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

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Courts of Marine Enquiry Regulations, 1961

3. List from which members of court to be selected

 

(1) The Director-General shall from time to time frame a list of persons qualified in terms of subsection (2) of section two hundred and sixty-seven of the Act to be members (other than presiding officers) of Courts of Marine Enquiry.

 

(2) The Director-General shall submit the list framed under paragraph (1) to the Minister for approval. The Minister may in his discretion remove from the list any names appearing therein and insert therein any names of persons qualified as aforesaid.

 

(3) When the Minister has approved any such list submitted to him, the list that up to that time, had been in use shall be cancelled.

 

(4) Opposite every name appearing in the list shall be stated the kind of nautical, engineering or other special skill, knowledge or experience which the person named possesses.

 

(5) Upon receipt by the Director-General of a request in writing by any person whose name appears on any such list for the removal of his name from the list, the Director-General shall remove his name.

 

(6) Every person whose name appears in the current list approved by the Minister shall be eligible for selection as a member (other than a presiding officer) of a Court of Marine Enquiry.

 

[Regulation 3 substituted by regulation 4 of Notice No. R. 777 dated 5 August 2005]