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

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Maritime Occupational Safety Regulations, 1994

Chapter IV : Fishing vessels

39A. Compliance audit

 

(1) The owner shall, at intervals not exceeding three months, audit the arrangements for ensuring compliance with these regulations in respect of its vessels to ensure that they are implemented effectively

 

(2) Without limiting subregulation (1), the audit shall include a review of the minutes and records required to be kept pursuant to regulations 38(9) and 39, respectively, and, in particular, shall ensure that—
(a) a safety officer or safety appointee, as the case may be, has been duly appointed in respect of each of the owner's vessels and is functioning effectively;
(b) a safety committee has been duly appointed in respect of each of the owner's vessels and is functioning effectively;
(c) all accidents involving any of the owner's vessels have been reported and investigated by the owner and that rectifying steps have been taken where appropriate;
(d) each of the owner's vessels is, so far as reasonably practicable, a safe workplace; and
(e) the structure, equipment and arrangements of each of the owner's vessels are maintained to comply with statutory requirements.

 

(3) The owner shall maintain a written record of each audit for a period of at least three years and shall make the record available to the Authority upon demand.

 

[Regulation 39A inserted by regulation 14 of Notice No. R. 545 dated 30 April 2004]