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

Statutory Rules

1979 No. 300

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 December 1979.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

RALPH J. HUNT

Minister of State for Transport

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AMENDMENTS OF THE NAVIGATION (DANGEROUS GOODS) REGULATIONS2

Commencement

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 January 1980.

Interpretation

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

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) the definitions of "manufactured fireworks (shop goods)" and "passenger ship"; and

(b) by omitting sub-regulation (2).

Classes of dangerous goods

3. Regulation 5 of the Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:

"5. For the purposes of these Regulations, dangerous goods are divided into the following classes:

Class 1—Explosives

Class 2—Gases: compressed, liquefied or dissolved under pressure

Class 3—Inflammable liquids

Class 4.1—Inflammable solids

Class 4.2—Inflammable solids, or substances liable to spontaneous combustion

Class 4.3—Inflammable solids, or substances which, in contact with water, emit inflammable gases

Class 5.1—Oxidising substances

Class 5.2—Organic peroxides

Class 6.1—Poisonous (toxic) substances

Class 6.2—Infectious substances

Class 7—Radioactive substances

Class 8—Corrosives

Class 9—Other dangerous goods.".

Notice of intention to ship dangerous goods

4. Regulation 7 of the Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (e) of sub-regulation (1) " twenty-four " and substituting " 48 "; and

(b) by omitting sub-regulation (3) and substituting the following sub-regulation:

"(3) For the purposes of section 255 of the Act and of sub-regulations (1) and (2), the prescribed person is—

(a) if it is intended to ship the goods at the port of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Port Adelaide or Fremantle—the person for the time being performing the duties of the office of Assistant Director (Surface Operations) in the Regional Office of the Department of Transport for the region in which the port is situated;

(b) if it is intended to ship the goods at the port of Hobart—the person for the time being performing the duties of the office of Assistant Director (Tasmania) in the Victoria/Tasmania Regional Office of the Department of Transport;

(c) if it is intended to ship the goods at a port in the State of Tasmania other than the port of Hobart— the representative at the port of the person referred to in paragraph (b); or

(d) if it is intended to ship the goods at a port in a State or Territory other than a port referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c)—the representative at the port of the person for the time being performing the duties of the office of Assistant Director (Surface Operations) in the Regional Office of the Department of Transport for the region in which the port is situated.".

Fees

5. Regulation 8 of the Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (8) "Australia" and substituting "the Commonwealth".

Passenger ships

6. Regulation 10 of the Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations is repealed.

First Schedule

7. The First Schedule to the Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations is amended by omitting "weight" and substituting "mass".

Second Schedule

8. The Second Schedule to the Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations is repealed.

Third Schedule

9. The Third Schedule to the Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations is repealed.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 24 December 1979.

2. Statutory Rules 1968 No. 26 as amended by Statutory Rules 1968 No. 139; 1970 No. 66; 1975 No. 108; 1976 No. 275; 1977 No. 265; 1978 No. 219; and 1979 No. 191.