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

STATUTORY RULES

1970 No. 66

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1970.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council hereby make the following Regulations under the Navigation Act 1912-1970.

Dated this twelfth day of May, 1970.

 

Paul Hasluck

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Shipping and Transport.

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Amendments of the Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations 

Classes of dangerous goods.

1. Regulation 5 of the Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations is amended by omitting all the words and figures from and including the word and figure “Class 9” to the end of the regulation and inserting in their stead the following words:—

“Class 9—Miscellaneous dangerous substances not included in any of the foregoing classes.”.

2. Regulation 6 of the Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Conditions in relation to the packing, stowing and carriage of dangerous goods.

“6.—(1.) For the purposes of section 253a of the Act, the Minister may determine in writing requirements with which dangerous goods, and the packing, stowing and carriage of dangerous goods, shall comply.

“(2.) Where a determination is made under the last preceding sub-regulation—

(a) notice of the making of the determination shall be published in the Gazette as soon as practicable after the making of the determination; and

(b) a copy of the determination shall be laid before each House of the Parliament within fifteen sitting days of that House after the making of the determination.”.

Passenger ships.

3. Regulation 10 of the Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1.) the words “included in a class of explosives” and inserting in their stead the words “explosives of a kind”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the words “included in a class of dangerous goods” and inserting in their stead the words “of a kind”.

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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on  1970.

  Statutory Rules 1968, No. 26, as amended by Statutory Rules 1968, No. 139.

13160/70—Price 8c 10/13.4.1970

Second and Third Schedules.

4. The Second and Third Schedules to the Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations are repealed and the following Schedules inserted in their stead:—

SECOND SCHEDULE  Regulation 10 (1.).

KINDS OF EXPLOSIVES WHICH MAY BE TAKEN ON BOARD A PASSENGER SHIP

Atlas starter cartridges

Fiocchi shotshell primers No. G57F

Battery pockets

Fiocchi shotshell primers No. W.W.209F

Caps, percussion

Fuse indicator

Cartridges, aiming, rifle

Giulio Fiocchi percussion caps cartucce rosse

Cartridges, bolt

Cartridges, cable cutting

Giulio Fiocchi percussion caps No. 380

Cartridges, incendiary 12 gauge

Harpoon time fuses

Cartridges, lightning surge indicator

Ignitacord connectors

Cartridges, link

Igniter cord connectors

Cartridges, M.L.., mortar

Igniters, safety

Cartridges, pistol

Imperial No. 2 shotgun caps

Cartridges, punch

Imperial No. 2 shotshell primers

Cartridges, radar echo

Imperial small rifle primers—boxer type

Cartridges, rimfire

Kynoch No. 81 percussion caps

Cartridges, rocket

M.O.C. cartridges (Type 4)

Cartridges, S.A., ball

Multiple safety fuse igniters

Cartridges, S.A., piercing

Nobel’s electric delay action fuses

Cartridges, S.A., separate

Patent safety electric fuses (Orion, Venus,

Vulcan)

Cartridges, S.A., tracer

Cartridges, shot gun

Percussion caps

Cases, cartridge, capped

Percussion caps .303 specially packed

C.C.I. primers No. 109

Percussion caps for atlas starter cartridges

C.I.L. No. 8½ primers

Primer for breechloading whaling gun

D.A.G. percussion caps, No. 1786

Primer for small arms

D.A.G. percussion caps, No. 1961

Quarrycord connectors

D.A.G. percussion caps, No. 2841

Railway fog signals

D.A.G. percussion caps, No. 2845

Railway track signals

Electrical multiple fuse igniters

Safety cartridge cases (empty), capped

Electric lighters for igniter cord

Safety cartridges

Eley Kynoch No. 1a percussion caps

Safety cartridges for industrial tools

Eley Kynoch No. 1b percussion caps

Safety cartridges unshotted

Eley Kynoch No. 91 percussion caps

Safety fuse

Eley Kynoch No. 175 small pistol primers

Safety instantaneous fuse

Eley Kynoch No. 176 large rifle primers

Safety squibs

Eley Kynoch No. 177 small rifle primers

Signals, fog

Eley Kynoch No. 178 large pistol primers

Vihtavuori magnum 20 shotshell primers

Explosive rivets

Winchester primers No. 209

THIRD SCHEDULE Regulation 10 (3.).

KINDS OF DANGEROUS GOODS WHICH MAY NOT BE TAKEN ON BOARD A PASSENGER SHIP

Class 2.—Gases that are compressed, liquefied or dissolved under pressure

Air, liquid	Ethyl amine
Ammonia, anhydrous, liquefied	Ethylene, liquefied at ambient temperature
Ammonia solution below S.G. 0.88 at 15º C.	Fluorine
Boron trifluoride	Hexafluoropropylene
Carbon monoxide	Hydrogen, compressed
Chlorine	Hydrogen bromide, anhydrous
Coal gas	Hydrogen chloride, anhydrous
Cyanogen	Hydrogen cyanide
Cyanogen chloride	Hydrogen fluoride, anhydrous
Deuterium	Hydrogen-methane mixtures
Diborane	Hydrogen sulphide, liquefied
I.I.—difluoroethylene	Methane and natural gases with high methane content, compressed
Dimethylamine, anhydrous
Ethane, liquefied at ambient temperature	Methylamine, anhydrous

Third Schedule—continued

Methyl bromide, including fire extinguishers so filled	Oil gas, compressed
	Oxygen, liquefied
Methyl chloride	Phosgene
Methyl chloride and methylene chloride mixtures	Silicon tetrafluoride
Nitric oxide	Sulphur dioxide
Nitric oxide and nitrogen tetroxide mixtures	Trimethylamine, anhydrous
Nitrogen dioxide	Vinyl fluoride
Nitrosyl chloride	Water gas

Class 3—Inflammable Liquids

All inflammable liquids having a flashpoint below 0°F. (–18°C.)	Iron carbonyl
	Methyl chloroformate
Ethyl chloroformate	Nickel carbonyl
Glyceryl trinitrate, solutions in ethyl alcohol	Zirconium suspended in inflammable liquid

Class 4 (a)—Inflammable Solids

Ammonium picrate	Nitroguanidine
Celloidin	Nitrostarch
Dinitrophenol	Picric acid
Dinitrophenolates	Sodium dinitro ortho cresolate
Dinitroresorcinol	Sodium picramate
Film, motion picture, nitrocellulose base, old film	Sulphur (bulk)
	Titanium, metal powder
Hafnium metal, powder	Toe puff materials, nitrocellulose base
Lacquer base (dry), lacquer chips (dry), nitrocellulose base	Trinitrobenzene
	Trinitrobenzoic acid
Mischmetal, powder	Trinitrotoluene
Nitrocellulose	Zirconium metal powder, wet or sludge

Class 4 (b)—Inflammable solids, or substances, liable to spontaneous combustion

Bags, empty and unwashed, having previously contained potassium nitrate or sodium nitrate or when impregnated with oil or seedcake	Magnesium diphenyl
	Methyl aluminium sesquibromide
	Methyl aluminium sesquichloride
	Methyl magnesium bromide, in ethyl ether
Calcium dithionite	Pentaborane
Celluloid, scrap	Phosphorous, white or yellow
Diethyl magnesium	Potassium dithionite
Dimethyl para nitrosoaniline, wetted with less than 50% by weight of water	Pyrophoric metals
	Sodium dithionite
Dimethylzinc	Zinc dithionite
Fuel, pyrophoric	Zirconium, metal, dry powder or sponge, coiled wire, finished metal sheets, strip
Iron oxide, spent
Iron sponge, spent	Zirconium, scrap, clippings, swarf or turnings
Magnesium diamide

Class 4 (c)—Inflammable solids, or substances, which in contact with water emit inflammable gases

Alkali metal amides	Magnesium hydride
Alkali metal dispersions	Magnesium phosphide
Alloys of alkaline earth metals non-pyrophoric	Potassium borohydride
	Potassium metal
Aluminium ferrosilicon, powder	Potassium metallic, liquid alloy
Aluminium hydride	Potassium phosphide
Aluminium silicon, powder uncoated	Potassium-sodium, alloy
Barium alloys, non-pyrophoric	Rubidium, metal
Caesium, metal	Sodium, metal
Calcium, metal and alloys, non-pyrophoric	Sodium, metal, dispersion in organic solvent
Calcium hydride	Sodium, metallic liquid alloy
Calcium phosphide	Sodium amide
Calcium silicide	Sodium borohydride
Calcium silicon	Sodium hydride
Ferrosilicon	Sodium methylate, dry
Lithium, metal	Sodium phosphide
Lithium aluminium hydride	Stannic phosphides
Lithium aluminium hydride, ethereal	Strontium, alloys, non-pyrophoric
Lithium amide, powder	Strontium phosphide
Lithium borohydride	Titanium hydride
Lithium hydride	Trichlorosilane
Magnesium aluminium phosphide	Zirconium hydride

Third Schedule—continued

Class 5 (a)—Oxidising Substances

Ammonium nitrate and mixtures thereof (packed in bags or in bulk)	organic matter in proportion to the ammonium nitrate content
Ammonium perchlorate	Hydrogen peroxide concentrations of over 40% peroxide
Barium chlorate
Binary mixtures of nitrogen/phosphate or nitrogen/potash types containing ammonium nitrate, chloride and not more than 0.4% organic matter in proportion to the ammonium nitrate content	Magnesium bromate
	Perchloric acid, over 50% and not exceeding 72% by weight of acid
	Potassium bromate
	Potassium chlorate
Calcium chlorate	Sodium bromate
Calcium chlorite	Sodium chlorate
Chloric acid	Sodium chlorite
Complete fertilisers of nitrogen/phosphate/potash type containing ammonium nitrate chloride and not more than 0.4%	Strontium chlorate
	Zinc chlorate
	Zirconium picramate

Class 5 (b)—Organic Peroxides

Benzoyl peroxide wetted with less than 25% of water	Cumene hydroperoxide
	Cyclohexanone peroxide wetted with less than 259% of water
Tertiary butyl a.c. dimethylbenzyl peroxide
Tertiary butyl hydroperoxide	Di-tertiary butyl diperphthalate
Iso butyl methyl ketone peroxide	Di-tertiary butyl peroxide
Tertiary butyl peracetate	Di-(2, 4-dichlorobenzoyl) peroxide
Tertiary butyl perbenzoate	Ethyl methyl ketone peroxide
Tertiary butyl permaleate	Peracetic acid
2,2-bis (tertiary butylperoxy) butane	Tetrahydronaphthalene hydroperoxide

Class 6 (a)—Poisonous (Toxic) Substances

Acetone cyanohydrin stabilised	Hexaethyl tetraphosphate
Allyl isothiocyanate stabilised	Hexaethyl tetraphosphate and compressed gas mixture
Ammunition, tear producing non-explosive
Ammunition, toxic, non-explosive	Hydrocyanic acid
Benzylidene chloride	Hydrogen cyanide, anhydrous stabilised, absorbed in a porous and inert material
Bromoacetone
Bromobenzylcyanide	Methyl cyanide
Cacodylic acid	Motor fuel anti-knock compounds containing tetraethyl lead or tetramethyl lead
Chloroacetone stabilised
Chloroacetophenone
Chloropicrin	Perchloromethylmercaptan
Chloropicrin and methyl bromide mixtures	Phenylcarbylamine chloride
Chloropicrin and methyl chloride mixtures	Tear gas
Cyanogen bromide	Tear gas candle, non-explosive
Dimethyl sulphate	Tetraethyl dithiopyrophosphate and compressed gas mixture
Diphenylamine chloroarsine
Diphenylchloroarsine	Tetraethyl pyrophosphate and compressed gas mixture
Ethyl bromaacetate
Ethyl dichloroarsine	Tetraethyl pyrophosphate, liquid
Halogenated irritating liquids	Xylyl bromide

Class 8—Corrosives

Acid mixtures, hydrofluoric and sulphuric	Bromine trifluoride
Acid mixtures, nitrating acid	Chlorine trifluoride
Acid mixtures, spent	Chloroacetyl chloride
Allyl chloroformate	Dichloroacetyl chloride
Allyl iodide	Diphenylmethyl bromide
Antimony pentafluoride	Fluorosulphonic acid
Benzyl bromide	Hydrazine
Benzyl chloride	Hydrofluoric acid, solution
Benzyl chloroformate	Iodine monochloride
Bombs, smoke, containing a corrosive liquid, non-explosive	Nitric acid, all concentrations
Bromine and solutions of bromine	Nitric acid, red fuming
Bromine pentafluoride	Nitrohydrochloric acid

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