Road Traffic Management Corporation Act, 1999
R 385
Marine Traffic Act, 1981 (Act No. 2 of 1981)RegulationsMarine Traffic Regulations, 1985Chapter IV : Entry into and Departure from Internal Waters4. Exemptions |
The following vessels or classes of vessels are hereby exempted from the provisions of section 4(1) of the Act while the vessels are engaged in their normal activities:
| (a) | South African national fishing vessels; |
| (b) | South African national small vessels engaged in sporting or recreational activities; |
| (c) | foreign small vessels engaged in sporting or recreational activities, provided such vessels engage in such activities under the supervision of a local authority or other Government authority, or an authorised agency; |
| (d) | South African national utility vessels; and |
| (e) | foreign fishing vessels which have been chartered or which have contracted or which are otherwise authorised in accordance with the laws of the Republic to operate within the internal waters. |
[Regulation 4 substituted by section 4 of the Marine Traffic Amendment Regulations, 2026, Notice No. 4132, GG55299, dated 4 September 2026]
