CATEGORIES
- (26)Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development
- (20)Auditors & Accountants
- (4)Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment
- (5)Built Environment
- (49)Communications & Digital Technologies
- (2)Company Law
- (2)Consumer Law
- (10)Courts
- (2)Criminal Law
- (1)Cybercrimes
- (2)Disaster Management
- (8)Education & Training
- (3)Electoral Law
- (81)Environmental Law
- (4)Family Law
- (125)Financial Sector
- (2)Fisheries & Aquaculture
- (3)General Interest
- (16)Health & Safety
- (17)Home Affairs
- (3)Housing
- (12)In the Spotlight
- (1)International Co-operation
- (66)Justice & Constitutional Development
- (50)Labour Law
- (16)Legal Practice Council
- (15)Local Government
- (19)Minerals & Energy
- (1)Monetary Policy
- (1)National Development Plan
- (11)National Treasury
- (61)New Legislation
- (10)Opportunities for Public Comment
- (6)POPIA
- (264)Parliament
- (1)Practice Management
- (2)Presidency
- (13)Property Law
- (7)Public Service
- (3)Retirement Reform
- (12)Road Accident Fund
- (19)Safety and Security
- (6)Small Business Development
- (19)Social Development
- (8)Sport, Arts & Culture
- (14)State Owned Enterprises
- (4)State of Disaster (energy)
- (15)Taxation
- (5)Tourism
- (57)Trade, Industry & Competition
- (32)Transport
- (15)Water & Sanitation
- Show All
MERCHANT SHIPPING: RECENTLY TABLED BILL TO REPEAL AND REPLACE THREE ACTS
- 12 May 2023
- Transport
- SA Legal Academy
Once enacted and operationalised, a Merchant Shipping Bill recently tabled in Parliament will repeal and replace the Merchant Shipping Act, 1951; the Marine Traffic Act, 1981; and the National Ports Act, 2005.
According to a memorandum on the Bill’s objects, among other things it seeks to:
- make the Minister and the South African Maritime Safety Authority responsible for the registration, permitting and licensing of ships in South Africa
- establish a shipping information centre
- apply South Africa’s labour laws to seafarers, regulating their conditions of employment and safeguarding their ‘health and well-being’ when on board a vessel
- promote ‘the safety of life at sea’ by introducing ‘inspection and enforcement mechanisms’ to deal with ‘marine casualties and crimes committed on ships’
- regulate marine traffic, and
- ensure compliance with binding international conventions.
The proposed new piece of legislation was released in draft form in 2020 for public comment.
Published by SA Legal Academy Policy Watch
0 COMMENTS
There are not comments for this article at the moment, check back later.
LEAVE A COMMENT
You must be logged in to add a comment, log in now.