• Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)
  • Introduction
  • Act
  • Preliminary
    • 1. Repeal and amendment of laws
    • 2. Definitions and interpretation of certain references
    • 3. Application of Act
  • Chapter I : Administration
    • 4. Powers of Authority
    • 5. Authority to be responsible for administration of Act
    • 6. National Marine Advisory Council, National Advisory Council for the welfare of merchant seafarers, port welfare committees and ad hoc advisory committees
    • 7. Survey of ship to ascertain whether she complies with the Act
    • 8. Duty of proper officer to ensure compliance with the Act
    • 9. Powers of officers and courts
  • Chapter II : Recording, Registering and Licensing of Ships
    • 10. Notification of building of vessels
    • 11. [Repealed]
    • 12. [Repealed]
    • 13. [Repealed]
    • 14. [Repealed]
    • 15. [Repealed]
    • 16. [Repealed]
    • 17. Tonnage once ascertained to be the tonnage of ship
    • 18. Tonnage of ships of other countries
    • 19. [Repealed]
    • 20. [Repealed]
    • 21. [Repealed]
    • 22. [Repealed]
    • 23. [Repealed]
    • 24. [Repealed]
    • 25. [Repealed]
    • 26. [Repealed]
    • 27. [Repealed]
    • 28. [Repealed]
    • 29. [Repealed]
    • 30. [Repealed]
    • 31. [Repealed]
    • 32. [Repealed]
    • 33. [Repealed]
    • 34. [Repealed]
    • 35. [Repealed]
    • 36. [Repealed]
    • 37. [Repealed]
    • 38. [Repealed]
    • 39. [Repealed]
    • 40. [Repealed]
    • 41. [Repealed]
    • 42. [Repealed]
    • 43. [Repealed]
    • 44. [Repealed]
    • 45. [Repealed]
    • 46. [Repealed]
    • 47. [Repealed]
    • 48. [Repealed]
    • 49. [Repealed]
    • 50. [Repealed]
    • 51. [Repealed]
    • 52. [Repealed]
    • 53. [Repealed]
    • 54. [Repealed]
    • 55. [Repealed]
    • 56. [Repealed]
    • 57. [Repealed]
    • 58. [Repealed]
    • 59. [Repealed]
    • 60. [Repealed]
    • 61. [Repealed]
    • 62. [Repealed]
    • 63. [Repealed]
    • 64. [Repealed]
    • 65. [Repealed]
    • 66. [Repealed]
    • 67. [Repealed]
    • 68. Certain vessels to be licensed
    • 69. Renewal of licences
    • 70. Issue and duration of licences
    • 71. Cancellation of licences
    • 72. Unlicensed vessels not to be used
    • 72A. Prohibition of use of vessels of less than three metres in length
  • Chapter III : Certificates of Competency, Service and Qualification
    • 73. What certificated officers and other persons to be employed on certain ships
    • 74. When ship's officers and other persons deemed to be duly certificated
    • 75. [Repealed]
    • 76. [Repealed]
    • 77. Examinations for certificates of competency and qualification
    • 78. Granting of certificates of competency and qualification after examination
    • 79. [Repealed]
    • 80. [Repealed]
    • 81. Form and record of certificates of competency, service and qualification
    • 82. Loss of certificates of competency, service and qualification
    • 83. Certificates granted by competent foreign authorities
    • 84. Certificates granted in Republic prior to commencement of Act
    • 85. Authority may vary requirement as to certificates
    • 86. Production to proper officer of certificates
    • 87. Holder of certificate incapacitated by ill-health
    • 88. Cancellation and suspension of certificates
    • 89. Appeals against cancellation or suspension of certificate
  • Chapter IV : Engagement, Discharge, Repatriation, Payment, Discipline and General Treatment of Seafarers and Cadets
    • 90. Cadets
    • 91. Excessive number of cadets not to be employed
    • 92. Medical examination of cadets and apprentice-officers
    • 93. [Repealed]
    • 94. [Repealed]
    • 95. [Repealed]
    • 96. [Repealed]
    • 97. [Repealed]
    • 98. [Repealed]
    • 99. [Repealed]
    • 100. [Repealed]
    • 101. Medical examination of crew prior to engagement
    • 102. Agreements with crew
    • 103. Special provisions as to agreements with crew of foreign-going ships
    • 104. Changes in crew to be reported
    • 105. Certificates as to agreements with crew of foreign-going ships
    • 106. Special provisions as to agreements with crew of coasting ships, and fishing, sealing or shore-based whaling boats
    • 107. Certificate as to agreements with crew of coasting ships, and fishing, sealing or shore-based whaling boats
    • 108. Alterations in agreements with crew
    • 109. Copy of agreement to be displayed
    • 110. Employment of children on ships prohibited
    • 111. Employment of young persons
    • 111A. Entitlement to leave
    • 112. [Repealed]
    • 113. Discharge of seafarers
    • 114. Repatriation of seafarers whose service terminates elsewhere than at proper return port
    • 115. Entries and certificates of desertion outside the Republic
    • 116. Discharge of seafarer on change of ownership
    • 117. Discharge and leaving of seafarers behind 
    • 118. Leaving seafarers behind
    • 119. Wages and other property of seafarer left behind
    • 120. Payment of wages on discharge of a seafarer of a South African ship
    • 121. Master to deliver account of wages
    • 122. Time of payment of wages for foreign-going ships
    • 123. Time of payment for coasting ships, and fishing, sealing and shore-based whaling boats
    • 124. Settlement of wages
    • 125. Decision by proper officer on question as to wages
    • 126. Payment of seafarers in currency other than that mentioned in agreement
    • 127. Disrating of seafarer
    • 128. Master to give facilities to seafarers for remitting wages
    • 129. Advance of more than one month's wages prohibited
    • 130. Allotment notes
    • 131. Right of suing on allotment notes
    • 132. Time of payment of an allotment note
    • 133. Rights to wages and provisions and when such are to commence
    • 134. Agreement to forfeit lien for wages is void
    • 135. Restrictions on assignment of wages and salvage
    • 136. Proceedings for wages
    • 137. Wages not recoverable abroad except in certain cases
    • 138. Wages not to depend on freight
    • 139. Wages not claimable by seafarer who fails to exert himself to save ship
    • 140. Wages on termination of services by illness or injury of seafarer or wreck or loss of ship
    • 141. Wages not to accrue during refusal to work or imprisonment or illness caused by own default or drunkenness
    • 142. Compensation to a seafarer improperly discharged
    • 143. Remedies of master for recovery of wages, disbursements, etc
    • 144. Unreasonable delay in paying master's wages
    • 145. Power of court to rescind contract between owner or master and seafarer
    • 146. Master to take care and make record of property of seafarer who dies
    • 147. Delivery to proper officer of property of seafarer who dies
    • 148. Account to be rendered of property of seafarer who dies
    • 149. Property of deceased seafarer left abroad but not on board ship
    • 150. Sale of property of deceased seafarer
    • 151. Property of deceased seafarer may be recovered as wages
    • 152. Disposal of pproperty of deceased seafarer
    • 153. Recovery of wages of seafarer lost with his ship
    • 154. Relief and maintenance of distressed seafarer
    • 155. Receiving distressed seafarer on ships
    • 156. Provisions of seafarer
    • 157. Measuring instruments on board
    • 158. Refrigerating chamber
    • 158A. Provision of complaints procedure on board ship
    • 159. [Repealed]
    • 160. Bedding and other articles for seafarers
    • 161. Crew accommodation
    • 162. Complaints as to provisions or water or accommodation
    • 163. Powers of inspection of provisions, water and accommodation
    • 164. Inspection of provisions, water and accommodation at sea
    • 165. Compensation if short or bad provisions furnished
    • 166. Provision of board and lodging elsewhere than on board ship
    • 167. Medicines to be provided and kept on board certain ships
    • 168. Inspection of medicines and medical appliances
    • 169. Expenses of medical attendance in cases of injury or illness
    • 170. Recovery of expenses from owner
    • 171. Facilities for making complaints
    • 172. Seafarers’ property not to be detained
    • 173. Soliciting seafarers
    • 174. Misconduct by seafarers endangering ship or life and general offences against discipline
    • 175. Desertion
    • 176. Absence without leave
    • 177. Notice to proper officer of absence of seafarer at time of sailing
    • 178. Unseaworthiness of ship a good defence to charge of desertion, etc
    • 179. Deserter's certificates of discharge may be withheld
    • 180. Deserter's from foreign ships
    • 181. Entry of offences in official log
    • 182. Official log-books to be kept
    • 183. Entries in official log-books
    • 184. Unlawful entries or alterations in official log-books
    • 185. Delivery of official log-books to proper officer
    • 186. Transmission of official log-books to proper officer
    • 187. Documents to be handed over to successor on change of master
    • 188. List of crew
    • 189. Returns of births and deaths
  • Chapter V : Safety of Ships and Life at Sea
    • Part I : Construction of ships, provision of life-saving appliances and installation of radio
      • 190. Initial and subsequent surveys of vessels in respect of safety provisions
      • 191. Surveyor's report on inspection under safety regulations
      • 192. Issue of safety convention certificates in respect of passenger ships
      • 193. Issue of safety convention certificates in respect of ships other than passenger ships
      • 194. Issue of local safety certificates
      • 195. Form of safety certificate
      • 196. Modification of safety convention certificates as respects life-saving appliances
      • 197. Duration of safety certificates
      • 198. Cancellation of safety convention certificates and local safety certificates
      • 199. Surrender of expired or cancelled safety convention certificate or local safety certificate
      • 200. South African ships not to be taken to sea without safety certificates
      • 201. Carrying persons in excess
      • 202. Issue of safety convention certificate by one Government at request of another
      • 203. Application of this Part to ships not registered or licensed in the Republic while in the Republic
    • Part II : Load lines
      • 204. Exemption from this Part and issue of load line exemption certificates
      • 205. Initial and subsequent surveys of ships in respect of load line provisions
      • 206. Surveyor's inspection report on load line ship 
      • 207. Issue of load line certificates other than load line exemption certificates
      • 208. Entry of load line particulars in official log-book
      • 209. Duration of load line certificates
      • 210. Cancellation of load line certificates
      • 211. Surrender of expired or cancelled load line certificate
      • 212. South African ships not to be taken to sea without load line certificates
      • 213. Maintenance of load line and deck lines
      • 214. Submersion of load line on South African ships
      • 215. Issue of international load line certificate by one government at request of another
      • 216. Inspection and control of load line convention ships not registered in the Republic
      • 217. Issue of load line certificates in respect of ships not registered in the Republic
      • 218. Recognition of certificates as to load lines issued in other countries
      • 219. Load line ships not registered in the Republic not to be taken to sea without load line certificates
      • 220. Submersion of load line on ships not registered in the Republic
    • Part III : Safety of navigation
      • 221. Ship's complement
      • 222. Employment of radio officers and operators
      • 223. Surveyor may direct that defects be made good
      • 224. Display of safety convention certificate, local safety certificate or load line certificate
      • 225. Printed notices and diagrams as to location of lifeboats, etc
      • 226. Information about stability of ship
      • 227. Production of certificates to officers of customs
      • 228. Compasses to be adjusted
      • 229. Signalling lamps
      • 230. [Repealed]
      • 231. Registration of private code or signals
      • 232. Signals of distress
      • 233. Boat and fire drills and inspection of life-saving appliances
      • 234. [Repealed]
      • 235. Dangerous goods not to be carried
      • 236. Carriage of grain
      • 237. Carriage of timber deck cargo
      • 238. Marking of heavy packages or objects
      • 239. Report of alteration or damage affecting seaworthiness, efficiency or compliance with regulations
      • 240. Unseaworthy ships not permitted to leave port
      • 241. Obligation to secure seaworthiness of ship
      • 242. Sending unseaworthy ship to sea in special circumstances
      • 243. Unseaworthy ships to be detained
      • 244. Ships may be inspected
      • 245. Complaint as to seaworthiness to be in writing
      • 246. Complainant as to unseaworthiness may be required to give security
      • 247. Complainant to pay costs if not successful
      • 248. Expenses to be paid by owner if complaint founded
      • 249. Reports of dangers to navigation
      • 250. Careful navigation near ice
      • 251. Safety certificates and memoranda issued before commencement of this Act
      • 252. Period of grace for compliance with certain provisions
      • 253. Provisions of this chapter not to be applied to ships not registered in the Republic driven into Republic ports by stress of weather
      • 254. Admissibility in evidence of safety and load line certificates and surveyors' reports
    • Part IV : Collisions, accidents at sea, and limitation of liability
      • 255. Division of loss in case of collision
      • 256. Damages for personal injury
      • 257. Right of contribution
      • 258. [Repealed]
      • 259. Report to proper officer of accidents to and on board ships
      • 260. Notice to Authority of loss of ship
      • 261. When owner not liable for whole damage
      • 262. Tonnage how calculated
      • 263. Application of this Part to persons other than the owners
  • Chapter VI : Special Shipping Enquiries and Courts of Enquiry and Courts of Survey
    • 264. Preliminary enquiry into shipping casualties
    • 265. Report to Authority by person who has held preliminary enquiry
    • 266. Convening of court of marine enquiry in the Republic
    • 267. Constitution of court of marine enquiry
    • 268. How decisions of court of marine enquiry are reached and announced
    • 269. Powers of court of marine enquiry in respect of master or member of crew
    • 270. Convening of maritime courts outside the Republic
    • 271. Constitution of maritime courts
    • 272. How decisions of maritime courts are reached and announced
    • 273. Powers of maritime courts
    • 274. Appeal from surveyor to court of survey
    • 275. Convening of court of survey
    • 276. Constitution of court of survey
    • 277. How decisions of courts of survey are reached and announced
    • 278. Powers of court of survey
    • 279. Interested persons not to serve on courts of marine enquiry, maritime courts or courts of survey
    • 280. Procedure at court of marine enquiry or maritime court or court of survey
    • 281. Court of survey may cause ship to be surveyed
    • 282. Reference in difficult cases to scientific persons
    • 283. Opportunity of making a defence
    • 284. Court may require delivery of certificate during course of investigation
    • 285. Witnesses to be allowed expenses
    • 286. Transmission to Authority of record and decision of court of marine enquiry, maritime court, or court of survey
    • 287. Effect of cancellation or suspension of certificate or prohibition of employment
    • 288. Delivery of Republic certificate which has been cancelled or suspended
    • 289. Certificate not to be endorsed
    • 290. Powers of Minister in respect of cancelled or suspended certificates
    • 291. Rehearing
    • 292. Appeals against decisions of courts of maritime enquiry and maritime courts
  • Chapter VII : Wrecks and Salvage
    • 293. [Repealed]
    • 294. [Repealed]
    • 295. [Repealed]
    • 296. [Repealed]
    • 297. [Repealed]
    • 298. [Repealed]
    • 299. [Repealed]
    • 300. [Repealed]
    • 301. [Repealed]
    • 302. [Repealed]
    • 303. [Repealed]
    • 304. [Repealed]
    • 305. [Repealed]
    • 306. [Repealed]
  • Chapter VIII : Carriage of Goods by Sea
    • 307. [Repealed]
    • 308. [Repealed]
    • 309. [Repealed]
    • 310. [Repealed]
    • 311. [Repealed]
  • Chapter IX : Offences, Penal Provisions and Legal Procedure
    • 312. Offences not expressly mentioned
    • 313. Penalties for offences
    • 314. Bribery
    • 315. Forgery and other fraudulent acts
    • 316. Obstructing administration of Act
    • 317. Stowaways
    • 318. Ships not to be boarded without authority
    • 319. Offences in connection with passenger ships
    • 320. Obstruction of navigation of ship
    • 321. Conveyance of deserter on board ship
    • 322. Imprisoned seafarers may be sent back on board
    • 323. Deduction from wages and payment to proper officers etc of fines
    • 324. Authority may impose penalty upon admission of guilt
    • 325. Release from forfeiture or mitigation of penalties
    • 326. Appropriation of wages to satisfy award of compensation in offences against discipline
    • 327. Jurisdiction in respect of offences committed outside the Republic
    • 328. Jurisdiction of magistrates' courts to impose punishment
    • 329. [Repealed]
    • 330. [Repealed]
    • 331. [Repealed]
    • 332. [Repealed]
    • 333. Inquiry into cause of death on board ship
    • 334. Forfeiture of ships, shares in ships and goods
    • 335. Method of detaining a vessel or a share in a ship or goods
    • 336. Procedure in forfeiture of a ship, a share in a ship or goods
    • 337. Seizure of a ship, a share in a ship or goods detained or liable to forfeiture
    • 338. No clearance to be granted to detained ship
    • 339. Detention of foreign ship that has occasioned damage
    • 340. Notice to be given to consular representative of proceedings taken in respect of foreign ships
    • 341. Conveyance of accused persons and witnesses to the Republic
    • 342. Service of documents
    • 343. [Repealed]
    • 343bis. Indemnification of State and Authority and certain persons in the employ of State and Authority
    • 343ter. Exemption from liability
    • 344. Prescription
    • 345. Payment of allowances to persons appointed to make preliminary enquiries into shipping casualties, to members of courts of marine enquiry, maritime courts or courts of survey and assessors
    • 346. Presumption of knowledge
    • 347. Presumption in case of collision
    • 348. Mode of making declaration
    • 349. Power to dispense with declarations and other evidence
    • 350. Admissibility of documents in evidence
    • 351. Evidence as to agreement with crew
    • 352. Acts done by courts and functionaries of the Republic in relation to treaty ships other than South African ships
    • 353. Acts done by courts and functionaries of other treaty countries in relation to South African ships
  • Chapter X : General
    • 354. [Repealed]
    • 355. Application of certain labour laws to seafarers
    • 355A. Appointment of safety officers, safety appointees and safety committees and election of safety representatives
    • 356. Regulations
    • 356bis. Conventions in Schedules to have force of law
    • 356ter.*  [Repealed]
    • 356quat.** [Repealed]
    • 357. Exemption from stamp duty
    • 358. Short title and commencement
  • Schedules
    • First Schedule
    • Second Schedule
      • Article I : General obligations under the Convention
      • Article II : Application
      • Article III : Laws, regulations
      • Article IV : Cases of force majeure
      • Article V : Carriage of persons in emergency
      • Article VI : Prior treaties and conventions
      • Article VII : Special rules drawn up by agreement
      • Article VIII : Amendments
      • Article IX : Signature, ratification, acceptance, approval and accession
      • Article X : Entry into force
      • Article XI : Denunciation
      • Article XII : Deposit and registration
      • Article XIII : Languages
      • Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974
        • Article I : General Obligations
        • Article II : Application
        • Article III : Communication of information
        • Article IV : Signature, ratification, acceptance, approval and accession
        • Article V : Entry into force
        • Article VI : Denunciation
        • Article VII : Depositary
        • Article VIII : Languages
        • Annex
          • Chapter I — General Provisions
            • Part A — Application, Definitions, etc.
              • Regulation 1 : Application
              • Regulation 2 : Definitions
              • Regulation 3 : Exceptions
              • Regulation 4 : Exemptions
              • Regulation 5 : Equivalents
            • Part B — Surveys and Certificates
              • Regulation 6 : Inspection and survey
              • Regulation 7 : Surveys of passenger ships
              • Regulation 8 : Surveys of lifesaving appliances and other equipment of cargo ships
              • Regulation 9 : Surveys of radio and radar installations of cargo ships
              • Regulation 10 : Surveys of hull, machinery and equipment of cargo ships
              • Regulation 11 : Maintenance of conditions after survey
              • Regulation 12 : Issue of certificates
              • Regulation 13 : Issue of certificate by another Government
              • Regulation 14 : Duration and validity of certificates
              • Regulation 15 : Form of certificates
              • Regulation 16 : Posting up of certificates
              • Regulation 17 : Acceptance of certificates
              • Regulation 18 : Qualification of certificates
              • Regulation 19 : Control
              • Regulation 20 : Privileges
            • Part C — Casualties
              • Regulation 21 : Casualties
          • Chapter II–1 : Construction — Subdivision and Stability, Machinery and Electrical Installations
            • Part A — General
              • Regulation 1 : Application
              • Regulation 2 : Definitions
            • Part B — Subdivision and Stability
              • Regulation 3 : Floodable length
              • Regulation 4 : Permeability
              • Regulation 5 : Permissible length of compartments
              • Regulation 6 : Special rules concerning subdivision
              • Regulation 7 : Stability of ships in damaged condition
              • Regulation 8 : Ballasting
              • Regulation 9 : Peak and machinery space bulkheads, shaft tunnels, etc.
              • Regulation 10 : Double bottoms
              • Regulation 11 : Assigning, marking and recording of subdivision load lines
              • Regulation 12 : Construction and initial testing of watertight bulkheads, etc.
              • Regulation 13 : Openings in watertight bulkheads
              • Regulation 14 : Openings in the shell plating below the margin line
              • Regulation 15 : Construction and initial tests of watertight doors, sidescuttles, etc.
              • Regulation 16 : Construction and initial tests of watertight decks, trunks, etc.
              • Regulation 17 : Watertight integrity above the margin line
              • Regulation 18 : Bilge pumping arrangements in passenger ships
              • Regulation 19 : Stability information for passenger ships and cargo ships
              • Regulation 20 : Damage control plans
              • Regulation 21 : Marking, periodical operation and inspection of watertight doors, etc.
              • Regulation 22 : Entries in log
            • Part C — Machinery and Electrical Installations
              • Regulation 23 : General
              • Regulation 24 : Main source of electrical power in passenger ships
              • Regulation 25 : Emergency source of electrical power in passenger ships
              • Regulation 26 : Emergency source of electrical power in cargo ships
              • Regulation 27 : Precautions against shock, fire and other hazards of electrical origin
              • Regulation 28 : Means of going astern
              • Regulation 29 : Steering gear
              • Regulation 30 : Electric and electrohydraulic steering gear
              • Regulation 31 : Location of emergency installations in passenger ships
              • Regulation 32 : Communication between bridge and engine room
          • Chapter II-2 : Construction—Fire Protection, Fire Detection and Fire Extinction
            • Part A — General
              • Regulation 1 : Application
              • Regulation 2 : Basic principles
              • Regulation 3 : Definitions
              • Regulation 4 : Fire control plans
              • Regulation 5 : Fire pumps, fire mains, hydrants and hoses
              • Regulation 6 : Miscellaneous items
              • Regulation 7 : Fire extinguishers
              • Regulation 8 : Fixed gas fire-extinguishing systems
              • Regulation 9 : Fixed froth fire-extinguishing systems in machinery spaces
              • Regulation 10 : Fixed high expansion froth fire-extinguishing systems in machinery spaces
              • Regulation 11 : Fixed pressure water-spraying fire-extinguishing systems in machinery spaces
              • Regulation 12 : Automatic sprinkler and fire alarm and fire detection systems
              • Regulation 13 : Automatic fire alarm and fire detection systems
              • Regulation 14 : Fireman’s outfit
              • Regulation 15 : Ready availability of fire-extinguishing appliances
              • Regulation 16 : Acceptance of substitutes
            • Part B — Fire Safety Measures for Passenger Ships Carrying More than 36 Passengers
              • Regulation 17 : Structure
              • Regulation 18 : Main vertical zones and horizontal zones
              • Regulation 19 : Bulkheads within a main vertical zone
              • Regulation 20 : Fire integrity of bulkheads and decks
              • Regulation 21 : Means of escape
              • Regulation 22 : Protection of stairways and lifts in accommodation and service spaces
              • Regulation 23 : Openings in “A” Class divisions
              • Regulation 24 : Openings in “B” Class divisions
              • Regulation 25 : Ventilation systems
              • Regulation 26 : Windows and sidescuttles
              • Regulation 27 : Restriction of combustible materials
              • Regulation 28 : Miscellaneous items
              • Regulation 29 : Automatic sprinkler and fire alarm and fire detection systems or automatic fire alarm and fire detection systems
              • Regulation 30 : Protection of special category spaces
              • Regulation 31 : Protection of cargo spaces other than special category spaces intended for the carriage of motor vehicles with fuel in their tanks for their own propulsion
              • Regulation 32 : Maintenance of fire patrols, etc., and provision for fire-extinguishing equipment
              • Regulation 33 : Arrangements for oil fuel, lubricating oil and other inflammable oils
              • Regulation 34 : Special arrangements in machinery spaces
            • Part C — Fire Safety Measures for Passenger Ships Carrying not more than 36 Passengers
              • Regulation 35 : Structure
              • Regulation 36 : Main vertical zones
              • Regulation 37 : Openings in “A” Class divisions
              • Regulation 38 : Fire integrity of “A” Class divisions
              • Regulation 39 : Separation of accommodation spaces from machinery, cargo and service spaces
              • Regulation 40 : Protection of accommodation and service spaces
              • Regulation 41 : Deck coverings
              • Regulation 42 : Protection of stairways and lifts in accommodation and service spaces
              • Regulation 43 : Protection of control stations and store-rooms
              • Regulation 44 : Windows and sidescuttles
              • Regulation 45 : Ventilation systems
              • Regulation 46 : Details of construction
              • Regulation 47 : Fire detection systems and fire-extinguishing equipment
              • Regulation 48 : Means of escape
              • Regulation 49 : Oil fuel used for internal combustion engines
              • Regulation 50 : Special arrangements in machinery spaces
            • Part D — Fire Safety Measures for Cargo Ships
              • Regulation 51 : General requirements for cargo ships of 4 000 tons gross tonnage and upwards other than tankers covered by Part E of this Chapter
              • Regulation 52 : Fire-extinguishing systems and equipment
              • Regulation 53 : Means of escape
              • Regulation 54 : Special arrangements in machinery spaces
            • Part E — Fire Safety Measures for Tankers
              • Regulation 55 : Application
              • Regulation 56 : Location and separation of spaces
              • Regulation 57 : Construction
              • Regulation 58 : Ventilation
              • Regulation 59 : Means of escape
              • Regulation 60 : Cargo tank protection
              • Regulation 61 : Fixed deck froth system
              • Regulation 62 : Inert gas system
              • Regulation 63 : Cargo pump room
              • Regulation 64 : Hose nozzles
            • Part F — Special Fire Safety Measures for Existing Passenger Ships
              • Regulation 65 : Application
              • Regulation 66 : Structure
              • Regulation 67 : Main vertical zones
              • Regulation 68 : Openings in main vertical zone bulkheads
              • Regulation 69 : Separation of accommodation spaces from machinery, cargo and service spaces
              • Regulation 70 : Application relative to Methods I, II and III
              • Regulation 71 : Protection of vertical stairways
              • Regulation 72 : Protection of lifts (passenger and service), vertical trunks for light and air, etc.
              • Regulation 73 : Protection of control stations
              • Regulation 74 : Protection of storerooms, etc.
              • Regulation 75 : Windows and sidescuttles
              • Regulation 76 : Ventilation systems
              • Regulation 77 : Miscellaneous items
              • Regulation 78 : Cinematograph film
              • Regulation 79 : Plans
              • Regulation 80 : Pumps, fire main systems, hydrants and hoses
              • Regulation 81 : Fire detection and extinction requirements-General
              • Regulation 82 : Ready availability of fire-fighting appliances
              • Regulation 83 : Means of escape
              • Regulation 84 : Emergency source of electrical power
              • Regulation 85 : Practice musters and drills
          • Chapter III : Live-Saving Appliances, etc.
            • Regulation 1 : Application
            • Part A — General
              • Regulation 2 : Definitions
              • Regulation 3 : Exemptions
              • Regulation 4 : Ready availability of lifeboats, liferafts and buoyant apparatus
              • Regulation 5 : Construction of lifeboats
              • Regulation 6 : Cubic capacity of lifeboats
              • Regulation 7 : Carrying capacity of lifeboats
              • Regulation 8 : Number of motor lifeboats to be carried
              • Regulation 9 : Specification of motor lifeboats
              • Regulation 10 : Specification of mechanically propelled lifeboats other than motor lifeboats
              • Regulation 11 : Equipment of lifeboats
              • Regulation 12 : Security of lifeboat equipment
              • Regulation 13 : Portable radio apparatus for survival craft
              • Regulation 14 : Radio apparatus and searchlights in motor lifeboats
              • Regulation 15 : Requirements for inflatable liferafts
              • Regulation 16 : Requirements for rigid liferafts
              • Regulation 17 : Equipment of inflatable and rigid liferafts
              • Regulation 18 : Training in the use of liferafts
              • Regulation 19 : Embarkation into lifeboats and liferafts
              • Regulation 20 : Marking of lifeboats, liferafts and buoyant apparatus
              • Regulation 21 : Specification of a lifebuoy
              • Regulation 22 : Life-jackets
              • Regulation 23 : Line-throwing appliances
              • Regulation 24 : Ships’ distress signals
              • Regulation 25 : Muster list and emergency procedure
              • Regulation 26 : Practice musters and drills
            • Part B — Passenger Ships Only
              • Regulation 27 : Lifeboats, liferafts and buoyant apparatus
              • Regulation 28 : Table relating to davits and lifeboat capacity for ships on short international voyages
              • Regulation 29 : Stowage and handling of lifeboats, liferafts and buoyant apparatus
              • Regulation 30 : Lighting for decks, lifeboats, liferafts, etc.
              • Regulation 31 : Manning of lifeboats and liferafts
              • Regulation 32 : Certificated lifeboatmen
              • Regulation 33 : Buoyant apparatus
              • Regulation 34 : Number of lifebuoys to be provided
            • Part C — Cargo Ships Only
              • Regulation 35 : Number and capacity of lifeboats and liferafts
              • Regulation 36 : Davits and launching arrangements
              • Regulation 37 : Number of lifebuoys to be provided
              • Regulation 38 : Emergency lighting
          • Chapter IV : Radiotelegraphy and Radiotelephony
            • Part A — Application and Definitions
              • Regulation 1 : Application
              • Regulation 2 : Terms and definitions
              • Regulation 3 : Radiotelegraph station
              • Regulation 4 : Radiotelephone station
              • Regulation 5 : Exemptions from Regulations 3 and 4
            • Part B — Watches
              • Regulation 6 : Watches — Radiotelegraph
              • Regulation 7 : Watches — Radiotelephone
              • Regulation 8 : Watches — VHF radiotelephone
            • Part C — Technical Requirements
              • Regulation 9 : Radiotelegraph stations
              • Regulation 10 : Radiotelegraph installations
              • Regulation 11 : Radiotelegraph auto alarms
              • Regulation 12 : Direction-finders
              • Regulation 13 : Radiotelegraph installation for fitting in motor lifeboats
              • Regulation 14 : Portable radio apparatus for survival craft
              • Regulation 15 : Radiotelephone stations
              • Regulation 16 : Radiotelephone installations
              • Regulation 17 : VHF radiotelephone stations
              • Regulation 18 : Radiotelephone auto alarms
            • Part D — Radio Logs
              • Regulation 19 : Radio Logs
          • Chapter V : Safety Navigation
            • Regulation 1 : Application
            • Regulation 2 : Danger messages
            • Regulation 3 : Information required in danger messages
            • Regulation 4 : Meteorological services
            • Regulation 5 : Ice patrol service
            • Regulation 6 : Ice patrol, management and cost
            • Regulation 7 : Speed near ice
            • Regulation 8 : Routing
            • Regulation 9 : Misuse of distress signals
            • Regulation 10 : Distress messages — Obligations and procedures
            • Regulation 11 : Signalling lamps
            • Regulation 12 : Shipborne navigational equipment
            • Regulation 13 : Manning
            • Regulation 14 : Aids to navigation
            • Regulation 15 : Search and rescue
            • Regulation 16 : Life-saving signals
            • Regulation 17 : Pilot ladders and mechanical pilot hoists
            • Regulation 18 : VHF radiotelephone stations
            • Regulation 19 : Use of the automatic pilot
            • Regulation 19-1 : Operation of steering gear
            • Regulation 19-2 : Steering gear—testing and drills
            • Regulation 19-3 : Long-range identification and tracking of ships
            • Regulation 20 : Nautical publications
            • Regulation 21 : International code of signals
          • Chapter VI : Carriage of Grain
            • Part A — General Provisions
              • Regulation 1 : Application
              • Regulation 2 : Definitions
              • Regulation 3 : Trimming of grain
              • Regulation 4 : Intact stability requirements
              • Regulation 5 : Longitudinal divisions and saucers
              • Regulation 6 : Securing
              • Regulation 7 : Feeders and trunks
              • Regulation 8 : Combination arrangements
              • Regulation 9 : Application of Parts B and C
              • Regulation 10 : Authorization
              • Regulation 11 : Grain loading information
              • Regulation 12 : Equivalents
              • Regulation 13 : Exemptions for certain voyages
            • Part B — Calculation of Assumed Heeling Moments
              • Section I — Description of the Assumed Voids and Method of Calculating Intact Stability
              • Section II — Assumed Volumetric Heeling Moment of a Filled Compartment
              • Section III — Assumed Volumetric Heeling Moment of Feeders and Trunks
              • Section IV — Assumed Volumetric Heeling Moment of Partly Filled Compartments
              • Section V — Alternative Loading Arrangements for Existing Ships
            • Part C — Grain Fittings and Securing
              • Section I — Strength of Grain Fittings
              • Section II — Securing of Partly Filled Compartments
          • Chapter VII : Carriage Of Dangerous Goods
            • Regulation 1 : Application
            • Regulation 2 : Classification
            • Regulation 3 : Packing
            • Regulation 4 : Marking and labelling
            • Regulation 5 : Documents
            • Regulation 6 : Stowage requirements
            • Regulation 7 : Explosives in passenger ships
          • Chapter VIII : Nuclear Ships
            • Regulation 1 : Application
            • Regulation 2 : Application of other Chapters
            • Regulation 3 : Exemptions
            • Regulation 4 : Approval of reactor installation
            • Regulation 5 : Suitability of reactor installation for service on board ship
            • Regulation 6 : Radiation safety
            • Regulation 7 : Safety assessment
            • Regulation 8 : Operating manual
            • Regulation 9 : Surveys
            • Regulation 10 : Certificates
            • Regulation 11 : Special control
            • Regulation 12 : Casualties
        • Appendix
          • Appendix : Form of Safety Certificate for Passenger Ships
          • Appendix : Form of Safety Construction Certificate for Cargo Ships
            • Supplement to the Cargo Ship Safety Construction for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974
          • Appendix : Form of Safety Equipment Certificate for Cargo Ships
            • Supplement to the Cargo Ship Safety Construction for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974
          • Appendix : Form of Safety Construction Certificate for Cargo Ships
          • Appendix : Form of Safety Radiotelephony Certificate for Cargo Ships
          • Appendix : Form of Exemption Certificate
          • Appendix : Form of Safety Certificate for Nuclear Passenger Ships
          • Appendix : Form of Safety Certificate for Nuclear Cargo Ships
    • Third Schedule
    • Fourth Schedule
    • Fifth Schedule
    • Sixth Schedule
    • Seventh Schedule
      • Maritime Labour Convention, 2006
        • Preamble
        • General Obligations
          • Article I
        • Definitions and Scope of Application
          • Article II
        • Fundamental Rights and Principles
          • Article III
        • Seafarers’ Employment and Social Rights
          • Article IV
        • Implementation and Enforcement Responsibilities
          • Article V
        • Regulations and Parts A and B of the Code
          • Article VI
        • Consultation with Shipowners’and Seafarers’ Organizations
          • Article VII
        • Entry into Force
          • Article VIII
        • Denunciation
          • Article IX
        • Effect of Entry into Force
          • Article X
        • Depositary Functions
          • Article XI
          • Article XII
        • Special Tripartite Committee
          • Article XIII
        • Amendment of this Convention
          • Article XIV
        • Amendments to the Code
          • Article XV
        • Authoritative Languages
          • Article XVI
    • Eighth Schedule
      • Work In Fishing Convention, 2007
        • Preamble
        • Definitions and Scope
          • Part I
            • Definitions
              • Article 1
            • Scope
              • Article 2
              • Article 3
              • Article 4
              • Article 5
        • General Principles
          • Part II
            • Implementation
              • Article 6
            • Competent Authority and Coordination
              • Article 7
            • Responsibilities of Fishing Vessel Owners, Skippers and Fishers
              • Article 8
        • Minimum Requirements for Work on Board Fishing Vessels
          • Part III
            • Minimum Age
              • Article 9
            • Medical Examination
              • Article 10
              • Article 11
              • Article 12
        • Conditions of Service
          • Part IV
            • Manning and Hours of Rest
              • Article 13
              • Article 14
            • Crew List
              • Article 15
            • Fisher’s Work Agreement
              • Article 16
              • Article 17
              • Article 18
              • Article 19
              • Article 20
            • Repatriation
              • Article 21
            • Recruitment and Placement
              • Article 22
            • Payment of Fishers
              • Article 23
              • Article 24
        • Accommodation and Food
          • Part V
            • Article 25
            • Article 26
            • Article 27
            • Article 28
        • Medical Care, Health Protection and Social Security
          • Part VI
            • Medical Care
              • Article 29
              • Article 30
            • Occupational Safety and Health and Accident Prevention
              • Article 31
              • Article 32
              • Article 33
            • Social Security
              • Article 34
              • Article 35
              • Article 36
              • Article 37
            • Protection in the Case of Work-Related Sickness, Injury or Death
              • Article 38
              • Article 39
        • Compliance and Enforcement
          • Part VII
            • Article 40
            • Article 41
            • Article 42
            • Article 43
            • Article 44
        • Amendment of Annexes I, II and III
          • Part VIII
            • Article 45
        • Final Provisions
          • Part IX
            • Article 46
            • Article 47
            • Article 48
            • Article 49
            • Article 50
            • Article 51
            • Article 52
            • Article 53
            • Article 54
        • Annexes
          • Annex I
            • Equivalence in Measurement
          • Annex II
            • Fisher’s Work Agreement
          • Annex III
            • Fishing Vessel Accommodation
              • General Provisions
              • Planning and Control
            • Design and Construction
              • Headroom
              • Openings into and between Accommodation Spaces
              • Insulation
              • Other
              • Noise and Vibration
              • Ventilation
              • Heating and Air Conditioning
              • Lighting
            • Sleeping Rooms
              • General
              • Floor Area
              • Persons per Sleeping Room
              • Other
              • Mess Rooms
              • Tubs or Showers, Toilets and Washbasins
              • Laundry Facilities
              • Facilities for Sick and Injured Fishers
              • Other Facilities
              • Bedding, Mess Utensils and Miscellaneous Provisions
              • Recreational Facilities
              • Communication Facilities
              • Alley and Food Storage Facilities
              • Food and Potable Water
              • Clean and Habitable Conditions
              • Inspections by the Skipper or under the Authority of the Skipper
              • Variations
• Proclamations
  • Commencement of Merchant Shipping Amendment Act, 2015 (Act No. 12 of 2015)
    • Proclamation No. 35 of 2016
• Regulations
  • Distressed Seamen's Regulations,1961
    • Notice No. R. 895 of 1961
    • 1. Title of these Regulations
    • 2. Interpretation
    • 3. Form of Application for Relief or Repatriation
    • 4. Limitation of Time in which to Apply
    • 5. Clothing and Medical Expenses
    • 6. Manner on Dealing with Distressed Seamen
    • 7. Mode of Providing for Return
    • 8. Obligation of Masters of South African Ships to Convey Distressed Seamen
    • 9. Conveyance by Ships other than South African Ships
    • 10. Return Port to be Specified
    • 11. Endorsement on Agreement with the Crew and Issue of Conveyance Order
    • 12. Action of Proper Officer at Places en Route
    • 13. Rates of Passage and Other Allowances
    • 14. Rescued Seamen
    • 15. Foreign Seamen
    • 16. Seamen Mentally Deranged
    • 17. Seaman at Infected Ports
    • 18. Certain Cases of Illness and Injury
    • 19. Shipwrecked Seamen
    • 20. Stowaways
    • Annexures
      • Annexure A : Application to be Treated as a Distressed Seaman
      • Annexure B : Order for the Conveyance of a Distressed Seaman
  • Courts of Survey Regulations, 1961
    • Notice No. R. 1065 of 1961
    • Introductory Note
    • 1. Title of these Regulations
    • 2. Interpretation
    • 3. List from which members of court to be selected
    • 4. Noting of appeal
    • 5. Appointment of Members of the Court
    • 6. Notification of appointment as member
    • 7. Allowances payable to members
    • 8. Time and place for hearing of appeal
    • 9. Appointment and duties of clerk of a Court of Survey
    • 10. Parties to the proceedings
    • 11. Summoning of witnesses
    • 12. Representation of parties
    • 13. Evidence
    • 14. Addresses by the parties
    • 15. Adjournments
    • 16. Orders for costs
    • 17. Enforcement of orders for costs
    • 18. Records of proceedings
    • 19. Transmission of records to Secretary
    • 20. Hearing of appeal referred to experts
    • Annexes
      • Annex A : Notice of appeal to a Court of Survey
      • Annex B : Allowances towards subsistence and and transport payable to members of Courts of Survey (Regulation 7)
      • Annex C : Court of Survey : Subpoena (Regulation 11)
      • Annex D : Report of Court of Survey (Regulation 19)
  • Courts of Marine Enquiry Regulations, 1961
    • Notice No. R. 1067 of 1961
    • 1. Title of these Regulations
    • 2. Interpretation
    • 2A. Powers and duties of Director-General
    • 3. List from which members of court to be selected
    • 4. Appointment of members of court
    • 5. Notification of appointment as member
    • 6. Allowances payable to members
    • 7. Time when and place where investigation held
    • 8. Appointment and duties of clerk of a Court of Marine Enquiry
    • 9. Parties to the proceedings
    • 10. Summoning of witnesses
    • 11. Commencement of proceedings
    • 12. Representation of parties
    • 13. Formulation of questions for decision by Court
    • 14. Evidence
    • 15. Addresses by the parties
    • 16. Adjournments
    • 17. Orders for costs
    • 18. Orders for damages caused by frivolous or vexatious allegations
    • 19. Enforcement of orders for costs or damages
    • 20. Records of proceedings
    • 21. Transmission of records to Authority
    • 22. Appeal to Superior Court
    • 23. Rehearing by order of the Minister
    • Annexes
      • Annex A : Allowances towards subsistence and transport payable to members of Courts of Marine Enquiry
      • Annex B : Form of subpoena
      • Annex C : Report of Court of Marine Enquiry
  • Examination and Licensing of Compass Adjusters Regulations, 1991
    • Notice No. R. 127 of 1991
    • Chapter I : General
      • 1. Title of these Regulations
      • 2. Definitions
      • 3. Application
      • 4. Places of Examination
      • 5. Form and Date of Application for Examination
      • 6. Physical Disabilities
      • 7. Colour and Form Vision Test
      • 8. Qualifications required for Examination
    • Chapter II : Success or Failure in Examination
      • 9. Examination for a Licence as a Compass Adjuster (Restricted)
      • 10. Examination for a Licence as a Compass Adjuster (Unrestricted)
      • 11. Partial Pass in the Examination
      • 12. Time that must Elapse between Failure and Re-Examination
    • Chapter III : Conduct of Examinations
      • 13. Candidates to be Punctual
      • 14. No Strangers Admitted
      • 15. Loose Papers and Books
      • 16. Use of Books and Tables at the Examinations
      • 17. Use of Instruments
      • 18. Unauthorised Books and Papers Strictly Forbidden
      • 19. Leaving the Room
      • 20. Silence
      • 21. All Work to be Shown
      • 22. Penalty for Misconduct
      • 23. Degree of Precision Required
      • 24. Oral Examination
    • Chapter IV : Examination Fees
      • 25. When to Pay Fees
      • 26. Where to Pay Fees
      • 27. Table of Fees
    • Chapter V : Issue of Licences
      • 28. Results of Examination
      • 29. Form of Licence
      • 30. Issue of Licence as Compass Adjuster
      • 31. Approved Compass Adjusters
    • Chapter VI : Syllabuses
      • 32. General
      • 33. Syllabus for the Examination for a Licence as a Compass Adjuster (Restricted)
      • 34. Syllabus for the Examination for a Licence as a Compass Adjuster (Unrestricted
    • Annexures
      • Annexure I : Licence as a Compass Adjuster (Restricted)
      • Annexure II : Licence as a Compass Adjuster (Unrestricted)
  • Ship's Medicines and Medical Appliances Regulations, 1991
    • Notice No. R. 91 of 1991
    • 1. Title of these regulations
    • 2. Interpretation
    • 3. Application of these regulations
    • 4. Classification of ships
    • 5. Medical practitioner
    • 6. Injury/Illness register
    • 7. Medicines and medical appliances to be carried by different classes of ships
    • 8. Ships carrying chemicals
    • 9. Publications to be carried on board
    • 10. General requirements
    • 11. Medical supplies to be kept updated
    • 12. Equivalents
    • 13. Exemptions
    • 14. Withdrawal of regulations
    • 15. Commencement
    • Annexes
      • Annex 1 : Medicines and Medical Appliances for Class 1 Ships
      • Annex 2 : Medicines and Medical Appliances for Class 2 Ships
      • Annex 3 : Medicines and Medical Appliances for Class 3 Ships
      • Annex 4 : First Aid Outfit for Ship's Lifeboats and and Class "C" Boats
      • Annex 5 : First Aid Outfit for Ship's Liferafts
  • Maritime Occupational Safety Regulations, 1994
    • Notice No. R. 1904 of 1994
    • Chapter I : General
      • 1. Definitions
      • 2. General application
      • 3. Duties of employers
      • 4. Safety equipment and facilities to be provided by employers
      • 5. First-aid kit and first-aider
      • 6. Reporting of accidents or serious injuries on board vessels
    • Chapter II : Safety provisions for staff on board ship, appliances and equipment
      • 7. Definitions
      • 8. Application
      • 9. Duties of an employer
      • 10. Appointment, termination of appointment, and functions of safety officers
      • 11. Appointment, termination of appointment, and functions of safety committees
      • 12. Election, termination of office, and functions of safety representatives
      • 13. Requirements and duties of employers regarding safety officers, safety committees and safety representatives to enable them to perform their functions 
      • 14. Access equipment
      • 15. Use of access equipment
      • 16. Hatch coverings
      • 17. Lifting plant
      • 18. Safeguarding of machinery
      • 19. Electrical equipment
      • 20. Safety measures when working under hazardous conditions
      • 21. Safe access of persons on board
      • 22. Transit areas
      • 23. Lighting
      • 24. Safety signs
      • 25. Guardrails
      • 26. Fixed ladders
      • 27. Enclosed or confined spaces
    • Chapter III : Stevedores, shore contractors and incidental persons on board vessels in the course and scope of their duty
      • 28. Definitions
      • 29. Application
      • 30. Duties of owners, masters and employers
      • 31. Appointment, termination of appointment, and functions of a safety officer
      • 32. Record books
    • Chapter IV : Fishing vessels
      • 33. Definitions
      • 34. Application
      • 35. Duties of employer
      • 36. Appointment, termination of appointment, and functions of safety officers
      • 37. Appointment, termination of appointment, and functions of appointees
      • 38. Appointment, termination of appointment, and functions of safety committees
      • 39. Record books
      • 39A. Compliance audit
      • 39B. Access equipment
    • Chapter V : Miscellaneous provisions
      • 40. Offences, penalties and defences
      • 41. Short title and commencement
  • Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods) Regulations, 1997
    • Notice No. R. 574 of 1997
    • Part 1 : General
      • 1. Definitions
      • 2. Application
      • 3. Exemptions
      • 4. Document of compliance, inspection and certification
      • 5. Duty to report certain incidents involving packaged dangerous goods
      • 6. General duties of shipowner, employer and master
      • 7. General duties of employee aboard ship
      • 8. Conduct endangering the ship or persons aboard ship
    • Part 2 : Carriage of Packaged Dangerous Goods
      • 9. Documentation
      • 10. Packing certificates
      • 11. List, manifest or stowage plan
      • 12. Packaging
      • 13. Marking and labelling
      • 14. Stowage
      • 15. Carriage of explosives
      • 16. Carriage of packaged dangerous goods in passenger ships
    • Part 3 : Carriage of Dangerous Goods in Bulk
      • 17. Carriage in bulk
      • 18. Documentation
      • 19. List, manifest or stowage plan
    • Part 4 : Enforcement, Repeal of Regulations, and Short Title and Commencement
      • 20. Power to detain
      • 21. Penalties and defences
      • 22. Offences due to fault of another person
      • 23. Repeal of regulations
      • 24. Short title and commencement
  • Merchant Shipping (Mandatory Ships' Routeing) Regulations, 1998
    • Notice No. R. 131 of 1998
    • 1. Interpretation
    • 2. Application
    • 3. Duty to comply with adopted mandatory ships' routeing
    • 4. Penalties
    • 5. Short title
  • Merchant Shipping (IGC Code) Regulations, 1998
    • Notice No. R. 132 of 1998
    • 1. Interpretation
    • 2. Application
    • 3. Compliance with IGC Code
    • 4. Survey requirements
    • 5. Issue of International Certificate of Fitness
    • 6. Maintenance of condition after survey
    • 7. Exemptions and equivalents
    • 8. Loading and carriage in bulk of dangerous substances
    • 9. Penalties
    • 10. Power to detain
    • 11. Short title and commencement
  • Merchant Shipping (Marine Pollution (IBC Code)) Regulations, 1998
    • Notice No. R. 133 of 1998
    • 1. Interpretation
    • 2. Application
    • 3. Compliance with IBC Code
    • 4. Survey requirements
    • 5. Issue of International Certificate of Fitness
    • 6. Maintenance of condition after survey
    • 7. Exemptions and equivalents
    • 8. Loading and carriage in bulk of listed chemicals
    • 9. Penalties
    • 10. Power to detain
    • 11. Short title and commencement
  • Merchant Shipping (Seafarer Compensation) Regulations, 1998
    • Notice No. R. 1654 of 1998
    • 1. Title of regulations
    • 2. Interpretation
    • 3. Compensation
    • 4. Appeals
    • 5. Loss of life
    • 6. Repeal of regulations
    • Annex
      • Table of Maximum Compensation for Loss of Personal Effects, Instruments, Technical Books and Tools
      • Scale of Compensation
  • [Repealed] Merchant Shipping (Training and Certification) Regulations, 1999
    • Notice No. R. 1547 of 1999
    • Part 1 : General
      • 1. Interpretation
      • 2. Introduction and classes of certificates
      • 3. Revalidation of certificates
      • 4. Equivalence of certificates issued before commencement of regulations, etc
      • 5. Registrar of Seafarers
      • 6. Senior examiners
      • 7. Quality assurance
      • 8. Syllabus committee
    • Part 2 : Assessment
      • 9. Proof of identity
      • 10. Dates and places of examination
      • 11. How to apply
      • 12. How to apply in special cases
      • 13. Declaration and proof of qualifying service
      • 14. Bribery
      • 15. Unsatisfactory conduct
      • 16. Oral examinations
      • 17. Written examinations
      • 18. Assessment procedure
      • 19. Assessors
      • 20. Deafness and other physical and mental disabilities
      • 21. Use of English in examination
      • 22. Examination results
    • Part 3 : Certification requirements
      • Division 1 : Deck officer certificates
        • 23. Skipper (port operations)
        • 24. Skipper (unlimited or coastal)
        • 25. Mate (coastal)
        • 26. Master (port operations)
        • 27. Master (coastal)
        • 28. Deck officer
        • 29. Endorsement as chief mate of ship of less than 3 000 GT on unlimited voyages
        • 30. Endorsement as master of ship of less than 500 GT on unlimited voyages
        • 30A. Endorsement as master of a ship of less than 3 000 GT on unlimited voyages
        • 31. Chief mate
        • 32. Master
        • 33. Mining operations limitation
        • 34. Master (special grade)
      • Division 2 : Engineer officer certificates
        • 35. Second engineer officer (port operations)
        • 36. Chief engineer officer (port operations)
        • 37. Engineer officer
        • 38. Second engineer officer
        • 39. Chief engineering officer
        • 40. Endorsements
        • 41. Chief engineer officer (special grade)
      • Division 3 : Rating certificates
        • 42. Ordinary seaman
        • 43. Able seaman
        • 44. Wiper
        • 45. Oiler
        • 46. Efficient general purpose rating (port operations)
        • 47. Proficiency in liferafts
        • 48. Proficiency in survival craft
        • 49. Proficiency in fast rescue boats
        • 50. Efficient cook
      • Division 4 : Personnel on tankers and ro-ro passenger ships
        • 51. Special requirements for personnel on tankers
        • 52. Special requirements for personnel on ro-ro passenger ships
        • 52A. Special requirements for personnel on passenger ships other than ro-ro passenger ships
      • Division 5 : Qualifying service and removal of limitations, etc
        • 53. Insufficient qualifying service
        • 54. Qualifying service as rating
        • 55. Validity of qualifying service
        • 56. Non-trading service
        • 57. Calculating qualifying service
        • 58. Recognition of naval officer's certificate
        • 59. Recognition of radio officer's certificate
        • 60. Endorsements to certificate of competency as fisherman
        • 61. Sea service performed on ships not regularly proceeding to sea, or employed in mining operations
        • 62. Proof of service on foreign ships
        • 63. Novel craft
        • 64. Removal of coastal limitation to certificate of competency as skipper
        • 65. Removal of port operations limitation
        • 66. Removal of mining operations limitation
        • 66A. Removal of tonnage limitation
    • Part 4 : Training institutions and training programmes
      • 67. Accreditation of training institutions
      • 68. Training programmes and training record books
      • 69. In-service training
      • 70. Duties of instructors and candidates
    • Part 5 : Repeal of regulations and savings, transitional arrangements, and title and commencement
      • 71. Repeal of regulations, and savings
      • 72. Transitional arrangements
      • 73. Title and commencement
    • Annex : Documents to accompany application for examination
      • Engineer Officers
      • Deck Officers
      • Ratings
      • Provisions applicable to tables 
  • Merchant Shipping (Seamen's Documents) Regulations, 2000
    • Notice No. R. 432 of 2000
    • 1. Interpretation 
    • 2. Persons entitled to record book
    • 3. Application for record book
    • 4. First issue of record book
    • 5. Certificate of discharge
    • 6. Report on conduct, character and ability of discharged seaman
    • 7. Lost, mutilated, damaged or full record book
    • 8. Duty of owner and master of South African ship
    • 9. Offences and penalties
    • 10. Exemptions
    • 11. Repeal of regulations
    • 12. Transitional arrangements
    • 13. Title and commencement
    • Annexes
      • Annex 1 : Seaman's Record Book and Certificates of Discharge
      • Annex 2 : Interim Certificate of Discharge
      • Annex 3 : Report by Master in terms of Section 113(4) of Act 57 of 1951
  • Merchant Shipping (Notification of Building of Vessels) Regulations, 2002
    • Notice No. R. 498 of 2002
    • 1. Title and commencement
    • 2. Interpretation
    • 3. Particulars prescribed for purposes of section 10(1) of Act
    • 4. Repeal of regulations
    • Annex (Regulation 3)
  • Merchant Shipping (EPIRB Registration) Regulations, 2002
    • Notice No. R. 505 of 2002
    • 1. Title and commencement
    • 2. Interpretation
    • 3. Application
    • 4. Competent authority
    • 5. Requirement to register EPIRBs
    • 6. Change in registered particulars
    • 7. Offences and penalties
    • 8. Defence
    • Annex
      • Annex : Contact Information for Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centre (MRCC) (Regulation 4(2))
  • Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Charts and Nautical Publications) Regulations, 2002
    • Notice No. R. 503 of 2002
    • 1. Title and commencement
    • 2. Definitions
    • 3. Application
    • 4. Carriage of charts and publications
    • 5. Use of charts
    • 6. Use of publications
    • 7. Maintenance of charts and publications
    • 8. Offences and penalties
    • 9. Defence
    • 10. Repeal of regulations
    • Annex (Regulation 6)
      • Nautical Publications
  • Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations, 2002
    • Notice No. R. 506 of 2002
    • Part 1 : General
      • 1. Title and commencement
      • 2. Interpretation
      • 3. Application
      • 4. Equivalents and exemptions
      • 5. Ships and persons in distress
      • 6. Performance standards
    • Part 2 : GMDSS Requirements
      • 7. Functional requirements
      • 8. Installation, location and control of radio equipment
      • 9. Installation of distress panel
      • 10. Radio equipment to be provided for all sea areas
      • 11. Additional radio equipment to be provided for area A1 ships
      • 12. Additional radio equipment to be provided for area A2 ships
      • 13. Additional radio equipment to be provided for area A3 ships
      • 14. Additional radio equipment to be provided for area A4 ships
      • 15. Radio watches
      • 16. Sources of energy
      • 17. Serviceability and maintenance requirements
      • 18. Radio operators
      • 19. Radio records
      • 20. Position-updating
      • 21. Exemptions from Part 2
    • Part 3 : Non-GMDSS Requirements
      • 22. Provision of radio equipment
      • 23. Interference with reception and other installations
      • 24. Charging of batteries
      • 25. Serviceability and maintenance requirements
      • 26. VHF radiotelephone station
      • 27. Provision of VHF radiotelephone antennas
      • 28. Sources of energy (VHF radiotelephone installation)
      • 29. Use of VHF radiotelephone installation
      • 30. VHF Radio watches
      • 31. Radiotelephone station
      • 32. Provision of radiotelephone antennas
      • 33. Range of radiotelephone transmitter
      • 34. Sources of energy (Radiotelephone ship)
      • 35. Radio watch (Radiotelephone ship)
      • 36. Radiotelephone operators
      • 37. Radio records (Radiotelephone ship)
    • Part 4 : Radio Life-Saving Equipment
      • 38. Two-way VHF radiotelephone apparatus
      • 39. Radar transponders
    • Part 5 : Enforcement
      • 40. Inspection etc. of Convention ships not registered or licensed in Republic
      • 41. Ships not to be detained in certain cases
      • 42. Offences and penalties
      • 43. Defence
    • Part 6 : Final Provisions
      • 44. Repeal of regulations
    • Annexes
      • Annex 1 : Satellite EPIRBS
      • Annex 2 :  GMDSS equipment tests and reserve energy checks
      • Annex 3 : Radio records
        • Part 1 : GMDSS radio log
        • Part 2 : Radio log (Radiotelephone ship)
      • Annex 4 : Tools, testing equipment and spare parts
      • Annex 5 : Non-GMDSS equipment tets and reserve energy checks
  • Merchant Shipping (Licensing of Vessels) Regulations, 2002
    • Notice No. R. 112 of 2003
    • 1. Title and commencement
    • 2. Interpretation
    • 3. Application for licence
    • 4. Form of licence
    • 5. Conditions of licence
    • 6. Marking of vessels
    • 7. Change of ownership of vessel
    • 8. Change of name, designation or operation of vessel
    • 9. Permanent transfer of vessel, etc
    • 10. Offences and penalties
    • 11. Defence
    • 12. Transitional (Licences issued before commencement of regulations)
    • 13. Transitional (Applications made before commencement of regulations)
    •  Annex : Prescribed Forms
      • Form 1 : Application for Licence
      • Form 2 : Licence under Section 68 of Act 57 of 1951
  • Merchant Shipping  (INF Code) Regulations, 2003
    • Notice No. R. 719 of 2003
    • 1. Title and commencement
    • 2. Object of regulations
    • 3. Interpretation
    • 4. Application
    • 5. Compliance with INF Code
    • 6. Duty to hold Certificate of Fitness
    • 7. Survey and certification
    • 8. Cancellation of Certificate of Fitness, etc
    • 9. Duty to report certain incidents involving INF cargo
    • 10. Exemptions
    • 11. Offences and penalties
    • 12. Defences
  • Merchant Shipping (Safety Management) Regulations, 2003
    • Notice No. R. 720 of 2003
    • 1. Title and commencement
    • 2. Object of regulations
    • 3. Interpretation
    • 4. Application
    • 5. Duty to comply with ISM Code
    • 6. Duty to hold certificates
    • 7. Duty to carry certificates
    • 8. Duty of master
    • 9. Duty of designated person
    • 10. Issue of Document of Compliance and Safety Management Certificate
    • 11. Interim certificates
    • 12. Issue and endorsement of Safety Management Certificate by another government
    • 13. Issue of certificates on behalf of other governments
    • 14. Annual audit of Document of Compliance
    • 15. Intermediate audit of Safety Management Certificate
    • 16. Renewal of certificates
    • 17. Powers of audit, inspection, suspension of service and detention
    • 18. Suspension or cancellation of Documents of Compliance and Safety Management Certificates
    • 19. Exemptions
    • 20. Offences and penalties
    • 21. Defence
    • 22. Saving
    • 23. Repeal of regulations
  • Merchant Shipping (Maritime Security) Regulations, 2004
    • Notice No. R. 142 of 2004
    • Part 1 : Preliminary
      • Division 1 - Title and commencement
        • 1. Title and commencement 
      • Division 2 - Purpose of regulations
        • 2. Purpose of regulations
      • Division 3 - Definitions
        • 3. Definitions
      • Division 4 - Applications
        • 4. Regulations not to apply to certain state ships etc
      • Division 5 - Unlawful interference with maritime transport
        • 5. Meaning of unlawful interference with maritime transport
      • Division 6 - Security regulated ports and port operators
        • 6. Meaning of port
        • 7. Security regulated ports
        • 8. Port operators
      • Division 7 - Security regulated ships
        • 9. Meaning of security regulated ship
        • 10. Meaning of South African regulated ship
        • 11. Meaning of foreign regulated ship
      • Division 8 - General defences
        • 12. Ship master's decisions
        • 13. Complying with security directions
        • 14. Complying with control directions
      • Division 9 - Communicating with ship operators
        • 15. Communicating with ship operators
    • Part 2 : Maritime Security Levels and Security Directions
      • Division 1 - Maritime security levels 1, 2 and 3
        • 16. Default security level (maritime security level 1)
        • 17. Director-General may declare maritime security level 2 or 3
        • 18. Requirement for consultation
        • 19. When maritime security level in force
        • 20. Maritime security level declaration for port covers all port operations
        • 21. Security levels and complying with plans
        • 22. Maritime security level 1, 2 or 3 applies with security directions
      • Division 2 - Notifying maritime security level 2 and 3 declarations and revocations
        • 23. Notifying declarations covering security regulated ports
        • 24. Notifying declarations covering security regulated ships
        • 25. Notifying declarations covering areas within security regulated ports
        • 26. Notifying declarations covering maritime industry participants
        • 27. Notifying revocations
        • 28. Communicating declarations and revocations
      • Division 3 - Security directions
        • 29. Director-General may give security directions
        • 30. Requirement for consultation
        • 31. Confidentiality requirements
        • 32. Persons to whom security directions may be given
        • 33. Director-General may give security directions to security regulated ships
        • 34. When security direction in force
        • 35. Revoking security directions
        • 36. Communicating security directions
        • 37. Offence (failing to comply with security directions)
        • 38. Offence (failing to comply with confidentiality requirements)
    • Part 3 : Maritime Security Plans
      • Division 1 - Maritime industry participants required to have maritime security plans
        • 39. Who must have maritime security plans
        • 40. Offence (operating without maritime security plan)
        • 41. Offence (failing to comply with maritime security plan)
      • Division 2 - Complying with other plans
        • 42. Complying with maritime security plans of other participants
        • 43. South African regulated ships must not hinder or obstruct compliance with maritime security plans
      • Division 3 - Content and form of maritime security plans
        • 44. Content of maritime security plans
        • 45. Additional requirements for maritime security plans
        • 46. Form of maritime security plan
      • Division 4 - Approving, revising and cancelling maritime security plans
        • 47. Providing maritime security plans for approval
        • 48. Approving maritime security plans
        • 49. When maritime security plan in force
        • 50. Director-General may direct variations of maritime security plans
        • 51. Participants may revise maritime security plans
        • 52. Director-General may direct participants to revise maritime security plans
        • 53. Maritime security plans must be revised every 5 years
        • 54. Cancelling inadequate maritime security plans
        • 55. Cancelling for failure to comply with maritime security plans
        • 56. Cancelling maritime security plans on request
    • Part 4 : Ship Security Plans and ISSC's etc
      • Division 1 - Ships required to have security plans
        • 57. Which ships must have security plans
        • 58. Offence (operating without ship security plan)
        • 59. Offence (failing to comply with ship security plan)
      • Division 2 - Complying with other plans
        • 60. Complying with ship security plans of other ships
        • 61. Maritime industry participants must not hinder or obstruct compliance with ship security
      • Division 3 - Content and form of ship security plans
        • 62. Content of ship security plans
        • 63. Additional requirements for ship security plans
        • 64. Form of ship security plan
      • Division 4 - Approving, revising and cancelling ship security plans
        • 65. Providing ship security plans for approval
        • 66. Approving ship security plans
        • 67. When ship security plan in force
        • 68. Authority may direct variations of ship security plans
        • 69. Ship operator may revise ship security plan 
        • 70. Authority may direct ship operator to revise ship security plan
        • 71. Ship security plans must be revised every 5 years
        • 72. Cancelling inadequate ship security plans
        • 73. Cancelling for failure to comply with ship security plan
        • 74. Cancelling ship security plans on request
      • Division 5 - International ship security certificates
        • 75. Which ships must have ISSCs
        • 76. Offence (operating without ISSC)
        • 77. Applying for ISSC
        • 78. Conditions for giving ISSC
        • 79. ISSC verification
        • 80. When ISSC in force
        • 81. Cancelling ISSCs
        • 82. Interim ISSCs
        • 83. Offence (false or misleading statements in relation to having ISSC)
      • Division 6 - Ship security records
        • 84. Ship security records
    • Part 5 : Foreign Regulated Ships
      • Division 1 - Obligations on foreign regulated ships
        • 85. Foreign regulated ships must have ISSCs
        • 86. Foreign regulated ships must provide pre-arrival information
        • 87. Foreign regulated ships must allow inspections etc
        • 88. Foreign regulated ships must comply with security levels
        • 89. Meaning of ISPS level 1, 2 and 3 measures
        • 90. Foreign regulated ships must comply with security directions 
        • 91. Complying with maritime and ship security plans
        • 92. Acknowledging level notifications and directions
      • Division 2 - Control directions 
        • 93. Authority may give control directions
        • 94. Requirement for consultation
        • 95. Communicating control directions
        • 96. Offence (failing to comply with control direction)
    • Part 6 : Powers of Officials
      • 97. Authorised officers
      • 98. Authorised officers' powers (ISSC verifications)
      • 99. Authorised officers' powers (ships)
      • 100. When powers may be exercised (ships)
      • 101. Authorised officers' powers (participants) 
      • 102. When powers may be exercised (participants)
    • Part 7 : Information Gathering
      • 103. Director-General may require security compliance information
      • 104. Self-Incrimination
      • 105. Offence (false or misleading information)
    • Part 8 : Enforcement Orders
      • Division 1 - Enforcement orders for maritime industry participants
        • 106. Director-General may make enforcement orders
        • 107. Commencement and duration of enforcement orders
        • 108. Reviewing enforcement orders
        • 109. Notifying enforcement orders
        • 110. Offence (failing to comply with enforcement order)
      • Division 2 - Ship enforcement orders for South African regulated ships
        • 111. Ship enforcement orders (South African regulated ships)
        • 112. Requirement for consultation
        • 113. Communicating ship enforcement orders
        • 114. Offence (failing to comply with ship enforcement order)
    • Part 9 : Miscellaneous
      • 115. Ship security alert system
    • Part 10 : Administrative Arrangements and Fees
      • 116. Alternative security arrangements
      • 117. Exemptions
      • 118. Powers and functions of Director-General
      • 119. Director-General may establish coordinating structures
      • 120. Fees (Director-General's functions)
    • Annexes
      • Annex 1 - Security regulated ports and port operators
      • Annex 2 - Security plans
        • Part 1 - Preliminary
        • Part 2 - Maritime Security Plans
          • Division 1 - Preliminary
          • Division 2 - Port operators
            • Subdivision 1 - Matters to be dealt with in plan
            • Subdivision 2 - Form of plan
          • Division 3 - Port facility operators
            • Subdivision 1 - Matters to be dealt with in plan
            • Subdivision 2 - Form of plan
          • Division 4 - Port service providers
            • Subdivision 1 - Matters to be dealt with in plan
            • Subdivision 2 - Form of plan
        • Part 3 - Ship Security Plans and ISSCs
          • Division 1 - Matters to be dealt with in ship security plan
          • Division 2 - Form of plan
      • Annex 3 - Fees
  • Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Cargoes) Regulations, 2004
    • Notice No. R. 859 of 2004
    • Part 1 : Introductory
      • 1. Title and commencement
      • 2. Object of regulations
      • 3. Interpretation
      • 4. Application
    • Part 2 : General Requirements
      • 5. Cargo information
      • 6. Carriage of documentation
      • 7. Stowage and securing
      • 8. Oxygen analysis and gas detection equipment
      • 9. Use of pesticides in ships
    • Part 3 : Special Requirements for Bulk Cargoes other than Grain
      • 10. Application of Part 3
      • 11. Acceptability for loading
      • 12. Loading, unloading and stowage of bulk cargoes
    • Part 4 : Special Requirements for Bulk Grain Cargoes
      • 13. International Grain Code
    • Part 5 : Supplemental
      • 14. Equivalents, exemptions and approvals
      • 15. Penalties and defences
      • 16. Offences due to fault of another person
      • 17. Repeal of regulations
  • [Repealed] Merchant Shipping (Eyesight and Medical Examination) Regulations, 2004
    • Notice No. 1197 of 2004
    • Part 1 : Introductory
      • 1. Title and commencement
      • 2. Objects of regulations
      • 3. Interpretation
      • 4. Application
      • 5. Application of section 101 of Act to certain other ships
    • Part 2 : Medical Fitness
      • 6. Requirement to be medically fit
      • 7. Evidence of medical fitness
      • 8. Application for medical certificate
      • 9. Medical examination, etc
      • 10. Determination of fitness
      • 11. Issue of medical certificate
      • 12. Further examination*
      • 13. Period of validity of medical certificate
      • 14. Cancellation of medical certificate
      • 15. Production of medical certificate
      • 16. Delivery of cancelled medical certificate
      • 17. Aids to vision or hearing
      • 18. Approval of medical practitioners
      • 19. Transitional arrangements (approved medical practitioners)
    • Part 3 : Colour and Form Vision
      • 20. Eyesight tests
      • 21. Application for eyesight certificate
      • 22. Conduct of eyesight tests
      • 23. Issue and period of validity of eyesight certificate
      • 24. Eyesight examiners
    • Part 4 : Supplementary
      • 25. Offences, penalties and defences
      • 26. [Repealed] Amendment of regulations
    • Annexes
      • Annex 1 : Guidance on medical examination of seafarers (Regulation 3)
        • Section 1 : General Introduction
        • Repealed : Section 2 : Categories of Fitness
        • Repealed : Section 3 : Medical Standards
        • Table : Visual Standards
        • Repealed : Appendix : Form of Medical Certificate (Regulation 11)
      • Repealed : Annex 2 : Colour and form vision tests (Regulation 20)
  • Merchant Shipping (Navigation Bridge Visibility) Regulations, 2004
    • Notice No. 1199 of 2004
    • 1. Title and commencement
    • 2. Interpretation
    • 3. Application
    • 4. Navigation bridge visibility
    • 5. Exemptions
    • 6. Offence and penalty
  • Merchant Shipping (Continuous Synopsis Record) Regulations, 2004
    • Notice No. R. 1290 of 2004
    • 1. Title and commencement
    • 2. Purpose of regulations
    • 3. Definitions
    • 4. Application
    • 5. Continuous Synopsis Record
    • 6. Defect and detention
  • Merchant Shipping (Automatic Identification System) Regulations, 2004
    • Notice No. R. 1291 of 2004
    • 1. Title and commencement
    • 2. Purpose of regulations
    • 3. Definitions
    • 4. Application
    • 5. Performance standards
    • 6. Automatic identification system
    • 7. Exemptions
    • 8. Inspection of foreign ships
    • 9. Authority must allow ship with defects to proceed in certain cases
    • 10. Offence (failing to ensure automatic identification system is in operation)
  • Merchant Shipping (Ship Identification Number) Regulations, 2004
    • Notice No. R. 1292 of 2004
    • 1. Title and commencement
    • 2. Purpose of regulations
    • 3. Definitions
    • 4. Application
    • 5. Ship identification number
    • 6. Defects and detention
  • Merchant Shipping (Collision and Distress Signals) Regulations, 2005
    • Notice No. R. 566 of 2005
    • 1. Title and commencement
    • 2. Objects of regulations
    • 3. Interpretation
    • 4. Application
    • 5. Signals of distress
    • 6. Prevention of collisions
    • 7. Exemptions
    • 8. Offences, penalties and defences
    • 9. Repeal and amendment of regulations
    • Annex : International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972
      • Part A : General
      • Part B : Steering and Sailing Rules
      • Part C : Lights and Shapes
      • Part D : Sound and Light Signals
      • Part E : Exemptions
      • Part F : Verification of Compliance with the Provisions of the Convention
    • Annex I : Positioning and Technical Details of Lights and Shapes
      • 1. Definition
      • 2. Vertical positioning and spacing of lights
      • 3. Horizontal positioning and spacing of lights
      • 4. Details of location of direction-indicating lights for fishing vessels, dredgers and vessels engaged in underwater operations
      • 5. Screens for sidelights
      • 6. Shapes
      • 7. Colour specification of lights
      • 8. Intensity of lights
      • 9. Horizontal sectors
      • 10. Vertical sectors
      • 11. Intensity of non-electric lights
      • 12. Manoeuvring light
      • 13. High-speed craft
      • 14. Approval
    • Annex II : Additional Signals for Fishing Vessels Fishing in Close Proximity
      • 1. General
      • 2. Signals for trawlers
      • 3. Signals for purse seiners
    • Annex III : Technical Details of Sound Signal Appliances
      • 1. Whistles
      • 2. Bell or gong
      • 3. Approval
    • Annex IV : Distress Signals
      • Distress Signals
  • Merchant Shipping (National Small Vessel Safety) Regulations, 2007
    • Notice No. R. 705 of 2007
    • Part 1 : Preliminary
      • 1. Title and commencement
      • 2. Interpretation
      • 3. Application
    • Part 2 : Vessel safety requirements
      • 4. Submission and approval of plans, etc.,  in respect of commercial vessel for first issue of local safety certificate
      • 5. Inspection of vessel for renewal of local general safety certificate
      • 6. Design and construction of vessels
      • 7. Safety appliances and eqipment
      • 8. Safety of navigation
      • 9. Colouring of vessels
      • 10. Operational limits
      • 11. Carrying persons in excess
      • 12. Voyage information
      • 13. Duty to report dangers to navigation
    • Part 3 : Crewing
      • 14. Responsibilities of owner
      • 15. Special endorsements for passenger vessels and dive vessels
      • 16. Certificates of competence
      • 17. Physical and mental fitness
      • 18. Age limitations
      • 19. Unauthorised intoxicating liquor or illicit drugs having narcotic effect
    • Part 4 : Special provisions for unregistered pleasure vessels
      • 20. Application of Part
      • 21. Recording and marking of vessels
      • 22. Vessel not to be used without certificate of fitness
      • 23. Initial and renewal inspection for certificate of fitness
      • 24. Issue of certificate of fitness
      • 25. Duration of certificate of fitness
      • 26. Cancellation of certificate of fitness
      • 27. Surrender of expired or cancelled certificate of fitness
      • 28. Custody and production of certificate of fitness
      • 29. Maintenance of condition after inspection
    • Part 5 : Supplemental
      • 30. Authorised agencies
      • 31. Powers of enforcement officers
      • 32. Equivalents and exemptions
      • 33. Exemption in respect of controlled events
      • 34. Offences, penalties and defences
      • 35. Offences due to fault of another person
    • Part 6 : Additional special provisions
      • 36. Supplementary requirements for water-skiing
      • 37. Supplementary requirements for personal watercraft, power-driven vessels not exceeding 15 horsepower, sailing vessels of less than seven metres in overall length, and rowing or paddling vessels
    • Part 7 : Administrative arrangements
      • 38. Advisory committees
      • 38A. Powers and functions of Director-General
    • Part 8 : Final provisions
      • 39. Transitional arrangements
      • 40. Repeal of regulations
    • Annexures
      • Annexure 1 : Construction requirements
      • Annexure 2 : Safety appliances and equipment
  • [Repealed] Merchant Shipping (Safe Manning, Training and Certification) Regulations, 2013
    • Notice No. R. 511 of 2013
    • Part 1 : General
      • 1. Definitions
      • 2. Introduction and classes of certificates
      • 3. Validity and revalidation of certificates
      • 4. Equivalency of Certificates
      • 5. Registrar and Deputy Registrar of Seafarers
      • 6. Chief Examiner and Senior Examiners
      • 7. Quality assurance
      • 8. Qualifications committee
      • 9. Syllabus Committee
      • 9A. Institute of Professional South African Mariners
    • Part 2 : Assessment
      • 10. Application for assessment
      • 11. Declaration and proof of qualifying service
      • 12. Bribery
      • 13. Mislaid, lost or destroyed certificates
      • 14. Unsatisfactory conduct
      • 15. Assessing competence
      • 16. Moderation of Written Examination Papers
      • 17. Level 3 assessment
      • 18. Proficiency in English
    • Part 3 : Certification Requirements
      • Division 1 : Deck officer certificates
        • 19. Skipper (< 200GT port operations)
        • 20. Master (< 200GT near-coastal)
        • 21. Master (< 200GT)
        • 22. Mate (< 500GT near-coastal)
        • 23. Mate (< 500GT)
        • 24. Master (<1600GT port operations)
        • 25. Master (port operations)
        • 26. Master (<500GT near coastal)
        • 27. Master (<500GT)
        • 28. Deck officer 
        • 29. Chief mate (<3000GT)
        • 30. Master (<3000GT)
        • 31. Chief mate 
        • 32. Master
        • 33. Mining operations and non-trading vessel operation limitations
        • 34. Master (special grade)
      • Division 2 : Fishing - Deck Officer Certificates
        • 35. Deck officer fishing (<24m)
        • 36. Deck officer fishing (≥24m)
        • 37. Skipper fishing (<24m limited waters)
        • 38. Skipper fishing (<24m unlimited waters)
        • 39. Skipper fishing (≥24m limited waters)
        • 40. Skipper fishing (≥24m limited waters)
      • Division 2A : Radiocommunications and ratio Operator Certificates
        • 40. GMDSS radio operators
        • 40B. Radio operators
      • Division 3 : Engineer Officer Certificates
        • 41. Chief engineer (<750kW port operations)
        • 42. Chief engineer (<1500kW port operations)
        • 43. Chief engineer officer (port operations)
        • 44. Marine motorman Grade 2
        • 45. Marine motorman Grade 1
        • 46. Marine motorman Higher Grade
        • 47. Engineer officer
        • 48. Second engineer (<3000kW)
        • 49. Chief engineer (<3000kW)
        • 50. Second engineer
        • 51. Chief engineer
        • 52. Electro technical officer
        • 53. Sea service requirements for steam and combined (steam and motor) certificates of competency
        • 54. Chief engineer officer (special grade)
      • Division 4 : Fishing Engineer Certificates
        • 55. Second engineer (fishing)
        • 56. Chief engineer (<3000kW fishing)
        • 57. Chief engineer (fishing)
      • Division 5 : Rating Certificates and Certificates of Proficiency
        • 58. Ordinary seafarer deck
        • 59. Able seafarer deck (port operations)
        • 60. Able seafarer deck (fishing)
        • 61. Able seafarer deck 
        • 62. Ordinary seafarer engine
        • 63. Able seafarer engine (port operations)
        • 64. Able seafarer engine
        • 65. Electro-technical rating
        • 66. General purpose rating (port operations)
        • 67. Pre-sea training
        • 68. Personal survival techniques
        • 69. Basic training
        • 70. Proficiency in survival craft and rescue boats
        • 71. Proficiency in fast rescue boats
        • 72. Ship security officer
        • 73. Efficient cook
      • Division 6 : Personnel on Tankers and Passenger Ships
        • 74. Special requirements for personnel on oil and chemical tankers
        • 75. Special requirements for personnel on gas tankers
        • 76. Special requirements for personnel on passenger ships
      • Division 7 : Qualifying Service and Limitations
        • 77. Misrepresenting qualifying service
        • 78. Proof of qualifying service
        • 79. Qualifying service as rating
        • 80. Validity of qualifying service
        • 81. Calculating qualifying service
        • 82. Sea service performed on ships not regularly proceeding to sea, or employed in mining operations
        • 83. Proof of service on foreign ships
        • 84. Removal of mining operations limitation
    • Part 4 : Training
      • 85. Maritime training providers
      • 86. Training programmes and courses
      • 87. Accelerated training programmes
      • 88. Training record book
      • 89. Duties of masters and persons conducting in-service training
    • Part 5 : Manning Requirements
      • 90. Application
      • 91. Responsibilities of owners and masters
      • 92. Watchkeeping standards
      • 93. Hours of work: general duty of owners, masters and others
      • 94. Alcohol and drug abuse
      • 95. Determination of minimum number of persons employed on South African ships
      • 96. Employment of persons holding foreign certificates
      • 97. Employment of persons holding foreign certificates on fishing vessels
      • 98. Recognition of foreign certificates
    • Part 6 : General Manning Levels
      • 99. Employment of certificated deck officers on ships other than fishing vessels
      • 100. Employment of certificated deck officers on fishing  vessels
      • 101. Employment of certificated engineer officers on ships other than fishing vessels
      • 102. Employment of certificated engineer officers on fishing vessels
      • 103. Employment of certificated radio operators
      • 104. Employment of certificated ratings on ships other than fishing vessels
      • 105. Employment of certificated ratings on fishing vessels
    • Part 7 : Employment of Seafarers in accordance with Occupational Safety, Security and Medical Requirements
      • 106. Employment of qualified personnel on tankers
      • 107. Employment of qualified personnel with security training
      • 108. Employment of qualified personnel on passenger ships
      • 109. Employment of qualified electro-technical officers and ratings
      • 110. Employment of qualified medical personnel
      • 111. Employment of qualified fire-fighting personnel
      • 112. Employment of qualified personnel on ships equipped with survival craft or rescue boats
      • 113. Employment of qualified personnel on ships equipped with a fast rescue boat
    • Part 8 : Supplemental
      • 114. Exemptions
      • 115. Equivalence of certificates and endorsements
      • 116. Safe manning document
      • 117. Carriage of documents
      • 118. Offences, penalties and defences
    • Part 9 : Repeal of Regulations and Savings, Transitional Arrangements, and Title and Commencement
      • 119. Repeal of regulations
      • 120. Transitional arrangements
      • 121. Title and commencement
    • Annexes
      • Annex 1 : Watchkeeping Principles and Arrangements for Ships other than Fishing Vessels
        • Part 1 : Voyage planning
        • Part 2 : Watchkeeping principles in general
        • Part 3 : Watchkeeping at sea
          • Division 1 - Principles applying to watchkeeping generally
          • Division 2 - Principles to be observed in keeping a navigational watch
          • Division 3 - Principles to be observed in keeping an engineering watch
          • Division 4 - Principles to be observed in keeping a radio watch
        • Part 4 : Watchkeeping in port
          • Division 1 - Principles applying to all watchkeeping
          • Division 2 - Watch in port on ships carrying hazardous cargo
      • Annex 2 : Watchkeeping Principles and Arrangements for Fishing Vessels
        • Part 1 : Voyage planning
        • Part 2 : Watchkeeping at sea
          • Division 1 - Principles applying to watchkeeping generally
          • Division 2 - Principles to be observed in keeping a navigational watch
          • Division 3 - Principles to be observed in keeping an engineering watch
          • Division 4 - Principles to be observed in keeping a radio watch
  • Maritime Labour Certificate and Declaration of Compliance Regulations, 2017
    • Notice No. R. 534 of 2017
    • Part 1 : Introduction
      • 1. Object of Regulations
      • 2. Definitions
      • 3. Application
    • Part 2 : Duty to Hold and Have Onboard Documentation
      • 4. Duty to hold certificates
      • 5. Duty to carry documents
    • Part 3 : Issuing of Documentation
      • 6. Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance and Issuing of Maritime Labour Certificate
      • 7. Interim Maritime Labour Certificate
      • 8. Intermediate Audit
      • 9. Renewal of Certificate
      • 10. Powers of audit, inspection, suspension of service and detention
      • 11. Suspension or cancellation of documents of compliance and safety management certificates
      • 12. Issuing of Certificate on behalf of other governments
    • Part 4 : Offences
      • 13. Offences and penalties
    • Part 5 : Title and Commencement
      • 14. Title and commencement
    • Annexures
      • Annexure I : Maritime Labour Certificate
        • Appendix A5-1
        • Appendix A5-II
      • Annexure II : Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance
        • Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance - Part I
        • Declaration of Maritime Labour Compliance - Part II
      • Interim Maritime Labour Certificate
  • Merchant Shipping (Seafarer Recruitment and Placement) Regulations, 2017
    • Notice No. R. 986 of 2017
    • 1. Definitions
    • Part 1 : Purpose and Application of Regulations
      • 2. Purpose
      • 3. Application
    • Part 2 : Seafarer Recruitment and Placement Services
      • 4. Recruitment and placement
      • 5. Accreditation of seafarer recruitment and placement services
      • 6. Fees and other charges
      • 7. Duties of seafarer placement and recruitment services
    • Part 3 : Conditions of Employment
      • 8. Articles of agreement
      • 9. Contracts of employment
      • 10. Visas
    • Part 4 : Supplementary Provisions
      • 11. Offences and penalties
      • 12. Title and commencement
  • Merchant Shipping (Training, Certification and Safe Manning) Regulations, 2021
    • Notice No. 219 of 2021
    • Part 1 : General
      • 1. Definitions
      • 2. Introduction and classes of certificates
      • 3. Validity and revalidation of certificates
      • 4. Registrar and Deputy Registrar of Seafarers
      • 5. Chief Examiner and Senior Examiners
      • 6. Quality Standards Systems
      • 7. Authority of Officers appointed under the Act or these Regulations
      • 8. Review of the decisions of examiner
      • 9. Syllabus Committee
    • Part 2 : Assessment
      • 10. Application for assessment
      • 11. Declaration and proof of qualifying service
      • 12. Sea service performed on ships not regularly proceeding to sea, or employed in mining operations
      • 13. Training equivalent to approved seagoing service
      • 14. Removal of mining operations limitation
      • 15. Bribery, forgery, fraudulent acts, and misrepresentation of information
      • 16. Mislaid, lost or destroyed certificates
      • 17. Misrepresenting qualifying service
      • 18. Assessing competence
      • 19. Moderation of written examination papers
      • 20. Level 3 assessment
      • 21. Proficiency in English
    • Part 3 : Certification Requirements
      • Division 1 : Deck officer certificates (Seagoing Merchant Ships)
        • 22. Mining operations and non-trading vessel operational limitations
        • 23. Master (Special Grade)
        • 24. Master
        • 25. Chief mate
        • 26. Master (<3 000 GT)
        • 27. Chief mate (<3 000 GT)
        • 28. Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch
        • 29. Master (<500 GT near coastal)
        • 30. Officer in charge of a navigational watch (<500 GT near-coastal)
        • 31. Master (<200 GT near-coastal)
      • Division 2 : Deck Officer Certificates (Port Operations)
        • 32. Master (port operations)
        • 33. Master (<1 600 GT port operations)
        • 34. Skipper (<200 GT port operations)
      • Division 3 : Deck Officer Certificates (Fishing)
        • 35. Skipper fishing (≥24m Unlimited Waters)
        • 36. Skipper fishing (≥24m Limited Waters)
        • 37. Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch Fishing (≥24m Unlimited Waters)
        • 38. Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch Fishing (≥24m Limited Waters)
        • 39. Skipper Fishing (<24 m Unlimited Waters)
        • 40. Skipper Fishing (<24 m Limited Waters)
        • 41. Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch Fishing (<24 m Unlimited Waters)
        • 42. Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch Fishing (<24 m Limited Waters)
      • Division 4 : Radio Operator Certificates
        • 43. GMDSS radio operators
        • 44. Radio operators
      • Division 5 : Engineer Officer (Merchant Ships)
        • 45. Steam Endorsement for Engineer officers
        • 46. Chief Engineer Officer (special grade)
        • 47. Chief Engineer Officer
        • 48. Second Engineer Officer
        • 49. Chief Engineer Officer (<3 000 kW)
        • 50. Second Engineer Officer (<3 000 kW)
        • 51. Officer in Charge of an Engineering Watch in a manned engine-room or designated duty engineers in a periodically unmanned engine-room
        • 52. Electro-technical Officer
      • Division 6 : Engineer Officer Certificates (Local & Port Operations)
        • 53. Chief Engineer Officer (Port Operations)
        • 54. Chief Engineer Officer (<1 500 kW Port Operations)
        • 55. Chief Engineer Officer (<750 kW Port Operations)
        • 56. Officer in Charge of an Engineering Watch (Port Operations)
        • 57. Chief Engineer Officer (<750 kW)
        • 58. Officer in Charge of an Engineering Watch (<750 kW)
      • Division 7 : Engineer Officer Certificates (Fishing)
        • 59. Chief Engineer Officer (Fishing)
        • 60. Second Engineer Officer (Fishing)
        • 61. Chief Engineer Officer (<2000 kW Fishing)
        • 62. Second Engineer Officer (<2000 kW Fishing)
      • Division 8 : Rating Certificates of Proficiency
        • 63. Able Seafarer Deck
        • 64. Able Seafarer Deck (Fishing)
        • 65. Able Seafarer Deck (Port Operations)
        • 66. Ordinary Seafarer Deck
        • 67. Ordinary Seafarer Deck (Fishing)
        • 68. Ordinary Seafarer Deck (Port Operations)
        • 69. Ship's Cook
        • 70. Able seafarer engine
        • 71. Able seafarer engine (port operations)
        • 72. Ordinary seafarer engine
        • 73. Ordinary Seafarer engine (Port Operations)
        • 74. Electro-technical rating
        • 75. General purpose rating (port operations)
      • Division 9 : Special Training for Personnel on certain types of Ships
        • 76. Special requirements for personnel on oil and chemical tankers
        • 77. Special requirements for personnel on gas tankers
        • 78. Special requirements for personnel on Ships Subject to the IGF Code
        • 79. Special requirements for Deck Officers on ships operating in Polar Waters
        • 80. Special requirements for personnel on passenger ships
    • Part 4 : Training
      • 81. Maritime training providers
      • 82. Accelerated training programmes
      • 83. Duties of masters and persons conducting in-service training
      • 84. The establishment of the Training Standards Code
    • Part 5 : Medical and Eyesight Examination for Seafarers
      • 85. Application of Part 5
      • 86. Validity of a Medical Certificate and the Colour and Vision Test Certificate
      • 87. Approval of Medical Practitioners to perform Medical Examination of Seafarers
      • 88. Medical Examination and Certification of Seafarers
      • 89. Appeals against medical and eyesight fitness decisions
      • 90. Medical Fitness Standards
      • 91. Use of medicines and medical technology
    • Part 6 : Manning Requiirements
      • 92. Application
      • 93. Responsibilities of owners and masters
      • 94. Watchkeeping standards
      • 95. Hours of work: general duties of owners, masters and others
      • 96. Alcohol and drug abuse
      • 97. Determination of minimum number of persons employed on South African ships
      • 98. Employment of persons holding foreign certificates
      • 99. Recognition of foreign certificates
    • Part 7 : General Manning Levels
      • 100. Employment of certificated deck officers on ships other than fishing vessels
      • 101. Employment of certificated deck officers on fishing vessels
      • 102. Employment of certificated engineer officers on ships other than fishing vessels
      • 103. Employment of certificated engineer officers on fishing vessels
      • 104. Employment of certificated radio operators on ships other than fishing vessels
      • 105. Employment of certificated radio operators on fishing vessels
      • 106. Employment of certificated ratings on ships other than fishing vessels
      • 107. Employment of certificated ratings on fishing vessels
    • Part 8 : Employment of Seafarers in accordance with Occupational Safety, Security and Medical Requirements
      • 108. Employment of qualified personnel on tankers
      • 109. Employment of qualified personnel on ships subject to the IGF Code
      • 110. Employment of qualified personnel on ships operating in Polar Waters
      • 111. Employment of qualified personnel with security training
      • 112. Employment of qualified personnel on passenger ships
      • 113. Employment of qualified electro-technical officers and ratings
      • 114. Employment of qualified medical personnel
      • 115. Employment of qualified fire-fighting personnel
      • 116. Employment of qualified personnel on ships equipped with survival craft or rescue boats
      • 117. Employment of qualified personnel on ships equipped with a fast rescue boat
    • Part 9 : Supplemental
      • 118. Dispensations
      • 119. Exemptions
      • 120. Equivalence of certificates and endorsements
      • 121. Safe manning document
      • 122. Carriage of documents
      • 123. Offences and penalties
    • Part 10 : Repeal of Regulations and Savings, Transitional Arrangements, and Title and Commencement
      • 124. Repeal of Regulations
      • 125. Transitional arrangements
      • 126. Title and commencement
    • Annexures
      • Annexure 1 : Table of Equivalent Certificates
      • Annexure 2 : Watchkeeping Arrangements and Principles for Ships other than Fishing Vessels
        • Part 1 : Certification
        • Part 2 : Voyage Planning
          • 1. General requirements
          • 2. Planning prior to each voyage
          • 3. Verification and display of planned route
          • 4. Deviation from planned route
        • Part 3 : Watchkeeping Principles in General
        • Part 4 : Watchkeeping at Sea
          • 5. Principles applying to watchkeeping generally
          • 6. Protection of marine environment
        • Part 4-1 : Principles to be observed in keeping a navigational watch
          • 7. Lookout
          • 8. Watch arrangements
          • 9. Taking over the watch
          • 10. Performing the navigational watch
          • 11. Watchkeeping under different conditions and in different areas
            • 11.1. Clear weather
            • 11.2. Restricted visibility
            • 11.3. In hours of darkness
            • 11.4. Coastal and congested waters
            • 11.5. Navigation with pilot on board
            • 11.6. Ship at anchor
        • Part 4-2 : Principles to be observed in keeping an engineering watch
          • 12. Watch arrangements
          • 13. Taking over the watch
          • 14. Performing the engineering watch
          • 15. Engineering watchkeeping under different conditions and in different areas
            • 15.1. Restricted visibility
            • 15.2. Coastal and congested waters
            • 15.3. Ship at anchor
        • Part 4-3 : Principles to be observed in keeping a radio watch
          • 16. General provisions
          • 17. Watch arrangements
          • 18. Performing the radio watch
        • Part 5 : Watchkeeping in Port Principles applying to all watchkeeping
          • 19. General
          • 20. Watch arrangements
          • 21. Taking over the watch
        • Part 5-1 : Taking over the deck watch
        • Part 5-2 : Taking over the engineering watch
        • Part 5-3 : Performing the deck watch
        • Part 5-4 : Performing the engineering watch
        • Part 5-5 : Watch in port on ships carrying hazardous cargo
          • 22. General
        • Part 5-6 : Cargo watch
      • Annexure 3 : Watchkeeping Arrangements and Principles for Fishing Vessels