Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1948. No. 140.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1942.*

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 1912-1942.

Dated this twenty-seventh day of October, 1948.

W. J. McKell

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. P. ASHLEY

Minister of State for Shipping and Fuel.

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Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations.

Short title.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations.

Repeal.

2. The Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations (being Statutory Rules 1932, No. 26, as amended by Statutory Rules 1945, No. 92) are repealed.

Definitions.

3. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

“dangerous goods” means goods which ‘have been declared by Proclamation to be dangerous;

“Director” means the Director of Navigation for the Commonwealth;

“Deputy Director” means the Deputy Director of Navigation for a State, and includes the Director.

Application.

4.—(1.) Subject to sub-regulation (2.) of this regulation, these Regulations shall apply to every ship, British or foreign, in which any dangerous goods are proposed to be shipped at any port in Australia.

(2.) These Regulations shall not apply to the shipment of dangerous goods in—

(a) ships of war; or

(b) ships engaged wholly in the domestic trade of a single State.

Notice of intention to ship goods.

5.—(1.) Before any dangerous goods are shipped in any ship to which these Regulations apply, the shipper thereof shall—

(a)forward to the Deputy Director a notice of his intention to do so in accordance with Form D.G.1 in the Schedule to these Regulations; and

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1948.

5120.—Price 3d.  10/6.10.1948.

 

(b) give notice in writing (in addition to ordinary shipping documents) to the owner, agent or master of the ship setting forth a description of the goods and the marking on the outside of the package containing them.

(2.) The notice of intention to ship dangerous goods in accordance with Form D.G.1 in the Schedule to these Regulations shall be forwarded to the Deputy Director twenty-four hours before the goods are placed on board the ship or within such shorter period as the Deputy Director allows, and the notice to the owner, agent or master of the ship setting forth a description of the goods, and the marking thereon shall be given at any time prior to the goods being placed on board the ship:

Provided that the notice to the Deputy Director may be dispensed with when the goods to be shipped are classified by the Director to be dangerous goods in respect of which such notice is not required.

Inspection of magazine for carriage of explosives or inflammable liquid.

6.—(1.) Where it is desired to carry in any ship to which these Regulations apply dangerous goods being—

(a) explosives; or

(b) inflammable liquid which is to be stowed below deck and is of a flash point under 73° Fahrenheit,

the owner, agent or master of the ship shall make written application to the Deputy Director for inspection by a surveyor of the magazine intended for the carriage of the explosives or of the space in which it is intended that the inflammable liquid shall be carried, as the case requires:

Provided that written application shall not be required in the case of inflammable liquids in containers up to 1 gallon capacity packed in strong cases with a suitable absorbent material.

(2.) Goods in respect of which an application for inspection is required to be made in accordance with the last preceding sub-regulation shall not be stowed until the magazine or hold in which they are to be carried has been inspected and approved by a surveyor.

Marking, packing and stowage.

7. Subject to the next succeeding regulation the marking, packing and stowage of dangerous goods shall be as provided in the publications known as—

(a) Appendix to the Report of the Departmental Committee appointed by the Board of Trade to consider the Existing Board of Trade Memorandum on the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Explosives in Ships, reprinted by His Majesty’s Stationery Office, London, in the year 1945 and amended by the Ministry of Transport Circular 1816 dated October, 1947, and any further amendments thereof; and

(b) Ministry of Transport Circular 1817—Conditions of stowage of explosives and of dangerous and certain other goods in ships when explosives are carried, printed and published by His Majesty’s Stationery Office, London, and dated October, 1947, and any amendments thereof.

Classified list.

8. The Director shall issue a list of goods which in his opinion are included in any description of goods declared by Proclamation to be dangerous, and, for the purpose of determining the relative degree of risk involved, may divide such goods into classes, and where in his opinion full compliance with any requirement of the provisions in the publications referred to in the last preceding regulation is unnecessary or impracticable in the Commonwealth, may vary that requirement and may determine the method of marking, packing and stowage of any substance not included in either of those publications or amendments thereof.

  

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THE SCHEDULE.

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Form D.G.—1.

Commonwealth of Australia.

NavigationAct 1912-1942.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO SHIP DANGEROUS GOODS.

Port of

Date / /19

Notice is hereby given that it is proposed to ship in the lying at  on / / , the undermentioned dangerous goods:—

Goods	Quantity
	Description

How packed

Name and address of consignor

The description of the goods is distinctly marked on each outside containing package as required by the Navigation Act, and the requirements of the Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations as to packing and marking have been complied with.

Shipper.

To the Deputy Director of Navigation,

 

Note.—In the case of inflamable liquids and compounds, this Notice must specify the flash point within the following limits:—

When flash point is—

(a) below 73° Fah. to be marked “Flash point below 73°”;

(b) between 73° and 83° Fah., to be marked “Flash point below 83°”;

(c) between 83° and 93° Fah. to be marked “Flash point below 93°”;or

(d) between 93° and 110° Fah. to be marked “Flash point below 110°”.

 

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.