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5 of 2013
The South African Maritime and Aeronautical Search and Rescue Amendment Act 5 of 2013 aims:
- to amend the South African Maritime and Aeronautical Search and Rescue Act, 2002; so as :
- to insert a definition;
- to effect certain technical corrections;
- to expand the composition of the South African Search and Rescue Organisation (SASAR);
- to provide for the management committee and sub-committees of SASAR;
- to provide for SASAR to perform its functions outside the Republic's search and rescue regions in accordance with the Conventions;
- to provide for the head of SASAR to appoint a designate to preside over any meeting of SASAR;
- to provide for the head of SASAR to determine the time and place of the first meeting of the sub-committees of SASAR;
- to delete certain obsolete provisions;
- to compel all licence holders of aerodromes, airfields, heliports or helistops to file emergency plans with the aeronautical rescue co-ordination centre;
- to provide for the head of SASAR to publish the contact details of the places where a person can report an aircraft or a vessel that is in distress; and
- to provide for matters connected therewith.
Commencement
27 June 2013