Navigation (Fire Appliances) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)
REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912*
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
Dated this twenty-third day of August 1978.
ZELMAN COWEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
PETER NIXON
Minister of State for Transport
AMENDMENTS OF THE NAVIGATION (FIRE APPLIANCES) REGULATIONS
(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) the definition of “ the Act ” and substituting the following definitions:
“ ‘ the Act ’ means the
Navigation Act 1912;‘ water spray nozzle ’ means a nozzle suitable for spraying water on burning oil.”; and
(b) by omitting sub-regulation (3) and substituting the following sub-regulation:
“ (3) In these Regulations, a reference to the tonnage of a ship shall be read as a reference to the gross registered tonnage of the ship.”.
* Notified in the
Statutory Rules 1968 No. 31 as amended by Statutory Rules 1970 No. 176; and 1975 No. 147.
(a) by omitting all the words from and including “ Where — ” to and including “ commencement of these Regulations ” and substituting the following:
“ Where a ship, other than a nuclear ship—
(a) is engaged on voyages other than international voyages;
(b) being a cargo ship of under 500 tons, is engaged on international voyages; or
(c) is a ship the keel of which was laid, or which reached a similar stage of construction, before the commencement of these Regulations,”;
(b) by inserting “ by instrument in writing ” after “ equipment,”; and
(c) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulations:
“ (2) An exemption under sub-regulation (1) is subject to such conditions as are specified in the instrument granting the exemption.
“ (3) For the purposes of sub-regulation (1), a ship shall be deemed to have reached a stage of construction similar to the laying of a keel when—
(a) construction identifiable with the particular ship has begun; and
(b) a portion of the ship, having a mass of not less than—
(i) 50 tonnes; or
(ii) one per cent of the estimated mass of all structural material of the ship as proposed to be completed,
whichever is the less, has been fabricated and finally assembled.”.
(a) by inserting after sub-regulation (1) the following sub-regulation:
“ (1a) A fire alarm fitted in a ship in accordance with sub-regulation (1) shall, when operated, activate aural and visual fire indicators on the navigating bridge or in a fire control station.”;
(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (2) “ alarm and fire detection ” and substituting “ detection and fire alarm ”;
(c) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (2) “ the last preceding paragraph to fire indicators on the ” and substituting “ paragraph (a) to aural and visual fire indicators on the navigating ”;
(d) by omitting sub-regulation (3);
(e) by omitting from sub-regulation (4) “ fire detection ” and substituting “ fire detection and fire alarm ”; and
(f) by omitting from sub-regulation (4) “ two ” and substituting “ 2 ”.
“ 11a. (1) No component of—
(a) an emergency internal communications system; or
(b) an emergency alarm system,
in a ship shall be located in an enclosed space in the ship comprising—
(c) a galley;
(d) a machinery space; or
(e) any other space in which there is, under the normal conditions of operation of the ship, a high risk of fire,
unless—
(f) the location of that component in that first-mentioned space is necessary to provide emergency communications to, or emergency alarm facilities in, that space; and
(g) the destruction of that component in a fire in the first-mentioned space would not render the systems referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) inoperative in other areas of the ship.
“ (2) In sub-regulation (1), ‘ emergency internal communications system ’ includes, in relation to a ship, an internal communications system used for normal communications within the ship but also intended to be used for internal communications within the ship in an emergency situation.”.
“ 14a. (1) In addition to any other requirement of these Regulations for the provision of nozzles for fire hoses furnished in a ship in accordance with these Regulations, there shall be provided in a ship a number of water spray nozzles or dual purpose nozzles of not less than, or amounting in the aggregate to not less than, one-quarter of the number of fire hoses furnished in the ship in accordance with these Regulations, other than the fire hoses referred to in sub-paragraph 54 (1) (b) (iii).
“ (2) For the purposes of sub-regulation (1), where the number of fire hoses referred to in sub-regulation (1) is not exactly divisible by 4, that first-mentioned number shall be deemed to be the next higher number that is exactly divisible by 4.
“ 14b. A fire hose furnished in a ship in accordance with these Regulations and located in an interior space shall be coupled to a fire hydrant at all times.”.
(a) by inserting in sub-regulation (1) “ the use of ” after “ permit ”;
(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) “ One hundred dollars ” and substituting “ $100 ”;
(c) by omitting from sub-regulation (2) all words before “ that ” (second occurring) and substituting “ It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against sub-regulation (1) relating to the use of a sanitary, ballast, bilge or general service pump that is counted as a fire pump in accordance with regulation 45 if the person charged proves ”;
(d) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (2) “ (ii) of paragraph (b) of the last preceding regulation ” and substituting “ 45 (b) (ii) ”;
(e) by omitting from sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (2) “ the last preceding paragraph ” and substituting “ paragraph (a) ”;
(f) by omitting from sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (2) “ (i) of paragraph (b) of the last preceding regulation ” and substituting “ 45 (b) (i) ”;
(g) by omitting from sub-regulation (3) “ the last preceding regulation ” and substituting “ regulation 45 ”; and
(h) by omitting from sub-regulation (3) “ One hundred dollars ” and substituting “ $100 ”.
(a) by omitting from sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1) “ nozzle for spraying water on oil ” and substituting “ water spray nozzle ”; and
(b) by omitting from that sub-paragraph “ oil ” and substituting “ burning oil ”.
SCHEDULE Regulation 18
Sub-regulation 6 (3)..................... |
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Regulation 9................................ |
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Regulation 10.............................. | Omit “ two ”, substitute “ 2 ”. |
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Sub-regulation 12 (1).................... | 3”. |
Sub-regulation 12 (2).................... | Omit “ two ”, substitute “ 2 ”. |
Sub-regulation 13 (1).................... |
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Sub-regulation 13 (2).................... | Omit “ two ”, substitute “ 2 ”. |
Sub-regulation 13 (3).................... | Omit “ of this regulation ”. |
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Omit “ of these Regulations ”. | |
Sub-regulation 15 (1).................... | Omit “ two ”, substitute “ 2 ”. |
Sub-regulation 15 (2).................... |
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Sub-regulation 15 (3).................... | Omit “ of this regulation ”. |
Sub-regulation 15 (4).................... | Omit “ two ”, substitute “ 2 ”. |
Sub-regulation 16 (1).................... | Omit “ four ”, substitute “ 4 ”. |
Sub-regulation 16 (2).................... | Omit “ three ”, substitute “ 3 ”. |
Sub-regulation 16 (3).................... | Omit “ two ”, substitute “ 2 ”. |
Sub-regulation 18 (2).................... |
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Sub-regulation 18 (3).................... |
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Omit “ of this regulation ” (last occurring). | |
Sub-regulation 19 (1).................... |
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Sub-regulation 19 (2).................... |
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Sub-regulation 19 (4).................... |
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Sub-regulation 20 (1).................... |
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Sub-regulation 20 (2).................... |
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Sub-regulation 20 (3).................... | Omit “ of this regulation ”. |
Sub-regulation 21 (1).................... |
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Sub-regulation 21 (2).................... |
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Omit “ of this regulation ”. |
SCHEDULE
Sub-regulation 21 (2)— | Omit the table, substitute: | |
| Number of portable fire extinguishers to be supplied | |
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Sub-regulation 21 (3)............ |
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Sub-regulation 23 (1)............ | Omit “ of these Regulations ”. | |
Sub-regulation 23 (2)............ |
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Sub-regulation 25 (1)............ | Omit “ two ”, substitute “ 2 ”. | |
Sub-regulation 25 (2)............ | Omit “ two ”, substitute “ 2 ”. | |
Sub-regulation 25 (4)............ |
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Sub-regulation 26 (1)............ |
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Sub-regulation 26 (2)............ |
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Sub-regulation 26 (3)............ | Omit “ of this regulation ”. | |
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Omit “ of these Regulations ”. | ||
Sub-regulation 27 (1)............ |
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Sub-regulation 27 (2)............ |
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Sub-regulation 28 (2)............ |
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Sub-regulation 28 (3)............ |
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Sub-regulation 28 (4)............ | Omit “ two ”, substitute “ 2 ”. | |
Regulation 29....................... | Omit “ four ”, substitute “ 4 ’. | |
Sub-regulation 30 (1)............ | Omit “ two ”, substitute “ 2 ”. | |
Sub-regulation 32 (2)............ |
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Sub-regulation 32 (3)............ |
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Omit “ of this regulation ” (last occurring). | ||
Sub-regulation 32 (4)............ |
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Sub-regulation 32 (5)............ | Omit “ of this regulation ” (wherever occurring). | |
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Sub-regulation 32 (8)............ |
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SCHEDULE—
Sub-regulation 33 (1)............ |
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Sub-regulation 33 (2)............ |
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Sub-regulation 33 (3)............ | Omit “ of this regulation ”. | |
Sub-regulation 34 (1)............ | Omit “ two ”, substitute “ 2 ”. | |
Sub-regulation 34 (2)............ |
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Omit “ five ”, substitute “ 5 ”. | ||
Sub-regulation 34 (3)............ | Omit “ of this regulation ”. | |
Regulation 35....................... |
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Sub-regulation 36 (1)............ |
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Sub-regulation 36 (2)............ |
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Omit “ of this regulation ”. | ||
Omit the table, substitute: | ||
| Number of portable fire extinguishers to be supplied | |
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Sub-regulation 36 (3)............ |
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Sub-regulation 38 (1)............ | Omit “ of these Regulations ”. | |
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Sub-regulation 38 (2)............ |
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Sub-regulation 40 (1)............ |
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Sub-regulation 40 (2)............ | Omit “ twelve ”, substitute “ 12 ”. | |
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Sub-regulation 41 (1)............ |
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Sub-regulation 41 (2)............ | Omit “ thirty feet ”, substitute “ 9 metres ”. | |
SCHEDULE—
Sub-regulation
41 (2)— |
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Regulation 42....................... |
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Sub-regulation 51 (1)............ |
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Sub-regulation 52 (2)............ | Omit from paragraph (a) “ of these Regulations ”. |
Sub-regulation 53 (1)............ |
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Sub-regulation 53 (2)............ |
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Sub-regulation 54 (1)............ |
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Sub-regulation 54 (2)............ |
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Sub-regulation 55 (2)............ |
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Regulation 58....................... |
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Sub-regulation 59 (1)............ |
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Sub-regulation 59 (2)............ |
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Sub-regulation 59 (4)............ | Omit “ ten feet ”, substitute “ 3 metres ”. |
Sub-regulation 59 (5)............ |
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Sub-regulation 59 (6)............ | Omit “ two ”, substitute “ 2 ”. |
Sub-regulation 61 (1)............ |
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Sub-regulation 61 (2)............ |
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Sub-regulation 61 (3)............ |
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Sub-regulation 61 (4)............ |
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Regulation 65....................... | Omit “four ”, substitute “ 4 ”. |
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Sub-regulation 66 (1)............ |
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Regulation 67....................... |
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Regulation 68....................... |
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Sub-regulation 70 (2)............ | Omit “ sixty feet ”, substitute “ 18 metres ”. |
Omit “ two ”, substitute “ 2 ”. | |
Sub-regulation 71 (1)............ |
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SCHEDULE—
Sub-regulation 71 (2)............ |
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Regulation 73....................... | Omit “ pound ”, substitute “ kilogram ”. | |
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Regulation 74....................... |
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Omit “ of these Regulations ”. | ||
Omit “ two ”, substitute “ 2 ”. | ||
Regulation 75....................... | Omit “ seventy-two ”, substitute “ 72 ”. | |
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Sub-regulation 78 (2)............ |
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First Schedule....................... | Omit from item 4 “ five ”, substitute “ 5 ”. | |
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Second Schedule................... |
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Omit from item 9 “ five ”, substitute “ 5 ”. | ||
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Third Schedule..................... |
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Omit the table in sub-item 2 (2), substitute: | ||
| Minimum bore of discharge hose | |
| 6 mm | |
| 9 mm | |
| 12 mm | |
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Omit the table in item 3, substitute: | ||
| Period in seconds | |
| 20 | |
| 35 | |
| 70 | |
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SCHEDULE—
Fourth Schedule—
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Fifth Schedule...................... |
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Omit “ ¾ inch ”, substitute “ 19 millimetres ”. | |
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Omit “ 5/8 inch ”, substitute “ 16 millimetres ”. | |
Omit “ 2 inches ”, substitute “ 50 millimetres ”. | |
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Omit “ 9/16′ ”, substitute “ 14.5 mm ”. | |
Omit “ ¾′ ”, substitute “ 19 mm ”. | |
Omit “ 2½′ ”, substitute “ 64 mm ”. | |
Omit “ 5¼′ ”, substitute “ 132 mm”. | |
Omit “ 7′ ”, substitute “ 178 mm ”. |
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