MARINE TRAFFIC AMENDMENT ACT

NO. 38 OF 1993

[ASSENTED TO 25 MARCH, 1993][DATE OF 
COMMENCEMENT: 2 APRIL, 1993]

(Afrikaans text signed by the State President)

ACT

To amend the Marine Traffic Act, 1981, in order to extend the 
definition of “offshore installation” so as to include therein 
pipelines and floating production vessels; to provide for the 
establishment of safety zones around offshore installations; to 
create offences in respect of such installations; and to prescribe 
penalties for such offences; and to provide for matters 
connected therewith.

1.   Amends section 1 of the Marine Traffic Act, No. 2 of 1981, 
by substituting the definition of “offshore installation”.

2.   Inserts section 8B in the Marine Traffic Act, No. 2 of 1981.

3.   Amends section 11 of the Marine Traffic Act, No. 2 of 
1981, by adding paragraph (d).

4.   Short title.—This Act shall be called the Marine Traffic 
Amendment Act, 1993.