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ZAF-1997-L-47640
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Title_of_text
Shipping General Amendment Act, 1997 (No. 23 of 1997).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
South Africa
Subjects (Classification)
Seafarers - Occupational safety and health and welfare
Adopted on (Date of text)
1997-07-18
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Amends the Merchant Shipping Act, 1951, Marine Traffic Act, 1981, Prevention and Combatting of Pollution of the Sea by Oil Act, 1981, Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1986, International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties Act, 1987, and the Maritime Zones Act, 1994. Inter alia, the amendments regard reporting of accidents and casualties, powers of investigation and detention of ships in case of occupational accident, and safety zones around oil rigs.
Serial region
Serial title
Government Gazette
Date
1997-07-18
Volume
Vol. 385
Number
No. 18130
Page range
71 p.