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

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Merchant Shipping (Seamen's Documents) Regulations, 2000

2. Persons entitled to record book

 

(1) Subject to subregulation (2), a person is entitled to apply for a record book if he or she is employed—
(a) in a ship registered in the Republic; or
(b) if the person is a South African citizen or is permanently resident in the Republic, in a ship registered outside the Republic, and—
(i) in respect of employment in a ship registered in the Republic, is not the holder of a document containing substantially the same information as a record book, issued by or under the authority of the government of another country; or
(ii) in respect of employment in a ship registered outside the Republic, is otherwise unable, for whatever reason, to obtain a document containing substantially the same information as a record book from or acceptable to the ship's flag state.

 

(2) Notwithstanding subregulation (1), the following persons are not entitled to a record book:
(a) Persons employed in vessels used solely for sport or recreation who receive no wages for their service;
(b) persons employed in a ship engaged on a coastal voyage solely for the purpose of trials of the ship, its machinery or equipment, where such persons are not ordinarily employed as masters or seamen;
(c) persons in the employment of the State who are not ordinarily employed as masters or seamen; and
(d) persons employed in a ship solely in connection with the construction, alteration, repair or testing of the ship, and not engaged in the navigation of the ship, unless such person is a member of the crew.