S.L. 234.45 Art. 4Code of Practice.

(1) The Registrar-General shall take the necessary measures for the development of a Code of Practice relating to the construction, equipment and operation of commercial yachts or commercial cruising vessels.

(2) In the development of the Code, the Registrar-General shall be guided by the circulars, clarifications, codes, decisions, directives, guidelines, instruments, interpretations, manuals, notices, publications, recommendations, regulations, resolutions, rules or any other similar medium of the International Maritime Organisation or any other body or organisation with an appropriate knowledge or competence on the subject matter.

(3) The Registrar-General shall publish the development of this Code of Practice by means of a Merchant Shipping Notice and shall make such Code available to the general public.

(4) The appropriate authority for the issue of any licence in terms of the Code of Practice shall be the Registrar-General, while the appropriate authority for the purposes of issuing certificates in terms of these regulations shall be the Registrar-General, or an organisation or body authorised in terms of article 367 of the Act or an official surveyor of ships appointed in terms of that article, duly authorised by the Registrar-General who shall, subject to the provisions of these rules and such Convention, determine the conditions of issue and validity of such certificates.