Navigation (Fire Appliances) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1975 No. 147

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1973.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Navigation Act 1912-1973.

Dated this twenty-second day of July, 1975.

John R. Kerr

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Transport.

 

Amendments of the Navigation (Fire Appliances) Regulations  

Interpretation.

1. Regulation 5 of the Navigation (Fire Appliances) Regulations is amended by omitting the definition of “portable fire extinguisher” in sub-regulation (1) and substituting the following definition:—

“ ‘ portable fire extinguisher ’ means a fire extinguisher, weighing not more than 25 kilograms when fully charged, that—

(a) in the case of a fire extinguisher in which the fire extinguishing medium is liquid—has a capacity of not more than 131/2 litres, and not less than 9 litres, of liquid;

(b) in the case of a fire extinguisher in which the fire extinguishing medium is carbon-dioxide— has a capacity of not less than 3 kilograms of carbon-dioxide; or

(c) in the case of a fire extinguisher in which the fire extinguishing medium is dry powder—

(i) is of the kind in which a mixture of the dry powder and an expellant is stored under pressure; and’

(ii) has a capacity of not less than 41/2 kilograms of dry powder;”.

Fire extinguisher in passenger and crew spaces.

2. Regulation 64 of the Navigation (Fire Appliances) Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1).

 

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 29 July 1975.

  Statutory Rules 1968. No. 31, as amended by Statutory Rules 1970, No. 176.

13960/75— Recommended retail price 5c 10/20.6.1975

 

Fourth Schedule.

3. The Fourth Schedule to the Navigation (Fire Appliances) Regulations is amended by omitting item 8 in Part 1.

Printed by Authority by the Government Printer of Australia