Navigation (Amendment) Act 1900 (NSW)

Act No. 54. 4900.

A l l Act to amend the Navigation (Amendment) n..v ,c ,»™k

Act. 1899. [19tt November, 1900.]

T ) E it oiiiK'ted liy the (Jiiet'ii’s .Most E.xcollent (Majesty, hy aiid with	'
1 3 the advit‘ 0 and consent of tlu‘ ij(“f>;isiative (fonnciil and IlOf îslative Assembly of New South Wales in Ihii lianient assimihhal, and by the antliority of the same, as follows;—

1. This Act may he (“ited as the “ Navigation (Amendment) Act, short title.

1!)00,” and shall lu' construed Avith and as forming ]iart of the Navi­

gation (Amendment) ,\(‘t, 1899.

2 . Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Navigation Classification of

(Amendment) Act, 1899, all steanishi])s certified to carry passengers

within th(‘ limits of a straight line drawn between Green Point a n d Sydney harbour.

George’s Head in Port Jackson shall he classed in Division (E) Class I

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of Schedule Two of the said Act, and all steamships certified to carry passengers be}mnd the limits aforesaid shall also, except as hereinafter mentioned, be classed in Division (B) Class I instead of Division (D) Class 2 of the said Schedule:

Provided, however, that all steamships certified to carry passen- /ers beyond the limits aforesaid shall, during the display of such signals -IS may be ])rovided for by rules to be made hereunder, be deemed to be classed in Division (D) Chass 2 of the said Schedule, and to be subject to the conditions therein contained.

Discretion of

superintendent in 3. The superintendent shall have the same discretion with regard

Divisions fD) and

to vessels classed in Class 2 of Division ( D) and in Class 2 of Division

(E).

(E) as he now possesses with regard to vessels classed in Class I of

Division (E).

Calculation of

4. For the pur])ose of calculating buoyant apparatus to be carried upon steamships carrying passengers within the limits of Sydney Harbour, the word “ sixteen ” is substituted for the words ‘‘ thirty- two ” in General Rule 8 of the said Schedule. General Rule 12 of the said Schedule shall not apply to such steamships.

buo}^ant apparatus.