| I N F L A M M A B L E | L I Q U I D | ( A M E N D M E N T ) | A C T . |
ANNO VICESIMO SECUNDO
| E L I Z A B E T H E | I I | R E G I N E |
| A c t N o . 5 3 , | 1 9 7 3 . |
| An Act to make further provisions with respect to the determining of the flash point of inflammable liquid and of dangerous goods and the keeping of mineral spirit at certain premises; to provide that certain products may be proclaimed not to be dangerous goods; for these and other purposes to amend the Inflammable Liquid Act, 1915; and for purposes connected therewith. [Assented to , 28th September, 1973.] | BE |
D E it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative
Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in
Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as
follows: —
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the "Inflammable
Liquid (Amendment) Act, 1973".
(2 ) The Inflammable Liquid Act, 1915, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
| 2. | (1) | This section and sections 1 , 3 , 7 and 8 commence |
on the date of assent to this Act.
(2) Subject to subsection ( 1 ) , the several provisions of this Act commence on such day or days as may be notified by the Governor in respect thereof and as may be notified by proclamation published in the Gazette.
3. The Principal Act is amended—
| (a) | by inserting in section 5 next after the definition of "Screen wall" the following new defini t ion:— |
"Sell" includes—
| (a) barter or exchange; |
| (b) agree to sell, barter or exchange; |
| (c) | offer or expose for sale, barter or exchange; | | (d) | send, forward or deliver for or on sale or for barter or exchange; | | (e) | have in possession for sale, barter or exchange; | |
(f)
| (f) | cause or suffer to be sold, bartered, exchanged, offered for sale, exposed for sale or sent, forwarded or delivered for or on sale or for barter or exchange; |
| (g) | attempt to sell, barter, exchange, expose for sale or send, forward or deliver for or on sale or for barter or exchange. |
| (b) | by omitting from section 17 (1) the words "selling, or exposing for sale" and by inserting instead the words "or selling". |
The Principal Act is further amended—
| (a) | by inserting in section 5 next after the definition of "Ship" the following new definition :•— |
"Subdivision" in relating to a building means a part of the building that is separately occupied or so constructed, designed or adapted as to be capable of separate occupa tion together with any yard, garage, car space or outhouse belonging to or usually enjoyed with that part of the building.
| (b) (i) by omitting from section 11 (1) the word |
"premises" where secondly occurring and by
inserting instead the word "land";
| (ii) | by | omitting | section | 11 | (1) | (a) | (ii) |
| and | by | inserting | instead | the | following |
subparagraphs :—
(ii) Twenty-five litres of mineral spirit when kept in a subdivision of a build ing otherwise than as provided by
(iia)
(iia) One hundred litres of mineral spirit when kept otherwise than in a sub division of a building and otherwise than as provided by subparagraph (iii) and paragraphs (b) and ( c ) .
5. The Principal Act is further amended—
| (a) | by omitting from section 6 the words "true flash ing point" and by inserting instead the words "flash point"; |
| (b) | by omitting from section 7 the words "true flash ing point" wherever occurring and by inserting instead the words "flash point"; |
| (c) | by omitting section 8 and by inserting instead the following section :— |
8. For the purposes of this Act, the flash point of an inflammable liquid or of dangerous goods shall be determined as prescribed.
| (d) | by omitting section 44 (1) (p) and by inserting |
| instead the following paragraph :— |
(p) prescribing—
(i) the method or methods to be used for the purposes of determining the flash point of inflammable liquid or of dangerous goods;
(ii) the standard model of the apparatus for testing inflammable liquid or dangerous goods;
(e) by omitting the Schedule.
| 6. | T h e Pr inc ipa l A c t is further | a m e n d e d | by omit t ing | from |
sect ion 15 (1) (b) the words "un inf lammable mate r ia l , unless any such depo t is wi thin ano ther bui lding, and that bui ld ing has a roof, externally uninf lammable o r " and by
| insert ing instead | the words | "non-combust ib le | mate r ia l " . |
| 7 . | T h e | Pr inc ipa l | Ac t | is further | a m e n d e d — |
| ( a ) | by omit t ing section 2 9 and by insert ing ins tead the following new section : — |
2 9 . A n offence unde r this Ac t or the regulat ions
is pun ishab le on s u m m a r y convict ion before a cour t
of pet ty sessions unless provision is m a d e by this |
| A c t for its pun i shment on | indic tment . | |
| ( b ) | by insert ing in section 3 0 after the word " A c t " the |
| words "o r the regulat ions | the reunder" ; | |
| (c) | by inserting in section 32 after the word "Act" |
wherever occur r ing the words "o r the regulat ions
| |
| (d) | by inserting in section 36 after the word "Act" |
wherever occur r ing the words "or the regulat ions
the reunder" ; |
( e )
| ( e ) | ( i ) | by insert ing in section 4 3 | ( b ) | af ter t h e | w o r d |
| " subs t ance" the | words | " o r | class of | s u b s t a n c e " ; |
| ( i i ) | by omit t ing | from | section 4 3 | ( d ) | t h e | w o r d s |
| " ' inf lammable | l iquid ' . " | a n d | by | inser t ing | in |
| stead | the | following | words | a n d | n e w |
| " inf lammable | l iquid" ; |
| ( e ) | any | manufac tu red | p r o d u c t | n o t | to | b e |
| "dangerous | g o o d s " | if | it | con ta ins | n o t |
| m o r e | t han | ninety | p e r | c e n t u m | of |
| dangerous goods a n d no t less t h a n | ten |
| pe r | cen tum | of | o the r | subs tances | e x c e p t |
inf lammable l iquid or water .
| ( f ) | ( i ) | by insert ing in section 4 4 | ( 1 ) | after the w o r d |
| " for" where secondly | occur r ing the w o r d s | " o r |
| ( i i ) | by omit t ing from section 4 4 | ( 1 ) | ( s ) | t h e w o r d s |
| "sect ion | 2 0 a | of this A c t . " | a n d | by | inser t ing |
| ins tead | the | following | words | a n d | n e w |
| ( t ) | prescr ibing | the | p r o c e d u r e s | t o | b e |
| followed | in | respect | of | s tores | o r |
| premises | or pa r t o r pa r t s | thereof | t h a t |
cease to be licensed or regis tered u n d e r
| this Ac t and the pe r son or pe r sons b y |
w h o m those p rocedures a r e t o b e
followed. |
(iii) by inserting at the end of section 44 the
following new subsect ions : —
| ( 3 ) | A | regula t ion | m a y | a d o p t | whol ly | o r | i n |
| pa r t or by reference any of the s t a n d a r d | rules |
| r e c o m m e n d e d | or | adop ted | b y | the | Bri t i sh |
| S tandards | Inst i tu t ion | or | the | S t a n d a r d s |
| Associat ion | of | Aus t ra l ia , | or | any | s t a n d a r d | rules
o r |
o r specifications app roved by the Minis ter a n d publ i shed in the Gaze t te , relat ing to the
| m a t t e r wi th which the regulat ion | deals. |
| ( 4 ) | W h e r e a reference | to a | t empera tu re |
r ead ing in any s t andard rule or specification a d o p t e d pu r suan t to subsect ion ( 3 ) is a reference to a t empera tu re reading expressed in t e rms or in a m a n n e r used in connect ion wi th the Fah renhe i t scale, tha t reading shall, unless the context or subject mat te r is such tha t it would be inappropr ia t e or the cont ra ry in ten t ion appears , be cons t rued as a reference to a read ing in terms or in a m a n n e r used in connec t ion with the Celsius scale that i s —
( a ) its equivalent ; or
| (b) | where its equivalent is not a whole |
| n u m b e r , | the | next | highest | whole | |
| n u m b e r | to | its | equivalent . | |
8 . A provis ion of the Pr inc ipa l A c t specified in the First
C o l u m n of the Schedule is amended in the m a n n e r specified oppos i t e tha t provis ion in the Second C o l u m n of the Schedule .
SCHEDULE.
| First Column. | Second Column. |
| Section 6 | Omit "one hundred and fifty degrees Fahrenheit"; |
| insert "sixty-one degrees Celsius". |
| Section 7 | Omit "seventy-three degrees Fahrenheit" wherever
occurring; insert "twenty-three degrees Celsius". |
| Section 10 |
| Section 10 | Omit "ten thousand gallons" wherever occurring; |
| insert "fifty thousand litres". |
Section 11 (1) (a) (i) . . Omit "two hundred and fifty gallons"; insert
| Section 11 (1) (a) (i) | . . |
"one thousand litres".
Omit "fifty feet"; insert "fifteen metres".
Omit "fifty feet"; insert "fifteen metres".
| Section 11 (1) (a) (ii) . . | Omit "Sixteen gallons"; insert "One hundred litres". |
| Omit "Sixteen gallons"; insert "One hundred litres". |
Section 11 (1) (a) (iii) . . Omit "One thousand gallons"; insert "Five thousand
Section 11 (1) (a) (iii) . .
litres".
Omit "one hundred feet"; insert "thirty metres".
Omit "one hundred feet"; insert "thirty metres".
| Section 13 (1) (a) | Omit "Eight hundred gallons"; insert "Four |
| Omit "Eight hundred gallons"; insert "Four |
| thousand litres". |
| Omit "fifty feet"; insert "fifteen metres". |
| Omit "fifty feet"; insert "fifteen metres". |
| Section 13 (1) (b) |
| Section 13 (1) (b) | Omit "Three hundred gallons"; insert "One thousand |
| Omit "Three hundred gallons"; insert "One thousand |
| five hundred litres". |
| Omit "fifty feet"; insert "fifteen metres". |
| Omit "fifty feet"; insert "fifteen metres". |
| Section 13 (1) (c) |
| Section 13 (1) (c) | Omit "One hundred gallons"; insert "Five hundred |
| Omit "One hundred gallons"; insert "Five hundred |
| litres". |
| Omit "five hundred gallons"; insert "two thousand |
| Omit "five hundred gallons"; insert "two thousand |
| five hundred litres". |
| five hundred litres". |
| Section 14 (1) . . |
Section 13 (1) (a)
| Section 14 (1) | . . | Omit "fifty feet" wherever occurring; | insert |
| "fifteen metres". |
| Section 15 (1) (c) | Omit "fifty feet"; insert "fifteen metres". |
| Omit "fifty feet"; insert "fifteen metres". |
| Omit "fifty feet"; insert "fifteen metres". |
| Section 16 (1) (c) | Omit "fifty feet"; insert "fifteen metres". |
| Omit "fifty feet"; insert "fifteen metres". |
| Omit "fifty feet"; insert "fifteen metres". |
| Section 44 (1) (n) |
| Section 44 (1) (n) | Omit "two hundred yards"; insert "two hundred |
| Omit "two hundred yards"; insert "two hundred |
| Omit "two hundred yards"; insert "two hundred |
metres".