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

Regulations

Purchase

(1)	A ship is a South African regulated ship if the ship is one of the following:

(a)	a foreign-going South African ship that is—

(i)	a passenger ship;

(ii)	a cargo ship of 500 or more gross tonnage; or

(iii)

a mobile offshore drilling unit (other than a unit that is attached to the seabed);

(b)	a mobile offshore drilling unit that is attached to the seabed within South African continental waters;

(c)	a fixed or floating platform that is attached to the seabed within South African continental waters.

(2)	To avoid doubt, a fixed platform mentioned in subregulation (1)(c) is taken to be a ship for the purposes of these regulations.