Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1932. No. 26.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1926.

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 1912-1926, to come into operation on the first day of May, 1932.

Dated this fourth day of March, 1932.

ISAAC A. ISAACS

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

ARCHDALE PARKHILL

Minister of State for Transport.

 

Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations.

Short title.

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

Definitions.

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

“dangerous goods” means goods which have been declared by proclamation to be dangerous; and

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

Application.

3.—(1.) Subject to the exemptions contained in 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.

4.—(1.) Before any dangerous goods are shipped in any ship to which these Regulations apply, the shipper thereof shall give notice of his intention to do so—

(a) to the Deputy Director in accordance with Form D.G.—1 contained in the Schedule to these Regulations, and also

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

209.—Price 3d.

 

(2.) The notice of intention to ship shall be given—

(a) in the case of the notice to the Deputy Director—twenty-four hours, or such shorter period as the Deputy Director in special cases allows, before the goods are placed on board the ship; and

(b)in the case of the notice to the owner or master—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 in the case of dangerous goods which for the time being are classified by the Director to be dangerous goods in respect of which that notice is not required.

Inspection of magazine for carriage of explosives or petroleum.

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

(a) explosives; or

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

the master or owner 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 petroleum shall be carried, as the case requires.

(2.) The goods shall not be stowed until the magazine or hold in which the explosives or petroleum, as the case may be, are to be carried has been inspected and approved by a surveyor.

Repeal.

6. The Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations, being Statutory Rules 1926, No. 101, as amended by Statutory Rules 1929, No. 58, are repealed.

 

THE SCHEDULE.

(seal) Form D.G.—1.

Nav. (Dangerous Goods) Regs.

Commonwealth of Australia.

Navigation Act 1912-1926.

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  /................................ /19........ the undermentioned dangerous goods:—

Goods

Quantity.......................................................................................

Description...................................................................................

How packed...................................................................................................

Name and address of consignor.......................................................................

........................................................................................................

Name and address of consignee.......................................................................

........................................................................................................

The description of the goods is distinctly marked on each outside containing package as required by the Navigation Act.

 

Shipper.

To the

*Deputy Director of Navigation.

 

*Note.—At an outport this Notice should be delivered to the local Sub-Collector of Customs.

 

By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.