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

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Merchant Shipping (National Small Vessel Safety) Regulations, 2007

Part 4 : Special provisions for unregistered pleasure vessels

22. Vessel not to be used without certificate of fitness

 

(1) Neither the owner nor the skipper of a vessel to which this Part applies may cause or allow the vessel to be operated anywhere in the Republic, unless there is on board a valid certificate of fitness in respect of that vessel.

 

(2) Subregulation (1) does not prohibit a vessel on inland waters from being operated without a certificate of fitness for 12 months after the commencement of these regulations.

 

[Regulation 22 substituted by regulation 24 of Notice No. R. 731 dated 11 July 2008]