Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)RegulationsMerchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods) Regulations, 1997Part 2 : Carriage of Packaged Dangerous Goods9. Documentation required aboard a vessel |
[Regulation 9 heading substituted by section 13(a) of the Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods) Amendment Regulations, 2026, Notice No. 3979, GG54853, dated 19 June 2026]
| (1) | Packaged dangerous goods or marine pollutants may not be offered for carriage or taken on board a vessel unless the dangerous goods, the vessel and the carriage of the dangerous goods or marine pollutants on the vessel complies with the requirements of Chapter VII regulation 4 of the Safety Convention. |
[Regulation 9(1) substituted by section 13(b) of the Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods) Amendment Regulations, 2026, Notice No. 3979, GG54853, dated 19 June 2026]
| (1A) | If a shipowner, master, consignor, consignee or the representative of the shipowner, master, consignor, or consignee fails to comply with subregulation (1), the shipowner, master, consignor, consignee or their representative is guilty of an offence. |
[Regulation 9(1A) inserted by section 13(c) of the Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods) Amendment Regulations, 2026, Notice No. 3979, GG54853, dated 19 June 2026]
| (2) | [Regulation 9(2) deleted by section 13(d) of the Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods) Amendment Regulations, 2026, Notice No. 3979, GG54853, dated 19 June 2026] |
| (3) | [Regulation 9(3) deleted by section 13(d) of the Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods) Amendment Regulations, 2026, Notice No. 3979, GG54853, dated 19 June 2026] |
| (4) | [Regulation 9(4) deleted by section 13(d) of the Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods) Amendment Regulations, 2026, Notice No. 3979, GG54853, dated 19 June 2026] |
| (5) | [Regulation 9(5) deleted by section 13(d) of the Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods) Amendment Regulations, 2026, Notice No. 3979, GG54853, dated 19 June 2026] |
| (6) | [Regulation 9(6) deleted by section 13(d) of the Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods) Amendment Regulations, 2026, Notice No. 3979, GG54853, dated 19 June 2026] |
| (7) | If a shipper or a forwarder fails to furnish a declaration required by this regulation, or furnishes a declaration that the shipper or a forwarder knows or ought to know to be false or misleading the shipper or a forwarder is guilty of an offence. |
[Regulation 9(7) substituted by section 13(e) of the Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods) Amendment Regulations, 2026, Notice No. 3979, GG54853, dated 19 June 2026]
| (8) | If a shipowner or master accepts for carriage, or takes or receives on board any packaged dangerous goods or marine pollutants for which a declaration required by this regulation has not been furnished, the shipowner or master is guilty of an offence. |
[Regulation 9(8) substituted by section 13(f) of the Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods) Amendment Regulations, 2026, Notice No. 3979, GG54853, dated 19 June 2026]