Navigation (Crew Accommodation) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1979 No. 201

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 19121

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Navigation Act 1912.

Dated this twentieth day of September 1979.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

PETER NIXON

Minister of State for Transport

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AMENDMENTS OF THE NAVIGATION (CREW ACCOMMODATION) REGULATIONS2

Interpretation

1. Regulation 3 of the Navigation (Crew Accommodation) Regulations is amended by inserting after the definition of "River Murray" in sub-regulation (1) the following definition:

"' surveyor ' means a person appointed under section 190 of the Act;".

2. The Navigation (Crew Accommodation) Regulations are amended by adding at the end thereof the following Division:

''"Division 4—Marking of Crew Accommodation Spaces

Minister may determine use of crew accommodation

"87. (1) This Division applies to anew ship and to an existing ship.

"(2) Where a surveyor is satisfied that each space, other than an open deck, alleyway or stairway, that forms part of the crew accommodation of a ship to which this Division applies complies with the plans in respect of that accommodation submitted under sub-regulation 11 (2) and approved, the surveyor may, for the purposes of this Division, issue a certificate to that effect.

 

Marking of crew accommodation spaces

"88. (1) A space in respect of which a surveyor has issued a certificate under sub-regulation 87 (2) shall be marked—

(a) with the particulars contained in the certificate, being particulars of—

(i) in relation to a space that is a sleeping room—the maximum number, and description of the class, of the members of the crew who may use that space as sleeping room; or

(ii) in relation to a space that is not a sleeping room— the purpose for which the space may be used and, where the space is for the use of a particular class or group of the members of the crew, a description of that class or group;

(b) in clear characters in a readily visible position on the ship's structure; and

(c) by cutting into the structure or in some other permanent manner.

"(2) A space in respect of which a surveyor has issued a certificate under sub-regulation 87 (2) shall not be marked whether inside or outside with a marking that may be taken to indicate that the space may be used—

(a) by persons differing in number or description from the persons; or

(b) for a purpose different from the purpose, specified in the certificate.''.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 September 1979.

2. Statutory Rules 1954 No. 38 as amended by Statutory Rules 1958 No. 2; 1963 No. 97; 1965 No. 107; and 1977 Nos. 31 and 190.