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

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Merchant Shipping (Licensing of Vessels) Regulations, 2002

2. Interpretation

 

(1) In these regulations "the Act" means the Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951), and, unless the context indicates otherwise, any word or expression given a meaning in the Act has the meaning so given.

 

(2) A reference in these regulations to a numbered form is to be read as a reference to the form so numbered in the Annex.

 

(3) For the purposes of these regulations, strict compliance with a prescribed form is not required and substantial compliance is sufficient.