Implementation of Geneva Conventions Act, 2012
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Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)RegulationsMaritime Occupational Safety Regulations, 1994Chapter II : Safety provisions for staff on board ship, appliances and equipment9. Duties of an employer |
Every employer of a crew shall in addition to the general duties prescribed in Chapter I comply with the following:
| (1) | Ensure that no safety equipment or other facility on a vessel be removed therefrom, except for cleaning, repairing, maintenance, modification or replacement thereof; |
| (2) | train all his employees or cause them to be trained in the proper use and maintenance of safety equipment or other facilities on board a vessel; |
| (3) | ensure that all safety hazards or potential safety hazards that caused a safety officer to instruct that work to be stopped on a vessel, are removed before such work is resumed. |
