Navigation (Additional Life-saving Appliances) Regulations 1941 (Amendment) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912–1942.*
I,
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the
advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the fallowing Regulations
under the
Dated this sixteenth day of September, 1943.
(SGD. GOWRIE)
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for Supply and Shipping.
Amendments of the Navigation (Additional Life-saving Appliances) Regulations.
“5.—(1.) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Navigation (Life-saving Appliances) Regulations, every ship to which these Regulations apply, shall, in addition to the lifeboats required by the first-mentioned Regulations to be carried, carry approved buoyant apparatus as follows:—
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a )(i) In the case of ships of Classes II., III. and IV. of whatever tonnage the buoyant apparatus shall be of sufficient number and capacity to support all persons on board, and shall be of the raft type, and shall, at least, conform to the standard set out in the plan and specification in the First Schedule to these Regulations, and shall be fitted and equipped in accordance with regulation 7 and sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 8, respectively, of those Regulations, and shall be carried on launching skids or ways substantially in compliance with the plan and specification set out in the Fourth Schedule to these Regulations, and so placed as to be free to float off clear of overhead obstruction in the event of the ship sinking before the apparatus is launched or released overboard.(ii) In the case of ships of Class II. of 1,000 tons gross and upwards the number of apparatus so required to be carried shall be increased by fifty per centum: Provided that where a surveyor deems it impracticable, in any case, to carry, on launching skids or
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Notified in the
Statutory Rules 1941, No. 315, as amended by Statutory Rules 1942, No. 511; and 1943, Nos. 95 and 153.
4508.—Price 3d. 25/24.8.1943.
ways, the additional percentage referred to in this sub-paragraph, such percentage may be carried in clear spaces on the deck, free of lashings and overhead obstruction, which may, in the event of the ship sinking, prevent the apparatus from floating clear.
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b ) In the case of ships of Class I., the buoyant apparatus shall be—(i)
for the crew —of sufficient number and capacity to support all the crew, increased by fifty per centum, and of the same type and fitted, equipped and carried as prescribed for ships of Classes II., III. and IV.; and(ii)
for the passengers —where the surveyor considers it to be practicable, of sufficient number and capacity to support all the passengers, of the same type, and fitted, equipped and carried as prescribed for ships of Classes II., III. and IV., but where the surveyor considers it to be impracticable in the case of any ship to carry apparatus of the raft type for passengers, he may approve of the apparatus being of another type, provided it substantially complies with the requirements of regulation 48 of the Navigation (Life-saving Appliances) Regulations.
“(2.) The launching skids referred to in this regulation shall, for the purpose of permitting the apparatus carried on them to slide off by gravity, in the event of the ship assuming a list of 30 degrees, be set at an angle of not less than 30 degrees nor more than 45 degrees from the vertical.
“(3.) When at sea, the painters of all buoyant apparatus attached to the launching skids or ways shall be passed forward so as to ensure that, should the apparatus be launched or released while the ship has headway, the apparatus will be kept alongside the ship, and each painter shall be attached to the ship’s rail in such manner as to ensure its automatic release in the event of the ship sinking.
“(4.) The stowage of all buoyant apparatus on any ship shall be such as is approved by the surveyor.
“(5.) All members of the crew shall, on joining a ship and during every weekly drill thereafter, be instructed by an officer, designated by the master of the ship, upon the method of stowage and launching or release of all buoyant apparatus.”.
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a ) by omitting from paragraph (n ) of sub-regulation (1.) the word “and”; and(
b ) by adding at the end of sub-regulation (1.) the following paragraph:—“and (
o ) a first-aid outfit of an approved type, contained in a weather-proof container of suitable size for stowage in a water-tight food tank of the raft, the minimum contents of which shall be as follows:—A pair of Scissors (one blade sharp, the other blunt);
A Tourniquet, of St. John’s Ambulance type;
Bandages (open wove), 1 inch to 3 inches wide, 1 dozen assorted;
Picric lint burn Dressings, 5;
Tannic Acid Jelly in collapsible tube, 1 ounce;
Boric Lint, 2 ounces;
Cotton Wool, 2 ounces;
Adhesive Plaster, 1 inch in width, 1 yard;
Safety Pins, assorted sizes, 1 dozen;
Liquid Iodi Mitis and camel hair brush, 1 ounce;
Factory Eye Drops (2 per cent. cocaine in castor oil), with dropper, 1 ounce;
Aromatic Spirits of Ammonia (sal volatile), 1 ounce; and
A Pamphlet of Brief Instructions in First-Aid.”.
“10c.—(1.) In the case of ships of Class I. or Class II., being of 1,000 tons gross register and upwards, there shall be provided at each pair of davits from which a lifeboat may be launched, a scramble net of suitable pattern and size to facilitate the disembarkation of persons from the ship into the lifeboat.
“(2.) The scramble net shall be in addition to the side ladder required to be provided under regulation 76 of the Navigation (Life-saving Appliances) Regulations.”.
“13.—(1.) Every ship of 1,000 tons gross and upwards to which these Regulations apply shall have in each section of the ship, as required by the surveyor, an efficient electrical system of alternative lighting, operated from a 12-volt storage battery coupled by solenoid switch to the main lighting circuit, which in the event of the failure of the main and emergency (if any) lighting installations on the ship, shall be automatically available for a period of at least five hours in each passage-way and stairway leading from the crew’s accommodation and engine and boiler rooms to the lifeboats and life-rafts, and to floodlight the lifeboat launching stations.
“(2.) The installation of the alternative lighting system, including the placement of each storage battery and its wiring to the necessary number of 12-volt light bulbs, shall be to the satisfaction of the surveyor.
“(3.) In ships of less than 1,000 tons gross, the alternative lighting system shall consist of self-contained electric hand lamps or torches placed where, in the opinion of the master, they will best meet the requirements of safety.
“(4.) Each deck and engine-room officer of a ship to which these Regulations apply shall be provided with a self-contained electric torch.”.
14c. Where, upon the termination of his employment in a ship, a seaman does not return to the master of the ship in good order any life-saving appliance issued to the seaman in pursuance of these or any
other Regulations for his personal use or protection, the master may deduct from any moneys payable by him to the seaman seventy-five per centum of the cost of the appliance.”.
“THE FOURTH SCHEDULE.
Plan of Approved Type of Launching Skid or Way for Life-rafts.
If properly constructed and fitted, launching skids or ways for life-rafts should permit rafts being launched by ‘local hand release’, ‘remote control release’, and ‘float off release’. The plan appended shows an approved arrangement whereby those conditions of raft release can be effected with a minimum of working parts.
The plan indicates a launching skid or way carrying a raft four feet above the top of bulwark rail. In cases where the lower edge of the raft is close to the deck or rail some variation of the releasing gear below the raft, as shown, would be necessary.
Any other arrangement of releasing gear which, in the opinion of the surveyor, is as effective as that shown on plan, will be approved.
Figure 1.—General Arrangement of Life-raft Launching Skid or Way and Releasing Gear.
Figure 2.—Enlarged Arrangement of Release Mechanism.
Figure 3.—Enlarged Detail of Shaft Bearings.
By Authority: L. F. Johnston Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.
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