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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

7. Exemptions

 

(1) The Authority may exempt, on such terms (if any) as it may specify, any vessel or class of vessels from all or any of the provisions of these regulations that relate to the number, position, range or arc of visibility of lights or shapes, or to the disposition or characteristics of sound-signalling appliances, if the Authority is satisfied that compliance with that provision is either impractical or unreasonable in the case of the vessel or class of vessels concerned.

 

(2) The Authority may, after reasonable notice, alter or cancel any exemption granted under subregulation (1).