Road Traffic Management Corporation Act, 1999
R 385
Marine Traffic Act, 1981 (Act No. 2 of 1981)8B. Offences in respect of offshore installations |
(1)
| (a) | The master; or |
| (b) | any person on board a ship in charge of the navigation of such ship, |
shall be guilty of an offence if—
| (i) | through his act or omission in connection with the navigation of the ship in question an offshore installation or any part thereof is damaged; |
| (ii) | the ship, except while rendering an emergency service or previously agreed service to the offshore installation in question, enters a safety zone, or drops or drags anchor nearer than 500 m to a pipeline or a telecommunications line; or |
| (iii) | while engaged in fishing, the ship bottom trawls nearer than 500 m to such a pipeline or telecommunications line. |
| (2) | No liability arises in terms of subsection (1) where the master or person on board the ship in charge of the navigation thereof acted for the purpose of securing the safety of the ship, any other ship or an offshore installation or of preventing damage to the ship, any other ship or the cargo thereof or an offshore installation, or of saving life, and such action was necessary for that purpose or was reasonable in the circumstances. |
[Section 8B substituted by section 20 of Act No. 23 of 1997]
