Road Traffic Management Corporation Act, 1999
R 385
Marine Traffic Act, 1981 (Act No. 2 of 1981)RegulationsMarine Traffic Regulations, 1985Chapter V : Immobilizing, Laying-Up, Stopping or Anchoring Outside Harbours or Fishing Harbours12. Conditions of lay-up |
The Authority may require any person who is permitted to lay-up a vessel, to comply with one or more of the following conditions in respect of the vessel while so laid-up:
(1)
| (a) | Any vessel to be laid up shall be retained in Class and the person desiring to lay-up a vessel or vessels shall submit to the principal officer at the harbour nearest to the proposed lay-up area the following documents not less than 14 days prior to the arrival of the vessel or the first of the vessels: |
| (i) | a copy of the certificate of classification; or |
| (ii) | a copy of the lay-up report or of the conditions of lay-up as provided for by the classification society or by a society recognised by the Authority as being competent to issue such a certificate; and |
| (iii) | confirmation of adequate insurance for the vessel. |
| (b) | The certificates referred to in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph (a) shall be kept on board the vessel. |
| (2) | An unladen tanker shall be ballasted to not less than 35 percent of deadweight while vessels other than tankers shall be fully ballasted. |
(3)
| (a) | Cargo oil tanks, pipelines and bilges shall be empty, cleaned of sludge and of other deposits and shall be gas-freed. |
| (b) | The tanks referred to in paragraph (a) may be inserted in vessel in which an inert gas system is fitted. |
(4)
| (a) | In the case of a vessel in which the tanks are gas-freed, a certificate, issued by an authorised agency, shall be produced at the commencement of the lay-up and thereafter at intervals not exceeding two months. |
| (b) | Gas-free tests shall be conducted weekly. |
(5)
| (a) | Anchoring or mooring arrangements shall be carried out to the satisfaction of the principal officer concerned. |
| (b) | A spare or second anchor shall be held ready for immediate use. |
| (6) | The position of the vessel shall be checked daily and anchors and chain cable shall be inspected at least twice during a wtch and more frequently during inclement weather. |
| (7) | Fire fighting equipment shall be maintained in good order and shall be tested at intervals not exceeding one week. |
| (8) | Anchor and radio telephone watches shall be kept at all times. |
| (9) | The vessel shall display the correct navigation lights and shapes and make the required sound signals in accordance with international practice. |
| (10) | The permission of the principal officer concerned shall be obtained at all times when any repair work, requiring the use of hot welding or cutting equipment, is to be undertaken outside the port limits. |
| (11) | Any article or matter of any kind, other than effluent from water closets, latrines and washplaces that has passed through the approved treatment plant, shall not be discharged into the sea. |
[Regulation 12 substituted by section 11 of the Marine Traffic Amendment Regulations, 2026, Notice No. 4132, GG55299, dated 4 September 2026]
