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

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Merchant Shipping (Automatic Identification System) Regulations, 2004

5. Performance standards

 

(1) The equipment required by these regulations must—
(a) comply with performance standards not inferior to the appropriate performance standards adopted by the International Maritime Organisation and specified by the Authority in a marine notice as having been so adopted; and
(b) be of a type approved —
(i) in the case of a South African ship, by the Authority; or
(ii) in the case of a foreign ship, by or on behalf of the ship's flag state.

 

(2) An approval in terms of subregulation (1)(b)(i) —
(a) must be in writing;
(b) must specify the period for which it is in force and any conditions on which it is given; and
(c) may, after reasonable notice, be varied or cancelled.