| (1) |
The Authority may, on such conditions as the Authority regarded necessary, exempt— |
| (a) |
any vessel while under construction; |
| (b) |
any vessel while undergoing trials; |
| (c) |
any vessel of under 200 gross tons; |
| (e) |
any vessel which, in the opinion of the Authority, is primarily employed in a harbour, river, estuary, lake or canal; |
| (f) |
any passenger vessel making day trips only; or |
from all or any of the requirements of these Regulations to the extent to which the Authority is satisfied that compliance therewith is unreasonable or impracticable in the circumstances.
| (2) |
The Authority may exempt from the requirements of these Regulations any vessel in which there are employed any groups of ratings necessitating the employment of a substantially greater number of ratings than would otherwise be employed, in the case of mess rooms, sanitary accommodation and hospitals, is equal or comparable in standard to the crew accommodation required by these Regulations: Provided, in the case of vessels where there is a need to take account, without discrimination, of the interests of seafarers having differing and distinctive religious and social practices, the Authority may, after consultation with the vessel owners and seafarers organisations concerned, permit fairly applied variations in respect of these Regulations, on condition that such variations do not result in overall facilities less favourable than those which would result from the application of these Regulations. |
| (3) |
The Authority may, after consultation with the owners of the vessel, or such organisations as appear to the Authority to be representative of owners of South African vessels, and with such organisations as it would appear to the Authority to be representative of seafarers employed in South African vessels, exempt any vessel from any of the requirements of these Regulations, if the Authority is satisfied that corresponding advantages are provided in the vessel so that the crew accommodation considered as a whole, is equivalent or superior in standard to that required by these Regulations. |
Road Traffic Management Corporation Act, 1999
