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

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Merchant Shipping (National Small Vessel Safety) Regulations, 2007

Part 5 : Supplemental

33. Exemption in respect of controlled events

 

(1) Subject to subregulation (2), the owner and skipper of a vessel that participates in an approved controlled event in the Republic or in the territorial waters of the Republic are, in respect of such vessel and for the duration of the event, exempt from these regulations.

 

(2) Application for the approval of a controlled event must be lodged with the Authority or the relevant authorised agency not later than 10 days before the intended date of the event, unless waived by the Authority or authorised agent and must be accompanied by full details of the event and of the rules and manner of supervision, including safety measures, to be applied and by the other particulars that the Authority may require.

 

(3) The Authority or authorised agency may extend a standing approval under subregulation (2) for any controlled event subject to such conditions as are considered appropriate by the Authority or authorised agency and may at any time on reasonable grounds revoke such approval.

[Regulation 33(3) substituted by regulation 28 of Notice No. R. 731 dated 11 July 2008]