Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1923. No. 133.

  

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1920.

I, THE DEPUTY OF 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 1912-1920, to come into operation on and from the first day of October, 1923.

Dated this twenty-sixth day of September, 1923.

W. H. IRVINE,

Deputy of the Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

EARLE PAGE,

for the Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

 

Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations.

Short title.

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

Definitions.

2. In these Regulations,—

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

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

Application.

3. These Regulations shall apply to the shipment in any ship, British or foreign, at any port in Australia, of dangerous goods to be carried to a port in another State or another country.

Notice of intention to ship.

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

(2.) The notice of intention to ship shall be delivered to the Deputy Director twenty-four hours, or such shorter period as the Deputy Director may in special cases allow, before the goods are placed on board the ship.

 

SCHEDULE.
(Seal.)	Form D.G.—1
Nav. (Dangerous	Commonwealth of Australia.
Goods) Regns.	Navigation Act 1912-1920.
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:—

Description of Goods............................................................................................................

How Packed.........................................................................................................................

Name and Address of Consignor............................................................................................

Name and Address of Consignee...........................................................................................

The above-mentioned particulars as to the description of the goods and the name and address of the consignor and of the consignee are distinctly marked on the outside of the packages containing the goods, as required by the Navigation Act and Regulations.

 

Shipper.

to the

*Deputy Director of Navigation.

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

(For Official Use Only.)

 

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