For the purpose of this Chapter:
| (a) |
”Short international voyage” means an international voyage in the course of which a ship is not more than 200 miles from a port or place in which the passengers and crew could be placed in safety, and which does not exceed 600 miles in length between the last port of call in the country in which the voyage begins and the final port of destination. |
| (b) |
”Liferaft” means a liferaft complying with either Regulation 15 or Regulation 16 of this Chapter. |
| (c) |
”Approved launching device” means a device approved by the Administration, capable of launching from the embarkation position a liferaft fully loaded with the number of persons it is permitted to carry and with its equipment. |
| (d) |
”Certificated lifeboatman” means any member of the crew who holds a certificate of efficiency issued under the provisions of Regulation 32 of this Chapter. |
| (e) |
”Buoyant apparatus” means flotation equipment (other than lifeboats, liferafts, lifebuoys and life-jackets) designed to support a specified number of persons who are in the water and of such construction that it retains its shape and properties. |
South African Weather Service Act, 2001
