Housing Development Agency Act, 2008
R 385
Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)Chapter V : Safety of Ships and Life at SeaPart II : Load lines209. Duration of load line certificates |
| (1) | A load line certificate issued under the provisions of this Act shall expire at the end of such period, not exceeding five years from the date of its issue, as may be specified therein, or upon the giving of notice by the Authority to the owner or master of the ship that it has been cancelled. |
| (2) | The Authority may grant an extension of any international load line certificate or of any local load line certificate, issued in respect of any ship registered in the Republic, for a period not exceeding one month from the date when the certificate would, but for the extension, have expired, or, if the ship is absent from the Republic on that date, for a period not exceeding five months from that date. |
[Section 209(2) substituted by item 17 (Schedule 2) of Act No. 58 of 1998]
