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

Regulations

Maritime Occupational Safety Regulations, 1994

Chapter II : Safety provisions for staff on board ship, appliances and equipment

7. Definitions

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In this Chapter—

"Code"

means the Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seamen published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office (UK), as may be amended from time to time;

[Definition substituted by regulation 4 of Notice No. R. 545 dated 30 April 2004]

"container"

means an article of transport equipment—

(a)	of a permanent character and accordingly strong enough to be suitable for repeated use;

(b)	specially designed to facilitate the transport of goods, by one or more modes of transport without intermediate reloading;

(c)	designed to be secured and/or readily handled, having corner fittings for those purposes;

(d)	of such a size that the area enclosed by the four outer bottom corners is either—

(i)	at least 14 square metres, or

(ii)	at least seven square metres, if it is fitted with top corner fittings, and

"container" includes a container when carried on a chassis, but does not include a vehicle or packaging;

"employer"

for the purposes of this Chapter means master or owner;

"gas carrier"

means any vessel constructed or adapted for the carriage in bulk of any liquefied gas;

"hatch covering"

includes hatch covers, beams and fixtures and fittings;

"new vessel"

means a vessel built on or after 1 January 1994 and includes a vessel whose construction and assembly commenced on or after 1 January 1994;

"one-strip sling"

means a sling which has not previously been used for lifting any load and which is fitted to a load at the commencement of the journey and is to be disposed of at the destination of that journey.