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Shipping General Amendment
Act,
No. 23 of 1997
Long title
To amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 1951, so as to insert certain definitions, to amend others and to delete others; to further regulate occupational safety in relation to vessels; to further regulate the powers of certain officers and courts; to delete or replace certain obsolete expressions and references; to further regulate the reporting of and investigation into casualties and accidents on vessels; to further regulate the making of regulations by the Minister of Transport: to emend the text; and to repeal the Third, Fourth and Sixth Schedules to the said Act; to amend the Marine Traffic Act, 1981, so as to insert two definitions, amend one and replace ten: to provide anew for offences in respect of offshore installations; to empower the said Minister to determine safety zones for certain offshore installations; to delete certain obsolete expressions; to make other provision in respect of certain penalties: to further regulate the making of regulations by the said Minister: to make other provision in relation to court jurisdiction; and to extend the application of the said Act to the Prince Edward Islands; to amend the Prevention and Combating of Pollution of the Sea by Oil Act, 1981, so as to insert certain definitions, to amend others, and to delete others; to make other provision for the control of operational discharges of oil and oily mixtures from ships and offshore installations: to extend certain powers and functions in relation to the prevention and combating of pollution of the sea by oil to other harmful substances: to make other provision in relation to court jurisdiction; to further regulate the making of regulations by the said Minister; to increase the maximum amount of fines that may be imposed for a contravention of the said Act; to extend the application of the said Act to the Prince Edward Islands; and to replace certain obsolete expressions and references; to amend the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1986, so as to give effect to the Protocol of 1979 to amend the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law Relating to Bills of Lading 1924, as amended by the Protocol of 1968; and to extend the application of the said Act to the Prince Edward Islands; to amend the International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties Act, 1987, so as to insert a certain definition, to amend another and to delete another; to give effect to the Protocol Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Marine Pollution by Substances Other than Oil 1973, as amended by MEPC.49(31); to regulate anew the application and interpretation of the International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties 1969 and the said Protocol; to regulate anew the making of regulations by the said Minister; to increase the maximum penalties for which may be provided by regulation; to make other provision in relation to court jurisdiction; and to extend the application of the said Act to the Prince Edward Islands; and to amend the Maritime Zones Act, 1994, so as to amend a certain definition; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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Long title
To amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 1951, so as to insert certain definitions, to amend others and to delete others; to further regulate occupational safety in relation to vessels; to further regulate the powers of certain officers and courts; to delete or replace certain obsolete expressions and references; to further regulate the reporting of and investigation into casualties and accidents on vessels; to further regulate the making of regulations by the Minister of Transport: to emend the text; and to repeal the Third, Fourth and Sixth Schedules to the said Act; to amend the Marine Traffic Act, 1981, so as to insert two definitions, amend one and replace ten: to provide anew for offences in respect of offshore installations; to empower the said Minister to determine safety zones for certain offshore installations; to delete certain obsolete expressions; to make other provision in respect of certain penalties: to further regulate the making of regulations by the said Minister: to make other provision in relation to court jurisdiction; and to extend the application of the said Act to the Prince Edward Islands; to amend the Prevention and Combating of Pollution of the Sea by Oil Act, 1981, so as to insert certain definitions, to amend others, and to delete others; to make other provision for the control of operational discharges of oil and oily mixtures from ships and offshore installations: to extend certain powers and functions in relation to the prevention and combating of pollution of the sea by oil to other harmful substances: to make other provision in relation to court jurisdiction; to further regulate the making of regulations by the said Minister; to increase the maximum amount of fines that may be imposed for a contravention of the said Act; to extend the application of the said Act to the Prince Edward Islands; and to replace certain obsolete expressions and references; to amend the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1986, so as to give effect to the Protocol of 1979 to amend the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law Relating to Bills of Lading 1924, as amended by the Protocol of 1968; and to extend the application of the said Act to the Prince Edward Islands; to amend the International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties Act, 1987, so as to insert a certain definition, to amend another and to delete another; to give effect to the Protocol Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Marine Pollution by Substances Other than Oil 1973, as amended by MEPC.49(31); to regulate anew the application and interpretation of the International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties 1969 and the said Protocol; to regulate anew the making of regulations by the said Minister; to increase the maximum penalties for which may be provided by regulation; to make other provision in relation to court jurisdiction; and to extend the application of the said Act to the Prince Edward Islands; and to amend the Maritime Zones Act, 1994, so as to amend a certain definition; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Table of contents
| SECTION | TITLE |
| AMENDMENT OF MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1951 | |
| 1. | Amendment
of section 2 of Act 57 of 1951... |
| 2. | Amendment
of section 3 of Act 57 of 1951... |
| 3. | Amendment
of section 5 of Act 57 of 1951... |
| 4. | Amendment
of section 9 of Act 57 of 1951... |
| 5. | Amendment
of section 193 of Act 57 of 1951... |
| 6. | Amendment
of section 197 of Act 57 of 1951... |
| 7. | Amendment
of section 200 of Act 57 of 1951... |
| 8. | Amendment
of section 215 of Act 57 of 1951... |
| 9. | Amendment
of section 238 of Act 57 of 1951 |
| 10. | Amendment
of section 259 of Act 57 of 1951... |
| 11. | Amendment
of section 261 of Act 57 of 1951... |
| 12. | Amendment
of section 264 of Act 57 of 1951... |
| 13. | Amendment
of section 265 of Act 57 of 1951... |
| 14. | Amendment
of section 335 of Act 57 of 1951 |
| 15. | Amendment
of section 356 of Act 57 of 1951... |
| 16. | Substitution
of section 356bis of Act 57 of 1951... |
| 17. | Amendment
of section 356ter of Act 57 of 1951... |
| 18. | Repeal
of Third, Fourth and Sixth Schedules to Act 57 of 1951 |
| AMENDMENT
OF
MARINE TRAFFIC ACT, 1981 |
|
| 19. | Amendment of section 1 of Act 2 of 1981... |
| 20. | Substitution
of section 8B of Act 2 of 1981... |
| 21. | Insertion
of section 8C in Act 2 of 1981 |
| 22. | Amendment
of section 9 of Act 2 of 1981... |
| 23. | Substitution
of section 11 of Act 2 of 1981... |
| 24. | Insertion
of section 11A in Act 2 of 1981 |
| 25. | Amendment
of section 14 of Act 2 of 1981 |
| 26. | Insertion
of section 17A in Act 2 of 1981 |
| AMENDMENT
OF
PREVENTION AND COMBATING OF POLLUTION OF THE SEA BY OIL ACT, NO. 6. OF
1981 |
|
| 27. | Amendment
of section 1 of Act 6 of 1981... |
| 28. | Repeal
of section 2 of Act 6 of 1981 |
| 29. | Amendment
of section 3 of Act 6 of 1981 |
| 30. | Substitution
of section 4 of Act 6 of 1981 |
| 31. | Substitution
of section 5 of Act 6 of 1981 |
| 32. | Amendment
of section 6 of Act 6 of 1981 |
| 33. | Substitution of section 7 of Act 6 of 1981 |
| 34. | Amendment
of section 8 of Act 6 of 1981... |
| 35. | Amendment
of section 9 of Act 6 of 1981 |
| 36. | Amendment
of section 10 of Act 6 of 1981 |
| 37. | Amendment
of section 20 of Act 6 of 1981... |
| 38. | Substitution
of section 21 of Act 6 of 1981 |
| 39. | Amendment of section 25 of Act 6 of 1981 |
| 40. | Amendment
of section 26 of Act 6 of 1981... |
| 41. | Amendment
of section 27 of Act 6 of 1981... |
| 42. | Amendment
of section 28 of Act 6 of 1981 |
| 43. | Amendment
of section 30 of Act 6 of 1981... |
| 44. | Insertion
of section 30A in Act 6 of 1981 |
| 45. | Substitution
of section 32 of Act 6
of 1981 |
| 46. | Substitution
of certain expressions
in Act 6 of
1981 |
| 47. | Substitution
of long title of Act 6
of 1981 |
| 48. | Insertion
of section 2A in Act 1 of
1986 |
| 49. | Insertion
of section 3A in Act 1 of
1986 |
| 50. | Amendment
of Schedule to Act 1 of 1986 |
| 51. | Amendment
of section 1 of Act 64 of
1987 |
| 52. | Substitution
of section 2 of Act 64
of 1987 |
| 53. | Substitution
of section 3 of Act 64
of 1987 |
| 54. | Amendment
of section 4 of Act 64 of
1987 |
| 55. | Insertion
of section 4A in Act 64 of
1987 |
| 56. | Substitution
of section 5 of Act 64
of 1987 |
| 57. | Addition
of Schedule to Act 64 of 1987 |
| 58. | Substitution
of long title of Act 64
of 1987 |
| 59. | Amendment
of section 1 of Act 15 of
1994... |
| 60. | Short title and commencement |
| Sch. 1. | SCHEDULE
1. (SECTION 50). AMENDMENT OF THE SCHEDULE TO THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY
SEA ACT, 1986: PROTOCOL OF 1979 TO AMEND THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
FOR THE UNIFICATION OF CERTAIN RULES OF LAW RELATING TO BILLS OF LADING
1924, AS AMENDED BY THE PROTOCOL OF 1968 [s50] |
| Sch. 2. | SCHEDULE 2. (SECTION 57). ADDITION OF SCHEDULE 2 TO THE MARINE POLLUTION (INTERVENTION) ACT. 1987: PROTOCOL RELATING TO INTERVENTION ON THE HIGH SEAS IN CASES OF MARINE POLLUTION BY SUBSTANCES OTHER THAN OIL 1973, AS AMENDED BY MEPC.49 (31) [s57] |
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