Navigation (Loading and Unloading Safety Measures) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1969 No. 210

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1968.*

I, 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 1912-1968.

Dated this twelfth day of December, 1969.

Paul Hasluck

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(SGD.) IAN SINCLAIR

Minister of State for Shipping and Transport.

 

Amendments of the Navigation (Loading and Unloading — Safety Measures) Regulations 

Use of engines and motors in holds.

1. Regulation 43 of the Navigation (Loading and Unloading—Safety Measures) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (4.) the word “and” (second occurring); and

(b)by adding at the end of that sub-regulation the following word and paragraph:—

“; and (c) in the case of an internal combustion engine powered by liquid petroleum gas fuel—the requirements set out in the Fourth Schedule are complied with.”.

Fourth Schedule.

2. The Navigation (Loading and Unloading—Safety Measures) Regulations are amended by adding at the end thereof the following Schedule:—

“FOURTH SCHEDULE  Regulation 43.

REQUIREMENTS FOR USE BELOW DECK OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE POWERED BY LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS FUEL

1. The valves on all liquid petroleum gas bottles shall be accessible and protected against accidental damage.

2. The fuel line from a bottle to the converter or vaporizer of the engine shall be made of solid drawn copper or steal or other equivalent material and be capable of withstanding a pressure of 250 pounds per square inch.

3. A fuel pipe joint shall be made without the use of soft solder.

4. The vaporizer of the engine shall be of such a type that gas cannot be discharged into the intake manifold at a pressure above atmospheric pressure.

5. The carburetion system of the engine shall be stable in operation and so constructed as to discourage unauthorized interference with the mixture setting.

6. Where a dual feed carburetion system is fitted to the engine the line from the petrol or the kerosene tank, as the case may be, to the carburettor shall be disconnected from that tank and the fitting on that fuel tank shall be settled.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1969.

  Statutory Rules 1961, No. 128, as amended by Statutory Rules 1967, No. 133

25379/68—Price 5c 10/14.10.1969

Fourth Schedule—continued

7. The engine shall be so tuned that the exhaust gas from the engine does not contain more than 0.2 per centum (2000 p.p.m.) by volume of carbon monoxide at idling speed and more than 0.1 per centum (1000 p.p.m.) by volume of carbon monoxide at operating speed on no load.

8. The engine shall not be used with a brand of fuel other than that with which it has been tuned unless the engine is tuned again for use with that other brand of fuel.

9. The tuning of the engine shall be tested for conformity with the requirements of item 7 of this Schedule once in each working day and the results of the test together with details of any adjustments made shall be entered in a book held by a responsible person who shall upon request produce the book for inspection.”.

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