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

Chapter V : Safety of Ships and Life at Sea

Part II : Load lines

210. Cancellation of load line certificates

 

(1) The Authority may direct that an international load line certificate or a local load line certificate be cancelled, if it is satisfied that—
(a) it was obtained fraudulently or on wrong information; or
(b) since it was issued, structural alterations, which affect the position of the load lines, have taken place in the hull or superstructures of the ship; or
(c) the fittings and appliances for the protection of openings, the guard rails, the freeing ports or the means of access to the crew accommodation have not been maintained on the ship in as effective a condition as that in which they were when the certificate was issued; or
(d) the owner of the ship has failed to cause her to be inspected in accordance with the provisions of section two hundred and five; or
(e) the marking of the deck lines and load lines on the ship have not been properly maintained.

[Section 210(1) substituted by section 2(2) of Act No. 5 of 1998]

 

(2) For the purposes of this section the word "alteration" in relation to the hull or superstructures of a ship, includes the renewal of any part thereof.

 

(3) Whenever a direction is issued under subsection (1) for the cancellation of a load line certificate, the Authority shall notify the owner or master of the ship in respect of which the certificate was issued of the cancellation.