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

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Merchant Shipping (Collision and Distress Signals) Regulations, 2005

3. Interpretation

 

(1) In these regulations any word or expression given a meaning in the Act has the meaning so given and, unless the context indicates otherwise—

 

"IMO"

means the International Maritime Organization;

 

"seaplane"

has the meaning given by Rule 3(e) of the International Regulations;

 

"South African ship"

includes an unregistered ship having South African nationality;

 

"the Act"

means the Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951);

 

"the International Regulations"

means the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, annexed to the International Collision Regulations Convention and set out in the Annex;

 

"vessel"

includes a craft referred to in regulation 4(2)(b) or (c);

 

"WIG craft"

has the meaning given by Rule 3(m) of the International Regulations.

[Definition substituted by Notice No. R. 778 dated 5 August 2005]

 

(2) In interpreting the International Regulations—
(a) "high-speed craft" has the same meaning as in regulation XI/1 of the Safety Convention;
(b) "mile" means a nautical mile;
(c) "the Organization" means IMO;
(d) the diagram referred to in section 7 (Colour specification of lights) of Annex I is the diagram specified in the Chromaticity Chart (1975) published by the International Commission on Illumination (CIE);
(e) the references in Rule 38 (Exemptions) to the date of entry into force of the International Regulations are to be read, in the case of a vessel of foreign nationality, as a reference to the date of entry into force of those Regulations for the State whose nationality the vessel has;
(f) the reference, in section 14 (Approval) of Annex I and in section 3 (Approval) of Annex III, to the satisfaction of the appropriate authority is to be read, in the case of a South African ship, as a reference to the satisfaction of the Authority; and
(g) the reference, in section 3 of Annex IV, to the International Code of Signals is to be read as a reference to the code of that name published by IMO, and the reference in that section to the Merchant Ship Search and Rescue Manual is to be read as a reference to the manual of that name published by IMO, both references being to the current editions of those publications, as may be amended from time to time.