of the applicant's health, he or she must issue to the applicant a medical certificate substantially in accordance with the form of certificate set out in the Code.

[Regulation 11(1)(b) substituted by Section No. 6 (a) of the Merchant Shipping (Eyesight and Medical Examination) Amendment Regulations, 2015

(2)	The medical examiner must set out in the medical certificate his or her assessment of the applicant's medical fitness as contemplated in the Code.

[Regulation 11(2) substituted by Section No. 6 (b) of the Merchant Shipping (Eyesight and Medical Examination) Amendment Regulations, 2015]

(3)	A medical examiner who assesses an applicant as fit for service at sea with restrictions must state those restrictions in the medical certificate.