ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Merchant Shipping Act
233. Regulations on cargo ship safety requirements and survey
Edition: 2023-12-11 · In force
233. Regulations on cargo ship safety requirements and survey
(1)The Cabinet Secretary may make regulations prescribing requirements for the hull, equipment and machinery of cargo ships to which this section applies and requiring any Kenyan ship to be surveyed to such an extent, in such a manner and at such intervals as may be prescribed.(2)Regulations made under this section may include requirements as appear to the Cabinet Secretary to be necessary to implement the provisions of the Safety Convention in relation to the hull, equipment and machinery of a cargo ship.(3)This section applies to—(a)Kenyan cargo ships of not less than five hundred tons not engaged in international voyages;(b)Kenyan cargo ships of such lower tonnage and of such description as the Cabinet Secretary may specify; and(c)foreign cargo ships of less than five hundred tons while they are within Kenyan waters and while they are not exempted under this Act.