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

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Merchant Shipping (Training, Certification and Safe Manning) Regulations, 2021

Part 7 : General Manning Levels

100. Employment of certificated deck officers on ships other than fishing vessels

 

(1) The owner and the master of every ship, other than a fishing vessel or a ship referred to in subregulation (2), shall ensure that there is employed on the ship in their appropriate capacities the number of appropriately certificated deck officers specified in the applicable item of the following table:

 

N219 Part 7 (S100) (1)

N219 Part 7 (S100) (2)

 

(2) The owner and the master of every ship of 25 GT or more that—
(a) is engaged in mining operations within waters under South African jurisdiction; and
(b) operates at anchor for two-thirds or more of the time spent at sea between port calls, shall ensure that there is employed on the ship in their appropriate capacities the number of appropriately certificated deck officers specified in the applicable item of the following Table:

 

N219 Part 7 (S100) (3)

N219 Part 7 (S100) (4)