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

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Merchant Shipping (Eyesight and Medical Examination) Regulations, 2004

Part 2 : Medical Fitness

6. Requirement to be medically fit

 

(1) Subject to sections 101(5) and 111(4)(b) of the Act, a person to whom these regulations apply must not perform duties as a seafarer, or be taken into employment to perform duties as a seafarer, on a ship unless that person is medically fit to perform those duties.

 

(2) Standards of medical fitness are as published in the Code.

[Regulation 6(2) inserted by Section No. 4 of the Merchant Shipping (Eyesight and Medical Examination) Amendment Regulations, 2015