Road Traffic Management Corporation Act, 1999
R 385
Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)RegulationsMerchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) Regulations, 2026Part 1Chapter I : General31. Maintenance and inspection of crew accommodation |
(1)
| (a) | The crew accommodation in every vessel must be maintained in a clean and habitable condition, and all equipment and installations must be maintained in good working order. |
| (b) | Every part of the crew accommodation, not being a storeroom, must be kept free of stores and other property not belonging to or provided for the use of persons for whom that part of the accommodation is appropriated, and in particular, cargo must not be kept in any part of the crew accommodation. |
| (2) | The master of the vessel or an officer appointed by the master for the purpose must inspect every part of the crew accommodation at intervals not exceeding ten days, and must be accompanied on the inspection by one or more members of the crew. |
| (3) | For purposes of subregulation (2), the master of the vessel must cause to be entered in the vessel's official logbook a record of— |
| (a) | the time and date of the inspection; |
| (b) | the names and ranks of the persons making the inspection; and |
| (c) | particulars of any respects in which the crew accommodation or any part thereof was found by any of the persons making the inspection not to comply with these Regulations. |
