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

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Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) Regulations, 2026

Part 1

Chapter I : General

30. Protection from mosquitoes

 

(1)

(a) In every vessel regularly engaged on voyages to any Port to which this regulation relates, the crew accommodation other than storerooms and recreation spaces on  the open deck must be provided with protection against the admission of mosquitoes.
(b) The protection in subregulation (a) must be provided by means of screens of rust-proof wire or other suitable material which must be fitted to all side scuttles, natural ventilators, skylights, and doors leading to the open deck.

 

(2) Any door to which the screens referred to in subregulation (1)(b) are fitted, being a door at the entrance to a permanent or temporary hospital in a vessel to which these Regulations apply, must be of a self-closing type.

 

(3) The Ports in subregulation (1), to which this regulation relates are listed by the World Health Organisation.