Although legally they are administered by the Ministry of Transport, the assignment of freeboards has been delegated by the Ministry to certain Classification Societies for ships classed with them.
Nokokuba kungokomthetho bayavunyelwa ngokokuphathwa kwezothutho uvumelwano lokukhululeka kwamaplanga lwenze ugunyaziswa ngomphathi ngoko calulo lweengingqi zenqanawa kunye nabo.