Acts Online
GT Shield

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

Regulations

Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods) Regulations, 1997

Part 2 : Carriage of Packaged Dangerous Goods

16. Carriage of packaged dangerous goods in passenger ships

 

(1) Stowage and segregation of all packaged dangerous goods carried aboard a passenger ship must comply with the IMDG Code.

 

(2) Explosives in Class 1, division 1.4, compatibility group S, may be carried in any amount in passenger ships. No other explosives may be carried in a passenger ship with more than 12 passengers, except any one of the following:
(a) Explosive articles for life-saving purposes, if the total net explosives mass of such articles does not exceed 50 kg per ship;
(b) explosives in compatibility groups C, D and E, if the total net explosives mass does not exceed 10 kg per ship;
(c) explosive articles in compatibility group G, other than those requiring special stowage, if the total net explosives mass does not exceed 10 kg per ship; or
(d) explosive articles in compatibility group B, if the total net explosives mass does not exceed 5 kg per ship.

 

(3) In this regulation, references to "compatibility groups" and "division" are references to compatibility groups and divisions for explosives specified in the IMDG Code.

 

(4) If a shipowner or master fails to comply with this regulation he or she is guilty of an offence.