Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations 1955 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1959. No. 46.

 

REGULATION UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1956.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Navigation Act 1912-1956.

Dated this twenty-sixth day of June, 1959.

W. J. Slim

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Shipping and Transport

 

Amendment of the Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations. 

Notice of intention to ship.

Regulation 5 of the Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulations:—

“(3.) Where—

(a) notice under this regulation of intention to ship dangerous goods is given in relation to a ship; and

(b)by virtue of a determination made under the last preceding regulation, the approval of the Director or a surveyor is required in connexion with the packing, stowing or carriage of the dangerous goods,

an authorized person or a surveyor shall inspect the ship in connexion with the packing, stowing or carriage of the dangerous goods and may make such visits to the ship for that purpose as he considers necessary or as the owner, agent or master of the ship requests.

“(4.) Subject to sub-regulations (5.), (6.), (8.) and (9.) of this regulation, there is payable in respect of an inspection under the last preceding sub-regulation a fee of Four pounds four shillings for each visit by the authorized person or surveyor.

“(5.) A fee is not payable under the last preceding sub-regulation if one visit only is required for the inspection.

“(6.) Where, as a result of a request made by the owner, agent or master of a ship, an authorized person or surveyor carries out an inspection of the ship under this regulation during any period when the Deputy

 

*Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 26 June, 1959.

  Statutory Rules 1955, No. 30, as amended by Statutory Rules 1957, No. 44.

2876/59.—Price 3d. 9/28.5.1959.

 

Director’s office in the State where the inspection is made is not open for public business, the fee for the inspection is, or, where a fee is otherwise payable, shall be increased by—

(a)if the authorized person or surveyor commences or ceases to be so engaged on a day when the Deputy Director’s office is not at any time open for public business—Five pounds five shillings; and

(b)in any other case—Two pounds two shillings or, if the authorized person or surveyor commences to be so engaged before 6 a.m. or ceases to be so engaged after 11 p.m., Four pounds four shillings.

“(7.) The last preceding sub-regulation applies in respect of each authorized person or surveyor engaged on an inspection during a period when the Deputy Director’s office is not open for public business.

“(8.) Where—

(a)an authorized person or surveyor is available at the time and place appointed for an inspection of a ship under this regulation but, for any reason outside the control of the authorized person or surveyor, he is compelled to wait for a period after that time before he can commence the inspection;

(b) an authorized person or surveyor is carrying out an inspection of a ship under this regulation and, for any reason outside his control, the inspection is interrupted and he is compelled to wait for a period before he can continue the inspection; or

(c) an authorized person or surveyor carrying out an inspection of a ship under this regulation is compelled, for any reason outside his control, to wait on the ship after the completion of the inspection,

the fee for the inspection is, or, where a fee is otherwise payable, shall be increased by, Two pounds for each hour, or part of an hour, of the waiting time in excess of half an hour.

“(9.) Where, as the result of a request made by the owner, agent or master of a ship, an authorized person or surveyor proceeds to a place outside the limits of the port at which he is ordinarily stationed for the purpose of carrying out an inspection of a ship under this regulation, the fee for the inspection is, or, where a fee is otherwise payable, shall be increased by, an amount equal to the travelling and subsistence expenses necessarily incurred by the authorized person or surveyor.

“(10.) Where a fee payable under this regulation in respect of a ship is not paid, the Commonwealth may recover the fee as a debt due to the Commonwealth from the owner, charterer, agent, or master of the ship.

“(11.) In this regulation, ‘authorized person’ means a person authorized by the Director,”.

 

By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.