Navigation (Life-saving Appliances) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
REGULATION 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 Regulation
under the
Dated this third day of September, 1947.
W. J. McKell
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for Supply and Shipping.
Amendment of the Navigation (Life-saving Appliances) Regulations.
Regulation 78 of the Navigation (Life-saving Appliances) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulations:—
“(4.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, every ship of Class II. of 1,000 tons gross tonnage and upwards shall be fitted with a self-contained source of electric power placed in the upper parts of the ship and capable of illuminating—
(
a ) the lifeboats when alongside and in process of or immediately after being launched; and(
b )such different parts of the ship as are considered by the Director to be sufficient for all requirements of safety.
(5.) Where a new ship, the keel of which is laid after the commencement of this sub-regulation, is being fitted in compliance with the last preceding sub-regulation, the power is to be supplied from a generator driven by a diesel or kerosene engine suitably housed, to the satisfaction of the Surveyor, in the upper parts of the ship above the bulkhead deck.
(6.) In ships of Class II. of less than 1,000 tons gross tonnage and in ships of Classes III. and IV., the emergency lighting shall consist of sufficient electric hand lamps or torches placed in positions in which, in the opinion of the Surveyor, they will best meet the requirements of safety.”.
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Notified in the
Statutory Rules 1935. No. 100, as amended by Statutory Rules 1935, No, 108; and 1939, No. 68.
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By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.
3788.—Price 3d. 9/18.6.1947.
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