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

Chapter V : Safety of Ships and Life at Sea

Part I : Construction of ships, provision of life-saving appliances and installation of radio

194. Issue of local safety certificates

 

(1) If, after consideration of the report of a surveyor, the Authority is satisfied that a vessel referred to in subsection (2)—
(a) is constructed and equipped in accordance with all the requirements of the construction regulations, the life-saving equipment regulations, the radio regulations, the collision regulations and any other regulations which may have been made, which are applicable to the vessel when engaged in the voyages or the operations in which it is intended that she shall be engaged, it shall cause to be issued in respect of the vessel a local general safety certificate stating that she is so constructed and equipped, and specifying the voyages or the operations in which the vessel is by the certificate authorized to be engaged;

[Section 194(1)(a) substituted by section 2(2) of  Act No. 5 of 1998]

(b) is exempt, by virtue of the exercise by it of a power conferred on it by the regulations referred to in paragraph (a), from any of the requirements of the said regulations and is constructed and equipped in accordance with the remaining requirements, it shall cause to be issued in respect of the vessel—
(i) a local safety exemption certificate stating which of the said requirements the vessel is exempt from, and that the exemption is conditional on her being engaged only in the voyages or operations and complying with the other conditions (if any) specified in the certificates; and
(i) a local safety exemption certificate stating which of the said requirements the vessel is exempt from, and that the exemption is conditional on her being engaged only in the voyages or operations and complying with the other conditions (if any) specified in the certificates; and
(ii) a local general safety certificate stating that the vessel is constructed and equipped in accordance with the remaining requirements.

[Section 194(1)(b)(ii) substituted by section 12(b) of Act No. 13 of 1965]

[Section 194(1)(b) substituted by section 2(2) of Act No. 5 of 1998]

 

(2) The provisions of subsection (1) shall apply in respect of all—
(a) passenger ships of whatever size which are not intended to be engaged in international voyages; or
(b) ships (other than passenger ships)—
(i) to which the Safety Convention does not apply and which are intended to be engaged in international voyages; or

[Section 194(2)(b)(i) substituted by section 12(c) of  Act No. 13 of 1965]

(ii) of whatever size which are not intended to be engaged in international voyages,

and which are or are to be registered or licensed in the Republic.

[Section 194(2) substituted by item 13 (Schedule 2) of Act No. 58 of 1998]