Navigation (Maritime Conventions) Act 1934 (Cth)
NAVIGATION (MARITIME CONVENTIONS).
An Act to give effect to certain International Conventions, to amend the provisions of the
Navigation Act 1912–1926 relating to matters dealt with by those Conventions, and to repeal section eight and amend section four hundred and nineteen of the said Act.
[Reserved, 6th August, 1934.]
[Royal confirmation, approval and assent proclaimed, 5th December, 1934.]
BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—
(2.) The
(3.) The Principal Act, as amended
by this Act, may be cited as the
(
a )by omitting from the definition of “Passenger” the words “the master and crew or the owner, his family or servants, carried on board a ship with the knowledge or consent of the owner, agent or master thereof” and inserting in their stead the words—“(
a )the master and crew, or the owner, his family or servants, carried on board a ship with the knowledge or consent of the owner, agent or master thereof; and
M.S.A. 1932, s. 33.
(
b )any person on board the ship either in pursuance of the obligation laid upon the master to carry shipwrecked, distressed or other persons or by reason of any circumstances which neither the master nor the owner nor the charterer (if any) could have prevented or forestalled”;(
b ) by inserting in the definition of “Go to sea”, after the word “sea” (first occurring), the words “or ‘proceed to sea’”; and(
c ) by omitting the definition of “The Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea”.
“40a.—(1.) A person shall not engage another person for service at sea in any capacity unless the superintendent is satisfied that that other person has attained the age of fourteen years:
Provided that this sub-section shall not apply to service in ships where only members of the same family are employed, or to service in any training ship approved by the Director.
(2.) A person shall not engage another person for service at sea in the stokehold of a steamship, in the capacity of fireman or trimmer, unless the superintendent is satisfied that that other person has attained the age of eighteen years:
Provided that this sub-section shall not apply to service in any training ship approved by the Director.
“40b.—(1.) A person shall not engage or re-engage any person under the age of eighteen years for service at sea in any capacity unless the person under the age of eighteen years produces to the superintendent a certificate signed by a medical inspector of seamen, or, at a port at which there is no medical inspector of seamen, by a duly qualified medical practitioner, that he is physically fit for service at sea in that capacity:
Provided that this sub-section shall not apply to service in ships where only members of the same family are employed.
(2.) A certificate of fitness granted under the last preceding sub-section shall have force for a period of one year, but may be renewed from year to year by indorsement by a medical inspector of seamen, or, at a port at which there is no medical inspector of seamen, by a duly qualified medical practitioner, after medical examination of the holder thereof.”.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 51.
“46a.—(1.) In the case of a ship registered in Australia and required by this Act to be provided with a load line certificate, there shall be inserted in the agreement, before it is signed by any member of the crew, the particulars as to the position of the deck-line and load lines specified in the certificate.
(2.) A superintendent shall not proceed with the engagement of the crew of a ship to which this section applies until—
(
a ) there is produced to him the load line certificate for the time being in force in respect of the ship; and(
b ) he is satisfied that the particulars required by this section have been inserted in the agreement.”.
(cf. 15 and 16 Geo. 5 ch. 42, s. 1.)
(
a )by inserting in sub-section (1.), after the word “ship” (first occurring), the words “(other than a river and bay ship)”; and(
b ) by omitting paragraph (b )of sub-section (1.) and the two provisoes thereto and inserting in their stead the following paragraph, proviso and sub-section:—“(
b ) to wages, in respect of each day on which he is in fact unemployed during a period of two months from the date of the termination of the service, at the rate to which he was entitled on that date:Provided that a seaman shall not be entitled to receive wages under this section—
(i) if the owner shows that the unemployment was not due to the wreck or loss of the ship; nor
(ii) in respect of any day if the owner shows that the seaman was able to obtain suitable employment on that day.
(1a.) In this section ‘seaman’ includes every person employed or engaged in any capacity on board the ship, but, in the case of a ship which is a fishing boat, does not include any person who is entitled to be remunerated only by a share in the profits or the gross earnings of the working of the boat.”.
“Division 2a.—Sailing Ships, s. 206b.
Division 2b.—Safety Convention Requirements, ss. 206c–206h.”.
“187a.—(1.) In this Part of this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
‘The Safety Convention’ or ‘The Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea’ means the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea signed in London on the thirty-first day of May One thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine (a copy of which is set forth in Schedule VI. to this Act), and includes any Convention, amending or superseding that Convention, to which the Commonwealth of Australia is a Party;
M.S.A. 1932, preamble.
‘The Load Line Convention’ means the International Load Line Convention signed in London on the fifth day of July One thousand nine hundred and thirty (a copy of which is set forth in Schedule VII. to this Act), and includes any Convention, amending or superseding that Convention, to which the Commonwealth of Australia is a Party;
Ibid.
‘Construction regulations’ means such of the regulations made under this Act as prescribe the matters with respect to which a surveyor must be satisfied before he states in a declaration of survey that a passenger steamship is fit to ply on any particular voyage or class of voyages;
M.S.A. 1932, s. 38.
‘Country to which the Safety Convention applies’ means—
(
a ) a country the Government of which has been declared by the Minister, by notification in theGazette, to have ratified or acceded to the Safety Convention, and has not been so declared to have renounced that Convention; and(
b ) a country to which it has been so declared that the Safety Convention has been applied under the provisions of Article 62 thereof, not being a country to which it has been so declared that that Convention has ceased to apply under the provisions of that Article;
M.S.A. 1932, ss. 37 and 38.
M.S.A. 1932, ss. 65 and 66.
‘Country to which the Load Line Convention applies’ means—
(
a ) a country the Government of which has been declared by the Minister, by notification in theGazette, to have ratified or acceded to the Load Line Convention, and has not been so declared to have denounced that Convention; and(
b ) a country to which it has been so declared that the Load Line Convention has been applied under the provisions of Article 21 thereof, not being a country to which it has been so declared that that Convention has ceased to apply under the provisions of that Article;
M.S.A. 1932. s.38.
‘Declaration of survey’ means a declaration made by a surveyor, in the prescribed form, with respect to the survey of a passenger vessel under this Act;
‘International voyage’, for the purposes of this Part (other than Division 5 thereof), means a voyage from a port in one country to a port in another country, at least one of those countries being a country to which the Safety Convention applies;
‘International voyage’, for the purposes of Division 5 of this Part, means a voyage from a port in one country to a port in another country, at least one of those countries being a country to which the Load Line Convention applies;
‘Short international voyage’ means an international voyage in the course of which a ship does not go more than two hundred miles from land;
‘International coasting voyage’ means an international voyage in the course of which a ship does not go more than twenty miles from land;
Cf. s. 38.
‘Life-saving regulations’ means regulations made under this Act with respect to the life-saving appliances to be carried by ships or classes of ships;
M.S.A. 1932, s. 73;
Safety Conv. Art. 2 (3).
‘Passenger steamship’ means a steamship which carries more than twelve passengers;
s. 38.
‘Safety Convention ship’ means a ship belonging to a country to which the Safety Convention applies, and the expression ‘Safety Convention passenger steamship’ shall be construed accordingly;
s. 38.
‘Special passenger trade’ means a trade in relation to which the Minister has modified the construction regulations or the life-saving regulations;
M.S.A.
1932, s. 23 (
‘Sub-division load line’ means the load line indicating the depth to which a passenger steamship may be loaded having regard to the extent to which she is sub-divided and to the space for the time being allotted to passengers;
Cf. s. 38.
‘Survey regulations’ means the regulations made under section one hundred and ninety-one of this Act, prescribing the manner in which surveys of passenger steamships shall be made;
Cf. s. 38.
‘Wireless telegraphy regulations’ means regulations made under section two hundred and thirty-one of this Act;
M.S.A. 1932, s. 73 (2).
Safety Conv. Art. 4 (2).
(2.) Any reference in this Part of this Act to a ship constructed before or after any date shall be construed as a reference to a ship the keel of which was laid before or after that date, as the case may be.
(3.) In construing the word ‘voyage’ as used in this section—
(
a ) no account shall be taken of any deviation by a ship from her intended voyage due solely to stress of weather or any other circumstance which neither the master nor the owner nor the charterer (if any) of the ship could have prevented or forestalled; and(
b ) every colony, overseas territory, protectorate or territory under suzerainty, and every territory in respect of which a mandate has been accepted on behalf of the League of Nations, shall be deemed to be a separate country.”.
M.S.A. 1932, ss. 21 (2), 67 (2).
“(2.) Notwithstanding anything contained in the last preceding sub-section the provisions of this section, and any proclamation issued thereunder, shall, after the expiration of three months from the commencement of this sub-section, cease to apply to Safety Convention ships plying on international voyages in respect of the exemption of those ships from—
(
a ) in the case of passenger steamships—any provision of this Act relating to the survey of ships, to life-saving appliances, to wireless telegraphy and to load lines; and(
b ) in the case of other ships—any provision of this Act relating to wireless telegraphy and to load lines.”.
Cf. M.S.A. 1932, s 1 (1) and (3). M.S.A. 1894, s. 724 (3).
“191.—(1.) The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, as to the construction of passenger steamships, the manner in which surveys and inspections of ships shall be made, the equipment to be carried by ships or classes of ships, the conditions under which certificates of survey and of equipment and safety certificates may be granted and the grant of such certificates.
(2.) Any regulations made under this section may be applied, in whole or in part or with such modifications as are prescribed, to ships registered in Australia or engaged in the coasting trade which do not ply on international voyages.
(3.) The regulations shall include such requirements as are considered necessary to implement the provisions relating to construction, machinery, equipment, sub-division load lines and surveys which are contained in Chapter II. of the Safety Convention and in the Regulations referred to therein (except in so far as those provisions are otherwise implemented by this Act):
Provided that with the consent in writing of the Minister—
M.S.A. 1932, s. 1 (1) proviso; Safety Conv. Art. 4.
(
a ) any passenger steamship constructed before the first day of July One thousand nine hundred and thirty-one (not being a steamship converted to passenger service on or after that date) shall be exempt from compliance with any such requirement, if the Minister is satisfied that such steps, if any, as are reasonable and practicable have been taken to make the steamship comply with that requirement;
Ibid.
(
b )any such requirement, in its application to passenger steamships plying on any international coasting voyage, may be modified, if, and to the extent to which, the Minister is satisfied that the risks incurred by passenger steamships plying on that voyage are such as to make it unreasonable or unnecessary to require steamships so plying to comply with that requirement;
Ibid.
(
c ) any such requirement, in its application to steamships for the time being engaged in any passenger trade in which they carry large numbers of unberthed passengers, may be modified, if the Minister is satisfied that compliance with that requirement by steamships so engaged is impracticable and to the extent that he is satisfied that modifications are required by the conditions of the trade; and
M.S.A. 1932, s. 1 (1) proviso.
(
d )any such requirement of the construction regulations which implement the provisions of the Safety Convention contained in Regulations IX., X., XV. and XIX. thereof, in their application to any steamship plyingon short international voyages, may be modified, if, and to the extent to which, the Minister is satisfied that the requirement is neither reasonable nor practicable in the case of that steamship.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 15 (3); Safety Conv. Art. 51.
(4.) The regulations made under this section—
(
a )may prescribe the form of the certificates issued under this Part;(
b ) may make such provision as is necessary to give effect to the provisions of Article 51 of the Safety Convention; and(
c ) may provide, as regards ships for which a certificate of survey and a safety certificate are both required, for the combining in one document of both those certificates.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 68.
“191a.—(1.) Where under this Part the Governor-General is empowered to make such regulations as appear necessary for the purpose of implementing or giving effect to any of the provisions of the Safety Convention or Load Line Convention, the requirement shall, in the case of a provision the terms of which are such as to vest in the several Governments who are parties to the Convention a discretion as to whether any, and if so what, action should be taken thereunder, be construed as an authority to the Governor-General to make by regulation such provision (if any) with respect to the matter in question as the Governor-General in the exercise of that discretion thinks proper.
(2.) Notwithstanding any regulation made under any provision of this Division for the purpose of giving effect to, or implementing, any provision of the Safety Convention or Load Line Convention which requires a particular fitting, appliance, or apparatus or type thereof, to be fitted or carried in a ship, or any particular provision to be made in a ship, the Minister may allow any other fitting, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, to be fitted or carried, or any other provision to be made if he is satisfied that that other fitting, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, or provision, is at least as effective as that required by the Convention.
M.S.A. 1932, ss. 34, 63.
(3.) If any provision of the Safety Convention or of the Load Line Convention, in regard to which it is required by this Part that it shall be implemented or given effect by regulation under the Act, is amended in pursuance of Article 61 of the Safety Convention or of Article 20 of the Load Line Convention, as the case may be, the Governor-General may amend the regulation accordingly.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 27; Safety Conv. Art. 46.
“191b. Every ship registered in Australia, of over one hundred and fifty tons gross registered tonnage, when proceeding to sea on an international voyage shall be provided with a signalling lamp of a type approved by the Director.
Penalty, on owner or master: Twenty pounds.”.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 69.
“192a. Where under this Part of this Act any foreign ship is detained, or proceedings are taken against the owner or master of a foreign ship, notice shall forthwith be served on the Consular officer for the country to which the ship belongs at or nearest to the port where the ship is for the time being, and such notice shall specify the grounds on which the ship has been detained or the proceedings have been taken.”.
(
a ) by omitting from sub-section (l.) the words “a certificate of survey,” and inserting in their stead the words “the prescribed certificate of survey or of equipment, as the case may be,”;(
b ) by inserting after sub-section (1.) the words “Penalty: One hundred pounds.”; and(
c ) by omitting sub-sections (2.) and (3.).
M.S.A. 1932, s. 17.
“197a.—(1.) A safety certificate granted in respect of a ship under this Act, or a valid Safety Convention certificate granted, in respect of a Safety Convention passenger steamship not registered in Australia, by or under the authority of the Government of the country to which the ship belongs, shall be accepted as having, for the purposes of this Act, the same force as a certificate of survey granted under this Act.
“(2.) Where a valid Safety Convention certificate is produced in respect of a Safety Convention passenger steamship not registered in Australia, the survey of the steamship shall be limited to ascertaining the number of passengers which the steamship is fit to carry, and it shall not be necessary for the declaration of survey to contain any further particulars than those relating to the number of passengers.
“(3.) Where a surveyor furnishes a declaration of survey as provided for in the last preceding sub-section, a certificate of survey shall be issued under this Act containing only a statement of the number of passengers which the steamship is fit to carry, and a certificate so issued shall have effect as a certificate of survey issued under this Act.
“(4.) Where the Minister is satisfied that, under the laws of any country, the number of passengers which a steamship is fit to carry is determined in substantially the same manner as in the case of a steamship registered in Australia, he may direct that on production, in respect of a Safety Convention passenger steamship registered in that country, of a valid Safety Convention certificate and also a certificate showing the number of passengers the steamship is fit to carry, the certificate last mentioned shall be accepted and shall have effect as a certificate of survey issued under this Act.”.
(
a ) by omitting from paragraph (b ) the words “or a safety certificate”;(
b ) by omitting from paragraph (c ) the words “or machinery” and inserting in their stead the words “, machinery or equipment”; and(
c ) by omitting the words “or safety certificate”.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 2.
“198a. A declaration of survey in respect of a passenger steamship shall state, as regards construction, equipment and machinery respectively, the voyages or class of voyages on which, in the surveyor’s judgment, the steamship is fit to ply, and if in the judgment of the surveyor a passenger steamship is fit to ply on international voyages while engaged in a special passenger trade only, his declaration of survey shall state that fact.”.
(
a ) by omitting the words “of survey” (wherever occurring); and(
b ) by inserting at the end thereof the following sub-section:—“(4.) For the purposes of this section ‘the certificate of the ship’ means the safety certificate, certificate of survey or certificate of equipment (as the case may be) of the ship.”.
“Provided that any exemption granted by this sub-section to a steamship not carrying more than twelve passengers shall not operate to exempt the vessel from any prescribed requirement as to survey for a certificate of equipment under this Act.”.
“Division 2a—Sailing Ships.
“206b. The provisions of Division 2 of this Part, relating to steamships, shall, so far as they are applicable, be deemed to apply also to sailing ships over fifty tons gross registered tonnage, registered in Australia or engaged in the coasting trade, and those provisions shall accordingly be read, for the purposes of this Division, as if such sailing ships were included in the word ‘steamships’.
Division 2b.—Safety Convention Requirements.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 14.
“206c.—(1.) After the expiration of three months from the commencement of this section, a ship registered in Australia, and being a passenger steamship or a ship of sixteen hundred tons gross registered tonnage or upwards, shall not proceed to sea on an international voyage from a port in Australia unless there is in force in respect of the ship—
(
a ) if the ship is a passenger steamship, either—(i) a general safety certificate; or
(ii) a short voyage safety certificate; or
(iii) a qualified safety certificate and passenger steamship exemption certificate;
being a certificate or certificates which by the terms thereof is or are applicable to the voyage on which the ship is about to proceed and to the trade in which she is for the time being engaged;
(
b ) if the ship is not a passenger steamship, either—(i) such certificate or certificates as would be required in her case by the foregoing provissions of this section if she were a passenger steamship; or
(ii) a wireless telegraphy certificate; or
(iii) a wireless telegraphy exemption certificate which by the terms thereof is applicable to the voyage on which the ship is about to proceed.
(2.) If any ship to which this section applies proceeds, or attempts to proceed, to sea in contravention of this section—
(
a )in the case of a ship, being a passenger steamship, the master or owner of the ship shall, without prejudice to any other remedy or penalty under this Act, be liable for each offence to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds for every passenger carried on board the ship, and the master or owner of any tender by means of which passengers are taken on board the ship shall for each offence be liable to a like penalty for every passenger so taken on board; and(
b ) in the case of a ship not being a passenger steamship, the master or owner of the ship shall, for each offence, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds.(3.) The master of every ship to which this section applies shall produce to the officer of Customs from whom is demanded a clearance for the ship for an international voyage, the certificate or certificates required by the foregoing provisions of this section to be in force when the ship proceeds to sea, and a clearance shall not be granted, and the ship may be detained, until that certificate or those certificates is or are so produced.
(4.) Where a passenger steamship exemption certificate or wireless telegraphy exemption certificate, issued in respect of any ship to which this section applies, specifies any conditions on which the certificate is issued and those conditions are contravened, the master or owner of the ship shall be guilty of an offence.
Penalty: One hundred pounds.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 20.
“206d. The master of every Safety Convention ship not registered in Australia (being a passenger steamship or a ship of sixteen hundred tons gross tonnage or upwards) shall produce to the officer of Customs from whom is demanded a clearance for the ship in respect of an international voyage from a port in Australia, a valid Safety Convention certificate, and a clearance shall not be granted, and the ship may be detained, until such a certificate is so produced.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 3.
“206e.—(1.) A declaration of survey in respect of a Safety Convention passenger steamship shall state, as regards construction, equipment and machinery respectively, the voyages or class of voyages on which, in the judgment of the surveyor, the steamship is fit to ply.
(2.) If in the judgment of the surveyor a Safety Convention passenger steamship is fit to ply on international voyages while engaged in a special passenger trade only, his declaration of survey shall state that fact.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 3.
“206f.—(1.) If any ship to which this section applies is altered in respect of her hull, equipment or machinery in a manner which affects her efficiency or seaworthiness, the owner or master of the ship shall, as soon as possible after the alteration is made, give notice thereof in the form and to the person prescribed.
Penalty: Fifty pounds.
(2.) If the Minister has reason to believe that, since the making of the last declaration of survey in respect of any ship—
(
a ) any alteration as aforesaid has been made in the hull, equipment or machinery of the ship; or(
b ) the hull, equipment or machinery of the ship has sustained injury or is otherwise insufficient, he may, without prejudice to action under any other power conferred by this Act, require the ship to be again surveyed to such extent as he thinks fit, and if such requirement is not met, may cancel the certificate granted in respect of the ship.(3.) For the purposes of this section the expression “alteration” in relation to the hull, equipment or machinery of a ship includes the renewal of any part thereof.
(4.) This section applies to every ship, British or foreign (and whether a Safety Convention ship or not) to which any of the following certificates has been granted under this Act and is in force, namely, any safety certificate, certificate of survey or passenger steamship exemption certificate.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 15; Safety Conv. Art. 52.
“206g.—(1.) A safety certificate, wireless telegraphy certificate, or exemption certificate issued under this Part shall not be in force for more than one year from the date of its issue, nor after notice is given by the Minister to the owner, agent or master of the ship in respect of which it has been issued that he has cancelled the certificate.
(2.) If a ship registered in Australia in respect of which any such certificate has been issued, is absent from Australia at the date when the certificate expires, the Minister, or any person authorized by him for the purpose, may, if it appears proper and reasonable so to do, grant such an extension of the certificate as will allow the ship to return to Australia, but no such extension shall have effect for a period exceeding five months from the said date.
(3.) Any certificate issued under this Part, including a safety certificate combined in one document with a certificate of survey, may be signed on behalf of the Minister by any person authorized by the Minister for the purpose, and a certificate purporting to be so signed shall be admissible in evidence in any proceedings under this Act.
M.S.A. 1932, ss. 15 (6) and 16 (1); Safety Conv. Art. 50.
“206h.—(1.) The Minister may request the Government of a country to which the Safety Convention applies to issue a general safety certificate, a short voyage safety certificate or a wireless telegraphy certificate in respect of a ship registered in Australia, and a certificate issued in pursuance of such a request, and containing a statement that it has been so issued, shall have effect for the purposes of this Act as if it had been issued under this Act.
(2.) The Minister may, at the request of the Government of a country to which the Safety Convention applies, issue a general safety certificate, a short voyage safety certificate or a wireless telegraphy certificate in respect of a ship of that country if he is satisfied in like manner as in the case of a ship registered in Australia that he can properly issue the certificate, and where a certificate has been issued at such a request it shall contain a statement that it has been so issued.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 16 (2); Safety Conv. Arts. 54 and 55.
(3.) For the purpose of determining the validity in Australia of certificates purporting to be issued in accordance with the Safety Convention in respect of Safety Convention ships not registered in Australia, the Governor-General shall make such regulations as appear to him to be necessary for the purpose of giving effect to Article 55 of the Safety Convention, and for the purposes of the provisions of this Part relating to Safety Convention ships not registered in Australia, the expression ‘a valid Safety Convention certificate’ means a certificate or certificates complying with such of those regulations as are applicable in the circumstances.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 16 (3); Safety Conv. Art. 56.
(4.) Where a valid Safety Convention certificate is produced in respect of a Safety Convention passenger steamship not registered in Australia, and there is attached to the certificate a memorandum which—
(
a ) has been issued by or under the authority of the Government of the country to which the steamship belongs; and(
b ) modifies for the purpose of any particular voyage, in view of the number of persons actually carried on that voyage, the particulars stated in the certificate with respect to life-saving appliances,the certificate shall have effect for the purpose of that voyage as if it were modified in accordance with the memorandum.”.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 18 (
“Provided that in the case of a Safety Convention passenger steamship, not registered in Australia, in respect of which a valid Safety Convention certificate is produced, the ship shall be deemed seaworthy, as regards the condition of her hull, equipment and machinery, unless it appears, on the report of a surveyor,
that she cannot proceed to sea without danger to the passengers or crew owing to the fact that her actual condition does not correspond substantially with the particulars stated in the certificate.”.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 70.
“(
a ) was at the time of the detention unseaworthy; or(
b ) was detained in pursuance of any provision of Part IV. of this Act which provides for the detention of a ship until a certain event occurs,”.
Cf. M.S.A. 1932, s. 5. Safety Conv. Arts. 11–25.
“215.—(1.) The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, as to the life-saving and fire appliances to be provided and carried by ships and as to matters incidental thereto (including the prescribing of all matters which are necessary or convenient for giving effect to so much of the provisions of the Safety Convention as relates to life-saving appliances and fire protection) and in particular with respect to—
Cf. M.S.A. 1894, s. 427.
(
a )the arranging of the ships into classes, having regard to the services in which they are employed, the nature and duration of the voyage and the number of persons carried:(
b )the number and description of the boats, life-boats, life-rafts (and their equipment), buoyant apparatus, line-throwing appliances, life-jackets and life-buoys to be carried by ships, according to the class in which included;
Cf.; also M.S. (L.T.A.) Act, 1928, s. 1.
(
c ) the marking of boats, life-boats, life-rafts and buoyant apparatus as to dimensions and the number of persons authorized to be carried thereon;
M.S.A. 1932, s. 5.
(
d ) the manning of boats and life-boats and the qualifications and certificates of life-boat men;(
e ) the provision to be made for mustering the passengers and crew and for embarking them in the boats and life-boats (including provision as to the lighting of, and as to the means of ingress to, and egress from, different parts of the ship);(
f ) the practising of boat drills;(
g ) the assignment of specific duties to each member of the crew in the event of emergency; and(
h ) the methods to be adopted and the appliances to be carried for the prevention, detection and extinction of fire.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 11 (4).
(2.) The Minister may, in respect to any passenger steamship constructed before the first day of July One thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, approve of compliance with the regulations in regard to life-saving appliances applicable on that date being accepted as compliance with the later regulations made under this section, if he is satisfied that such steps (if any) as are reasonable and practicable have been taken to make the steamship comply with those later regulations.
Cf. M.S.A. 1894, s. 430 (2) and (3).
(3.) The penalty for a breach of any regulation made under this section, unless the subject of other proceedings under this Act or under other regulations made under this Act, shall be—
(
a ) on the owner (if in fault): One hundred pounds; and(
b ) on the master (if in fault): Fifty pounds.
M.S.A. 1932. s. 4.
“216.—(1.) The Minister may, on such conditions as he thinks fit, exempt any steamship constructed before the first day of July One thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, from any provision of the regulations, if and to the extent that he is satisfied that compliance with that provision is either impracticable or unreasonable in the case of that steamer.
(2.) The Minister may, as respects passenger steamships plying on any international coasting voyage, modify any provision of the regulations, if and to the extent that he is satisfied that the risks incurred by steamships plying on that voyage are such as to make it unreasonable or unnecessary for such steamships to comply with that provision.
(3.) The Minister may, as respects passenger steamships engaged in any passenger trade in which they carry large numbers of unberthed passengers, if he is satisfied that it is impracticable for steamships so engaged to comply with the said requirements, modify the provisions of the regulations in such manner as appears to him to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of sub-paragraphs (
a ), (b ) and (c ) of paragraph 5 of Article 12 of the Safety Convention.(4.) The Minister may, in respect to any passenger steamship plying on short international voyages, make such modifications of the regulations as appear to him to be authorized by the provisions of the Safety Convention contained in sub-paragraph (
b )of paragraph 2 of Article 13, paragraph (4.) of Regulation XXXVI., paragraph (11.) of Regulation XXXVII., paragraph (2.) of Regulation XXXVIII., and Regulation XXXIX.(5.) For the purposes of the last four preceding sub-sections “the regulations” means the regulations made to give effect to the provisions of Chapter III. of the Safety Convention (relating to life-saving and fire appliances) and the regulations referred to therein.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 18 (a).
(6.) A Safety Convention passenger steamship not registered in Australia, in respect of which a valid Safety Convention certificate is produced, shall be exempt from the provisions of the regulations in regard to life-saving and fire appliances made under the last preceding section.
(7.) In the case of a British ship (other than a Safety Convention ship) not registered in Australia and not engaged in the coasting trade, it shall be deemed compliance with regulations made under the last preceding section if she complies with the regulations of the Board of Trade of the United Kingdom on the same subject-matter.
Cf. M.S.A. 1906, s. 6.
(8.) As regards ships other than those provided for in the preceding sub-sections of this section, and not being Safety Convention ships, the Minister may, if he thinks fit, exempt, from any regulation made under the last preceding section, any ship which he is satisfied complies substantially with the requirements of that regulation.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 12.
“216a.—(1.) If, on any international voyage, a passenger steamship, registered in Australia, in respect of which a safety certificate is in force, has on board a total number of persons less than the number stated in that certificate to be the number for which the life-saving appliances on the steamship provide, the Minister or any person authorized by him for the purpose, may, at the request of the master of the steamship, issue a memorandum stating the total number of persons carried on the steamship on that voyage, and the consequent modifications which may be made for the purpose of that voyage in the particulars with respect to life-saving appliances stated in the certificate, and that memorandum shall be annexed to the certificate.
(2.) Every such memorandum shall be returned to the Minister at the end of the voyage to which it relates.
Penalty: Twenty pounds.”.
(
a ) by inserting in paragraph (a ) of sub-section (1.) after the word “life-saving” the words “and fire”;(
b ) by inserting in paragraph (b ) of sub-section (1.) after the word “life-saving” the words “or fire”;(
c ) by inserting in paragraph (c ) of sub-section (1.) after the word “life-saving” (wherever occurring) the words “or fire”;(
d ) by inserting in paragraph, (d ) of sub-section (1.) after the word “life-saving” the words “and fire”; and(
e ) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:—
Cf. Customs Act.
“(2.) In any proceedings under this section against an owner or master for having sent or taken his ship to sea, or permitted his ship to go to sea, without being provided with life-saving and fire appliances as prescribed, the averment of the prosecution, contained in the information, as to a deficiency in the appliances carried by the ship, shall be deemed to be proved in the absence of proof to the contrary.”.
“
M.S.A. 1932, s. 40.
“218.—(1.) The following ships are exempt from this Division, namely—
(
a )limited coast-trade sailing ships under fifty tons net register;(
b ) ships exempted under sub-section (2.) of this section subject to compliance with such conditions as the Minister may think fit;(
c ) ships solely engaged in fishing; and(
d ) pleasure yachts.(2.) The Minister may, on such conditions as he thinks fit, exempt from this Division—
(
a ) any ship plying between near neighbouring ports in Australia if he is satisfied that the sheltered nature and conditions of the voyages between those ports make it unreasonable or impracticable to apply the provisions of this Division to ships so plying; and(
b ) any class of steamships under eighty tons net register, engaged solely in the coasting trade, so long as they do not carry cargo.
M.S.A. 1932. s. 41.
“218a.—(1.) In this Division, ships which are not exempt under the provisions of the last preceding section, are referred to as ‘load line ships’.
(2.) For the purposes of this Division load line ships are divided into two classes as follows:—
(
a )international load line ships, that is to say, ships of one hundred and fifty tons gross registered tonnage or upwards which carry passengers or cargo; and(
b ) local load line ships, that is to say—(i) ships of one hundred and fifty tons gross registered tonnage or upwards which do not carry cargo or passengers; and
(ii) ships of less than one hundred and fifty tons gross registered tonnage.
(3.) International load line ships belonging to countries to which the Load Line Convention applies are hereinafter referred to as ‘Load Line Convention ships’.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 42.
“219.—(1.) The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of Articles 6 to 10 inclusive of the Load Line Convention and Annex I. and Annex II. thereto (which regulations are in this Act referred to as ‘the load line regulations’).
(2.) Any regulations made under the last preceding sub-section may be applied, in whole or in part or with such modifications as are prescribed, to load-line ships registered in Australia or engaged in the coasting trade which do not engage in international voyages.
(3.) Such of the regulations as are made—
(
a ) when applied to ships engaged on international voyages, to give effect to Part II. of Annex I. to the Load Line Convention; or(
b ) when applied to other ships, to give the force of law to the requirements set out in that Part,are in this Act referred to as ‘the conditions of assignment’.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 43.
“219a.—(1.) A load line ship registered in Australia, being a ship constructed after the thirtieth day of June One thousand nine hundred and thirty-two, shall not proceed to sea unless—
(
a ) the ship has been surveyed in accordance with the load line regulations; and(
b ) the ship complies with the conditions of assignment; and(
c ) the ship is marked on each side with a mark (hereinafter referred to as a ‘deck-line’) indicating the position of the uppermost complete deck as defined by the load line regulations, and with marks (hereinafter referred to as ‘load lines’) indicating the several maximum depths to which the ship can be safely loaded in various circumstances prescribed by the load line regulations; and(
d ) the deck-line and load lines are of the description required by the load line regulations, the deck-line is in the position required by those regulations, and the load lines are of the number required by such of those regulations as are applicable to the ship; and(
e ) the load lines are in the position required by such of the load line regulations as are applicable to the ship.(2.) A load line ship, registered in Australia, being a ship constructed before the first day of July One thousand nine hundred and thirty-two, shall not proceed to sea unless—
(
a ) the ship has been surveyed and marked in accordance with paragraphs (a ), (c ) and (d )of sub-section (1.) of this section; and(
b ) the ship complies with the conditions of assignment, in principle and also in detail, so far as, in the opinion of the Minister, is reasonable and practicable having regard to the efficiency of the protection of openings, the guard rails, the freeing ports and the means of access to the crew’s quarters provided by the arrangements, fittings and appliances existing on the ship at the time when she is first surveyed under this section; and(
c ) the load lines are either in the position required by paragraph (e ) of sub-section (1.) of this section, or in the position required by the tables used by the Board of Trade of the United Kingdom on the thirty-first day of December One thousand nine hundred and six, for fixing the position of load lines, subject to such modifications of those tables and of the application thereof, approved by the Board of Trade under section four hundred and thirty-eight of theMerchant Shipping Act 1894, as were in force immediately before the fifth day of July One thousand nine hundred and thirty.(3.) If any ship to which this section applies proceeds or attempts to proceed to sea in contravention of this section, the master or owner thereof shall be guilty of an offence.
Penalty: One hundred pounds.
(4.) If any ship to which this section applies attempts to proceed to sea without being surveyed and marked as required by this section, she may be detained until she has been so surveyed and marked.
(5.) Any ship to which this section applies, which does not comply with the conditions of assignment to the extent required in her case by this section, shall be deemed to be an unseaworthy ship for the purposes of section two hundred and ten of this Act.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 44.
“219b.—(1.) A load line ship registered in Australia shall not be so loaded as to submerge in salt water, when the ship has no list, the appropriate load line on each side of the ship, that is to say, the load line indicating or purporting to indicate the maximum depth to which the ship is for the time being entitled under the load line regulations to be loaded.
(2.) A load line ship registered in Australia shall not, while in a port in Australia, be so loaded that when, in the course of the voyage about to be entered upon, she would in ordinary circumstances enter an area in which under the load line regulations a lesser maximum depth of loading is permissible, she would then, when having no list, submerge in salt water the load line indicating or purporting to indicate that lesser maximum depth of loading.
(3.) If any such ship is loaded in contravention of this section, the owner or master of the ship shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding One hundred pounds, and to such additional fine, not exceeding the amount specified in the next succeeding sub-section, as the court thinks fit to impose, having regard to the extent to which the earning capacity of the ship was, or would have been, increased by reason of the submersion.
(4.) The additional fine which may be imposed under the last preceding sub-section shall not exceed One hundred pounds for every inch or fraction of an inch by which the appropriate load line on each side of the ship was submerged, or would have been submerged if the ship had been in salt water and had had no list.
(5.) In any proceedings against an owner or master in respect of a contravention of this section, it shall be a good defence to prove that the contravention was due solely to deviation or delay, being deviation or delay caused solely by stress of weather or other circumstances which neither the master nor the owner nor the charterer (if any) could have prevented or forestalled.
(6.) Without prejudice to any proceedings under the foregoing provisions of this section, any ship which is loaded in contravention of this section may be detained until she ceases to be so loaded.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 45.
“219c. If—
(
a ) the owner or master of a bad line ship registered in Australia, which has been marked in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Division, fails without reasonable cause to keep the ship so marked; or(
b ) any person conceals, removes, alters, defaces or obliterates, or suffers any person under his control to conceal, remove, alter, deface or obliterate any mark placed on any such ship in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Division, except with the authority of a person entitled under the load line regulations to authorize the alteration of the mark, or except for the purpose of escaping capture by an enemy,he shall be guilty of an offence.
Penalty: One hundred pounds.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 47; Load Line Conv. Arts. 11–13.
“220.—(1.) Where a load line ship registered in Australia has been surveyed and marked in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Division and complies with the conditions of assignment to the extent required in her case by those provisions, there shall be issued to the owner of the ship, on his application, and on payment of the prescribed fee—
(
a )in the case of an international load line ship, a load line certificate (in this Division referred to as ‘a Load Line Convention certificate’); and(
b ) in the case of a local load line ship, a load line certificate (in this Division referred to as ‘an Australian load line certificate’).(2.) Every such certificate shall be issued either by the Minister or by a person thereto authorized in writing by him, and shall be issued in such form and manner as may be prescribed by the load line regulations.
(3.) Any such certificate purporting to be signed by the Minister, or by an authorized person, shall be admissible in evidence.
(4.) The load line regulations shall make such provision with respect to Load Line Convention certificates as appears to be necessary, having regard to the provisions of Rules IV. and LXVIII. of the Load Line Convention, for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of Article 13 of that Convention.
(5.) The Minister may request the Government of a country to which the Load Line Convention applies to issue a Load Line Convention certificate in respect of a Load Line Convention ship registered in Australia, and a certificate issued in pursuance of such a request, and containing a statement that it has been so issued, shall have effect, for the purpose of this Division, as if it had been issued by the Minister.
(6.) Where a load line certificate issued in pursuance of this section and for the time being in force, is produced in respect of a ship, the ship shall, for the purpose of the foregoing provisions of this Division, be deemed to have been surveyed as required by those provisions, and, if the deck-line and load lines on the ship are of the number and description required by the load line regulations, and the position of the deck-line and load lines corresponds with the position specified in the certificate, the ship shall be deemed to be marked as Required by those provisions.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 48. Load Line Conv. Art. 14.
“220a.—(1.) Every load line certificate issued by or under the authority of the Minister shall, unless it is renewed in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2.) of this section, expire at the end of such period, not exceeding five years from the date of its issue, as is specified therein.
(2.) Any load line certificate issued under this Act may, after a survey on each occasion not less effective than the survey required by the load line regulations before the issue of the certificate, be renewed from time to time by the Minister, or by any person authorized by the Minister to issue a load line certificate, for such period (not exceeding five years on any occasion) as the Minister or person thereto authorized by him thinks fit.
(3.) The Minister may cancel any load line certificate issued under this Act, in force in respect of a ship, if he has reason to believe that—
(
a ) material alterations have taken place in the hull or superstructures of the ship which affect the position of the load lines; or(
b ) the fittings and appliances for the protection of openings, the guard rails, the freeing ports or the means of access to the crew’s quarters have not been maintained on the ship in as effective a condition as they were in when the certificate was issued.(4.) The owner of every ship in respect of which a load line certificate has been issued under this Act shall, so long as the certificate remains in force, cause the ship to be surveyed in the prescribed manner once at least in each year after the issue of the certificate, for the purpose of seeing whether the certificate should remain in force, having regard to the last preceding sub-section, and if the ship is not so surveyed the Minister shall cancel the certificate:
Provided that the Minister may, in any particular case, if he thinks fit, extend the period specified in this sub-section.
(5.) Where any load line certificate issued under this Act has expired or been cancelled, the owner or master of the ship to which the certificate relates shall, on demand by the Minister, forthwith deliver up the certificate to him or as he directs.
Penalty: Ten pounds.
(6.) If the owner or master of the ship fails or refuses to deliver up, on demand by the Minister, any expired or cancelled load line certificate relating to the ship, the ship may be detained until the demand has been complied with.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 49.
“221.—(1.) An international load line ship, registered in Australia, shall not proceed to sea unless there is in force, in respect of the ship, a Load Line Convention certificate.
(2.) A local load line ship, registered in Australia, shall not proceed to sea unless there is in force, in respect of the ship, an Australian load line certificate.
(3.) The master of every bad line ship registered in Australia shall produce to the officer of Customs from whom a clearance or transire is demanded, the certificate which is required by this section to be in force when the ship proceeds to sea, and a clearance or transire shall not be granted, and the ship may be detained, until that certificate is so produced.
(4.) The master of any ship which proceeds, or attempts to proceed, to sea in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence.
Penalty: One hundred pounds.
M.S.A. 1933, s. 50 (1).
“221a. When a load line certificate has been issued under this Act in respect of a load line ship registered in Australia—
(
a ) the owner of the ship, on receipt of the certificate, shall forthwith cause it to be framed and posted upon some conspicuous place on board the ship, and to be kept so framed and posted up and legible so long as the certificate remains in force and the ship is in use; and(
b ) the master of the ship, before making any other entry in the official log-book, shall enter therein the particulars as to the position of the deck-line and load lines specified in the certificate.Penalty: Twenty pounds.
M.S.A. 1933, s. 50 (2).
“222.—(1.) Before any load line ship registered in Australia leaves any dock, wharf, harbour or other place for the purpose of proceeding to sea, the master thereof shall—
(
a ) enter in the official log-book such particulars relating to the depth to which the ship is, for the time being, loaded as are prescribed; and(
b ) cause a notice, in the prescribed form and containing such of the said particulars as are prescribed, to be posted up in some conspicuous place on board the ship, and to be kept so posted up and legible until the ship arrives at some other dock, wharf, harbour or place.Penalty: Twenty pounds.
(2.) The regulations may exempt from all or any of the provisions of sub-section (1.) of this section any specified classes of ships, engaged exclusively in the coasting trade.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 52.
“222a.—(1.) The Minister may, at the request of the Government of a country to which the LoadLine Convention applies, issue a Load Line Convention certificate in respect of an international load line ship of that country, if he is satisfied, in like
manner as in the case of a ship registered in Australia, that he can properly issue the certificate, and, where a certificate is issued at such a request, it shall contain a statement that it has been so issued.
(2.) For the purpose of determining the validity in Australia of certificates purporting to have been issued in accordance with the Load Line Convention in respect of Load Line Convention ships not registered in Australia, the Governor-General may make such regulations as appear to him to be necessary for the purpose of giving effect to Article 17 of the Load Line Convention, and for the purposes of the provisions of this Part of this Act relating to Load Line Convention ships not registered in Australia the expression ‘a valid Load Line Convention certificate’ means a certificate complying with such of those regulations as are applicable in the circumstances.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 53.
“223.—(1.) A surveyor may go on board any Load Line Convention ship not registered in Australia, when within any port in Australia, for the purpose of demanding the production of any load line certificate for the time being in force in respect of the ship.
(2.) If a valid Load Line certificate is produced to the surveyor on any such demand, the surveyor’s powers of inspecting the ship with respect to load line shall be limited to seeing—
(
a ) that the ship is not loaded beyond the limits allowed by the certificate;(
b ) that the position of the load lines on the ship corresponds with the position specified in the certificate;(
c )that no material alterations have taken place in the hull or superstructures of the ship which affect the position of the load lines; and(
d ) that the fittings and appliances for the protection of openings, the guard rails, the freeing ports and the means of access to the crew’s quarters have been maintained on the ship in as effective a condition as they were in when the certificate was issued;and for the purposes of such inspection the surveyor shall have all the powers of a surveyor under this Act.
(3.) If it is found on any such inspection that the ship is loaded beyond the limits allowed by the certificate, the ship may be detained and proceedings may be taken against the master or owner thereof under the provisions of this Division relating to the submersion of load lines on ships not registered in Australia.
(4.) If it is found on any such inspection that the load lines on the ship are not in the position specified in the certificate, the ship may be detained until the matter has been, rectified to the satisfaction of the surveyor.
(5.) If it is found on any such inspection that the ship has been so materially altered in respect of the matters referred to in paragraphs (
c ) and (d )of sub-section (2.) of this section, that the ship is manifestly unfit to proceed to sea without danger to human life, the ship shall be deemed to be unseaworthy for the purposes of section two hundred and ten of this Act:Provided that where the ship has been detained under that section, the Minister shall order the ship to be released as soon as he is satisfied that she is fit to proceed to sea without danger to human life.
(6.) If a valid Load Line Convention certificate is not produced to the surveyor on demand as provided in this section, the surveyor shall have the same power of inspecting the ship, for the purpose of seeing that the provisions of this Division have been complied with, as if the ship were a ship registered in Australia.
(7.) For the purposes of this section a ship shall be deemed to be loaded beyond the limits allowed by the certificate if she is so loaded as would submerge in salt water, if the ship had no list, the appropriate load line on each side of the ship, that is to say, the load line appearing by the certificate to indicate the maximum depth to which the ship is for the time being entitled under the Load Line Convention to be loaded.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 54.
“223a. The master of every Load Line Convention ship not registered in Australia shall produce to the officer of Customs from whom a clearance or transire for the ship from any port in Australia is demanded—
(
a ) in a case where clearance is demanded in respect of an international voyage—a valid Load Line Convention certificate; and(
b ) in a case where clearance or transire is demanded in respect of any other voyage—either a valid Load Line Convention certificate or an Australian load line certificate for the time being in force in respect of the ship;and a clearance or transire shall not be granted, and the ship may be detained, until the certificate required by this section is so produced.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 55.
“224. Section one hundred and eighty-eight of this Act and any proclamation issued under that section shall cease to apply to Load Line Convention ships plying on international voyages, in respect of the exemption of those ships from any of the provisions of this Division.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 56.
“224a.—(1.) The provisions of section two hundred and nineteen a of this Act shall subject to the provisions of sub-sections (2.) and (3.) of this section apply to load line ships not registered in Australia, proceeding or attempting to proceed to sea from ports
in Australia, in like manner as they apply to load line ships registered in Australia.
(2.) Section two hundred and nineteen a of this Act shall not apply to a Load Line Convention ship not registered in Australia, if a valid Load Line Convention certificate is produced in respect of the ship.
(3.) Subject to the provisions of the last preceding sub-section, a foreign ship which does not comply with the conditions of assignment, to the extent required in her case by section two hundred and nineteen a, shall be deemed to be unseaworthy for the purpose of section two hundred and ten of this Act.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 57.
“225. The provisions of section two hundred and nineteen b of this Act shall apply to load line ships not registered in Australia, while they are within any port in Australia, in like manner as they apply to load line ships registered in Australia, subject to the following modifications, namely:—
(
a )a Load Line Convention ship shall not be detained, and proceedings shall not be taken against the owner or master thereof, by virtue of that section, except after an inspection by a surveyor as provided in this Division; and(
b ) the expression ‘the appropriate load line’, in relation to any ship not registered in Australia, shall mean—(i) in the case of a Load Line Convention ship in respect of which there is produced on inspection by a surveyor a valid Load Line Convention certificate, the load line appearing by the certificate to indicate the maximum depth to which the ship is for the time being entitled under the Load Line Convention to be loaded; and
(ii) in any other case, the load line which corresponds with the load line indicating the maximum depth to which the ship is, for the time being, entitled under the load line regulations to be loaded, or, if no load line on the ship corresponds with the load line indicating such maximum depth, the lowest load line thereon.
M.S.A. 1932, ss. 46 and 53.
“225a. A surveyor may, for the purpose of seeing that the provisions of this Division have been complied with, inspect any load line ship not registered in Australia (not being a Load Line Convention ship) while within any port in Australia, and for the purpose of any such inspection shall have all the powers of a surveyor under this Act.
M.S.A. 1932. s. 59.
“226.—(1.) The provisions of sections two hundred and twenty and two hundred and twenty a of this Act, relating to the issue, effect, duration, renewal and cancellation of Australian load line certificates, shall apply to load line ships not registered in Australia in like manner as they apply to load line ships registered in Australia, subject to the following modifications, namely:—
(
a ) any such certificate may be issued in respect of an international load line ship in like manner as in respect of a local load line ship, but so that any such certificate issued in respect of a Load Line Convention ship shall only be valid so long as the ship is not plying on international voyages, and shall be endorsed with a statement to that effect, and shall be cancelled by the Minister if he has reason to believe that the ship is so plying; and(
b ) the survey required for the purpose of seeing whether the certificate should remain in force shall take place when required by the Minister.(2.) Where he is satisfied—
(
a ) either—(i) that, by the law in force in any part of His Majesty’s dominions outside Australia provision has been made for the fixing, marking and certifying of load lines on British ships (or any class or description of British ships) registered in that part of His Majesty’s dominions; or
(ii) that such provision has been made by the law in force in any foreign country with respect to ships (or any class or description of ships) of that country, and has also been so made (or it has been agreed that provision shall be so made) for recognizing Australian load line certificates as having the same effect in ports of that country as certificates issued under the said provision; and
(
b ) that the provision for the fixing, marking and certifying of load lines is based on the same principles as the corresponding provisions of this Division and is equally effective;the Governor-General may, by Order, direct that load line certificates issued in pursuance of that provision in respect of British ships (or that class or description of British ships) registered in that part of His Majesty’s dominions, or in respect of ships
(or that class or description of ships) of that foreign country, as the case may be, shall have the same effect, for the purpose of this Division, as Australian load line certificates:
Provided that no Order made under this sub-section shall apply to Load Line Convention ships plying on international voyages.
(3.) Sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (
a )of the last preceding sub-section shall apply with respect to any foreign country in which, for the time being, His Majesty has jurisdiction, as if that country were a part of His Majesty’s dominions.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 60.
“226a. The master of every load line ship (other than a ship registered in Australia or a Load Line Convention ship not registered in Australia) shall produce to the officer of Customs, from whom a clearance or transire for the ship from any port in Australia is demanded, either an Australian load line certificate or a certificate having effect under this Act as such a certificate, being a certificate for the time being in force in respect of the ship, and a clearance or transire shall not be granted, and the ship may be detained, until the certificate required by this section is so produced.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 61; Load Line Conv. Art. 6.
“227.—(1.) The Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, as to the conditions on which timber may be carried in any uncovered space on the deck of any load line ship (which regulations are hereinafter referred to as ‘the timber cargo regulations’).
(2.) The timber cargo regulations shall contain such provision as appears to be necessary for the purpose of giving effect to paragraph 2 of Article 6 of the Load Line Convention, and, subject to such provision, may prescribe generally the conditions on which timber may be carried on the deck of any load line ship either on all voyages or on any particular class of voyages, and either at all seasons or at any particular season, and in particular may prescribe the manner and position in which the timber is to be stowed and the provision which is to be made on the chip for the safety of the crew.
(3.) Subject to sub-section (4.) of this section, if any provision of the timber cargo regulations is contravened in the case of any load line ship registered in Australia the master of the ship shall be guilty of an offence.
Penalty: Five hundred pounds.
(4.) It shall be a good defence, in any proceedings against a master in respect of a contravention of the timber cargo regulations, to prove that the contravention was due solely to deviation or delay, being deviation or delay caused solely by stress of
weather or other circumstances which neither the master nor the owner nor the charterer (if any) could have prevented or forestalled.
(5.) For securing the observance of the timber cargo regulations, a surveyor may inspect any load line ship carrying timber cargo in any uncovered space on her deck, and for that purpose shall have all the powers of a surveyor under this Act.
(6.) The provisions of this section and the timber cargo regulations shall apply to load line ships, not registered in Australia, while they are within any port in Australia, in like manner as they apply to load line ships registered in Australia.”.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 25 (1) and (2).
“229.—(1.) The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing the signals which shall, for the purposes of this Act, be signals of distress and urgency respectively, the circumstances in which any signal of distress or urgency may be used, the circumstances in which it shall be revoked, the speed at which any message sent by wireless telegraphy in connexion with any such signal shall be transmitted and generally making such provision as appears to the Governor-General to be necessary for the purpose of giving effect to Articles 42 and 43 of the Safety Convention and to Article 44 thereof so far as it relates to signals of distress and urgency.
(2.) If the master of a ship, or any other person, uses or displays, or causes or permits any person under his authority to use or display—
(
a ) any signal declared under sub-section (1.) of this section to be a signal of distress or urgency except in the circumstances and for the purposes prescribed; or(
b ) any private signal, whether registered or not, which is liable to be mistaken for any such signal of distress or urgency,he shall be guilty of an offence.
Penalty: Fifty pounds.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 25 (3);
Safety Conv. Art. 42.
“230. If any person uses a signal of distress or urgency in contravention of the provisions of the last preceding section he shall, in addition to any penalty incurred under that section, be liable to pay compensation for any labour undertaken, risk incurred or loss sustained in consequence of the signal having been supposed to be a signal of distress or urgency, and that
compensation may, without prejudice to any other remedy, be recoverable in the same manner as salvage is recoverable under Part VII. of this Act.”.
Cf. M.S.A. 1932, s. 7 (3).
(
a ) by omitting from sub-section (1.) the words “Except as prescribed,” and inserting in their stead the words “Except as provided in this and the next succeeding section,”;(
b ) by adding at the end of sub-section (2.) the following proviso:—“Provided that in no case shall an exemption be granted in respect of a ship engaged on an international voyage except as provided for in Article 27 or Article 28 of the Safety Convention and the Annex to the last-mentioned Article.”;
(
c ) by omitting from paragraph (b ) of sub-section (3.) the word “and”;(
d ) by inserting at the end of sub-section (3.) the following paragraph:—
M.S.A. 1932, s. 7 (1).
“and (
d )the entries to be made by the master in the official log-book relating to the operation of the wireless telegraph installation and the maintenance of the wireless telegraph service.”; and
s. 6 (1).
(
e ) by adding at the end of sub-section (3.) the following sub-sections:—“(3a.) The regulations shall include such requirements as appear to be necessary to implement the provisions of Chapter IV. of the Safety Convention (except in so far as those provisions are otherwise implemented by this Act).
(3b.) The regulations may provide for the exemption from any or all of the requirements of this Division of ships or classes of ships to which the requirements of Chapter IV. of the Safety Convention, relating to wireless telegraphy, do not apply, or which, under that Convention, may properly be exempted from those requirements, and in particular for the exemption of—
(
a ) river and bay ships: and
Nav. (W. T.) Regs.
(
b )limited coast-trade ships which in the course of their voyages do not proceed more than one hundred nautical miles from principal port of departure.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 6 (2); Safety Conv. Art. 47.
(3c.) On and after a date to be proclaimed, being not later than two years after the commencement of this sub-section, the wireless telegraph installation to be provided on passenger steamers of five thousand tons gross tonnage or upwards, engaging on an international voyage, shall include a wireless direction finding apparatus as required by Article 47 and paragraph 17 of Article 31 of the Safety Convention.
Cf. M.S.A. 1932, s. 8.
(3d.) The Minister may appoint any duly qualified officer of the Postmaster-General’s Department to be a wireless telegraphy surveyor for the purposes of this Act.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 9.
(3e.) The survey under this Act for—
(
a ) a safety certificate,(
b ) a certificate of survey, or(
c ) a certificate of equipment,of a ship required by this section to be provided with a wireless telegraph installation shall include a survey by a wireless telegraphy surveyor.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 19 (1).
(3f.) A Safety Convention ship not registered in Australia, in respect of which is produced a valid Safety Convention certificate showing that the ship is wholly exempt from the provisions of the Safety Convention relating to wireless telegraphy, shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.
(3g.) Notwithstanding anything contained in the last preceding sub-section—
(
a ) a wireless telegraphy surveyor may inspect the ship for the purpose of seeing that the wireless telegraph installation and the number of certificated operators and watchers carried on the ship correspond substantially with the particulars stated in the certificate; and(
b ) if it appears to him that the installation or the number of operators and watchers does not correspond substantially with those particulars, and that in consequence the ship cannot proceed to sea without danger to the passengers and crew, he shall give notice in writing to the master pointing out the deficiency and stating what in his opinion is requisite to remedy the deficiency, and thereupon the Deputy Director may detain the ship until the deficiency has been made good:Provided that in the case of a foreign ship, notice of the detention of the ship shall be given to the nearest consul of the country to which the ship belongs.”.
M.S.A. 1932, s. 13.
“231a.—(1.) If the Minister is satisfied that a ship registered in Australia (other than a passenger steamship or a ship for which a certificate of survey or a safety certificate is required) complies with the requirements of the Safety Convention relating to wireless telegraphy, he may issue to the owner of the ship a wireless telegraphy certificate, in the prescribed form, stating that the ship complies with these requirements.
(2.) Where any ship is exempted from any of the requirements of the Safety Convention relating to wireless telegraphy, or where a ship to which the Safety Convention does not apply is exempted from any requirements of this Division, the Minister, on application by the owner of the ship, may issue an exemption certificate in the prescribed form, stating that the ship is so exempted and specifying the voyages and conditions (if any) on which the ship is so exempted.”.
The ship is to have a forecastle of at least standard height and at least 7 per cent, of the length of the ship, and, in addition, a poop, or a raised quarter deck with a strong steel hood or deck house fitted aft.
Machinery casings on the freeboard deck are to be protected by a superstructure of at least standard height, unless the machinery casings are of sufficient strength and height to permit of the carriage of timber alongside.
Double bottom tanks where fitted within the midship half length of the ship are to have adequate longitudinal subdivision.
The ship must be fitted either with permanent bulwarks at least 3 ft. 3 in. high, specially stiffened on the upper edge and supported by strong bulwark stays attached to the deck in the way of the beams and provided with necessary freeing ports, or with efficient rails of the same height as the above and of specially strong construction.
Openings to spaces below the freeboard deck are to be securely closed and battened down. All fittings, such as hatchway beams, fore-and-afters, and covers, are to be in place. Where hold ventilation is needed, the ventilators are to be efficiently protected.
The wells on the freeboard deck are to be filled with timber stowed as solidly as possible, to at least the standard height of a bridge.
On a ship within a seasonal winter zone in winter, the height of the deck cargo above the freeboard deck is not to exceed one-third of the extreme breadth of the ship.
All timber deck cargo is to be compactly stowed, lashed and secured. It must not interfere in any way with the navigation and necessary work of the ship, or with the provision of a safe margin of stability at all stages of the voyage, regard being given to additions of weight, such as those due to absorption of water and to losses of weight such as those due to consumption of fuel and stores.
Safe and satisfactory access to the quarters of the crew, to the machinery space and to all other parts used in the necessary work of the ship, is to be available at all times. Deck cargo in way of openings which give access to such parts is to be so stowed that the openings can be properly closed and secured against the admission of water. Efficient protection for the crew in the form of guard rails or life lines, spaced not more than 12 inches apart vertically, is to be provided on each side of the deck cargo to a height of at least 4 feet above the cargo. The cargo is to be made sufficiently level for gangway purposes.
Steering arrangements are to be effectively protected from damage by cargo, and, as far as practicable, are to be accessible. Efficient provision is to be made for steering in the event of a breakdown in the main steering arrangements.
Uprights when required by the nature of the timber are to be of adequate strength and may be of wood or metal; the spacing is to be suitable for the length and character of timber carried, but is not to exceed 10 feet. Strong angles or metal sockets efficiently secured to the stringer plate or equally efficient means are to be provided for securing the uprights.
Schedule VII.—
Timber deck cargo is to be efficiently secured throughout its length by independent overall lashings spaced not more than 10 feet apart.
Eye plates for these lashings are to be riveted to the sheerstrake at intervals of not more than 10 feet, the distance from an end bulkhead of a superstructure to the first eye plate being not more than 6 feet 6 inches. Additional eye plates may be fitted on the stringer plate.
Overall lashings are to be in good condition and are to be not less than inch close link chain or flexible wire rope of equivalent strength, fitted with sliphooks and stretching screws, which are to be accessible at all times. Wire rope lashings are to have a short length of long link chain to permit the length of lashings to be regulated.
When timber is in lengths less than 12 feet, the spacing of the lashings is to be reduced to suit the length of timber or other suitable provision made.
When the spacing of the lashings is 5 feet or less, the size of the lashing may be reduced, but not less than -in. chain or equivalent wire rope is to be used.
All fittings required for securing the lashings are to be of strength corresponding to the strength of the lashings.
On superstructure decks, uprights, where fitted, are to be about 10 feet apart and are to be secured by athwartship lashings of ample strength.
Plans showing the fittings and arrangements for stowing and securing timber deck cargoes in compliance with the foregoing conditions and regulations are to be submitted to the Assigning Authority.
freeboard.
Where the Assigning Authority is satisfied that the ship is suitable and that the conditions and arrangements are at least equal to the foregoing requirements for the carriage of timber deck cargo, the Summer freeboards computed in accordance with the Rules and Tables in Part III. may be modified to give special timber freeboards, by substituting the following percentages for those in Rule LIII. :—
Total Effective Length of Superstructures.
— | 0 | .1L | .2L | .3L | .4L | .5L | .6L | .7L | .8L | .9L | 1.0L |
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
All types................. | 20 | 30.75 | 41.5 | 52.25 | 63 | 69.25 | 75.5 | 81.5 | 87.5 | 93.75 | 100 |
The Winter Timber freeboard is to be obtained by adding to the Summer Timber freeboard one-third of an inch per foot of the moulded Summer Timber draught.
The Winter North Atlantic Timber freeboards are the Winter North Atlantic freeboards prescribed in Rule LXV.
The Tropical Timber freeboard is to be obtained by deducting from the Summer Timber freeboard one-quarter of an inch per foot of the moulded Summer Timber draught.
Part VI.—Load Lines for Tankers.
definition.
The marks on the ship’s sides are to be as provided in the figure in Rule IV.
upplementaty conditions of assignment for deeper loading.
The structure of the ship is to be of sufficient strength for the increased draught corresponding to the freeboard assigned.
Schedule VII.—
The ship is to have a forecastle of which the length is not less than 7 per cent. of the length of the ship and the height is not less than the standard height.
The openings in machinery casings on the freeboard deck are to be fitted with steel doors. The casings are to be protected by an enclosed poop or bridge of at least standard height, or by a deck house of equal height and of equivalent strength. The bulkheads at the ends of these structures are to be of the scantlings required for bridge front bulkheads. All entrances to the structures from the freeboard deck are to be fitted with effective closing appliances and the sills are to be at least 18 inches above the deck. Exposed machinery casings on the superstructure deck are to be of substantial construction, and all openings in them are to be fitted with steel closing appliances permanently attached to the casings and capable of being closed and secured from both sides; the sills of such openings are to be at least 15 inches above the deck. Fiddley openings are to be as high above the superstructure deck as is reasonable and practicable and are to have strong steel covers permanently attached in their proper positions.
An efficiently constructed permanent gangway of sufficient strength for its exposed position is to be fitted fore and aft at the level of the superstructure deck between the poop and midship bridge, and when crew are berthed forward, from the bridge to the forecastle, or other equivalent means of access may be provided to carry out the purpose of the gangway, such as passages below deck.
Safe and satisfactory access from the gangway level to the quarters of the crew, the machinery space and all other parts used in the necessary work of the ship, is to be available at all times. This rule does not apply to pump rooms entered from the freeboard deck, when fitted with Class 1 closing appliances.
All hatchways on the freeboard deck and on the deck of expansion trunks are to be closed watertight by efficient steel covers.
Ventilators to spaces below the freeboard deck are to be of ample strength or are to be protected by superstructures or equally efficient means.
Ships with bulwarks are to have open rails fitted for at least half the length of the exposed portion of the weather deck or other effective freeing arrangements. The upper edge of the sheer strake is to be kept as low as practicable, and preferably not higher than the upper edge of the gunwale bar.
Where superstructures are connected by trunks, open rails are to be fitted for the whole length of the weather portions of the freeboard deck.
Plans showing proposed fittings and arrangements are to be submitted to the Assigning Authority for approval.
FREEBOARD.
When the Assigning Authority is satisfied that the foregoing requirements are fulfilled, the Summer freeboard may be computed from the Table for Tankers; all corrections except those for flush-deck steamers, detached superstructures, excess sheer, and winter voyages across the North Atlantic are to be made in accordance with Part III. of the Rules.
Schedule VII.—
When the total effective length of superstructure is less than 1.0 L, the deduction is a percentage of that for a superstructure of length 1.0 L, and is obtained from the following table:—
total effective length of superstructures.
— | 0 | .1 L | .2L | .3L | .4 L | .5 L | .6 L | .7 L | .8 L | .9 L | 1.0 L |
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
All types............ | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 31 | 41 | 52 | 63 | 75.3 | 87.7 | 100 |
Where
the sheer is greater than the standard, the correction for excess sheer (
The minimum freeboard for voyages across the North Atlantic, north of latitude 38° N., during the winter months, is the Winter Freeboard plus an addition at a rate of 1 inch per 100 feet in length.
L in Feet. | Freeboard in Inches. | L in Feet. | Freeboard in Inches |
190 | 21.5 | 400 | 62.5 |
200 | 23.1 | 410 | 64.9 |
210 | 24.7 | 420 | 67.4 |
220 | 26.3 | 430 | 69.9 |
230 | 28.0 | 440 | 72.5 |
240 | 29.7 | 450 | 75.1 |
250 | 31.5 | 460 | 77.7 |
260 | 33.3 | 470 | 80.2 |
270 | 35.2 | 480 | 82.7 |
280 | 37.1 | 490 | 85.1 |
290 | 39.1 | 500 | 87.5 |
300 | 41.1 | 510 | 89.8 |
310 | 43.1 | 520 | 92.1 |
320 | 45.1 | 530 | 94.3 |
330 | 47.1 | 540 | 96.5 |
340 | 49.2 | 550 | 98.6 |
350 | 51.3 | 560 | 100.7 |
360 | 53.5 | 570 | 102.7 |
370 | 55.7 | 580 | 104.6 |
380 | 57.9 | 590 | 106.5 |
390 | 60.2 | 600 | 108.4 |
Ships above 600 feet are to be dealt with by the Administration.
Schedule VII.—
Annex II.
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BOUNDARIES OF THE ZONES AND SEASONAL AREAS.
Zones.
The following regions are to be Included in the “Tropical” zone:—
(1)
The Suez Canal, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, from Port Said to the meridian of 45° E., Aden and Berbers, to be considered as being on the boundary line of the “Tropical” zone and the “Seasonal Tropical” area 2 (b ).(2)
The Persian Gulf to the meridian of 59° E.
The remaining areas constitute the “Summer” Zones.
Schedule VII.—
The following areas are Seasonal Tropical Areas:—
1.
Tropical: 1st November to 15th July.
Summer: 16th July to 31st October.
2.
(
a )North of lat. 24°N. Karachi is to be considered as being on the boundary line of this area and the .seasonal Tropical area (
b ) below.Tropical: 1st
August to 20th May.Summer: 21st May to 31st July.
(
b )South of lat. 24°N.’ Tropical: 1st December to 20th May, and 16th September to 15th October.
Summer: 21st May to 15th September and 16th October to 30th November.
3.
Tropical: 16th December to 15th April.
Summer: 16th April to 15th December.
4.
Hong Kong and Sual to be considered as being on the boundary of the “Seasonal Tropical” and “Summer” zones.
Tropical: 21st January to 30th April.
Summer: 1st May to 20th January.
5.
(
a ) An area bounded on the north by the parallel of lat. 25° N., on the west by the meridian of 160° E., on the south by the parallel of lat. 13° N., and in the east by the meridian of 130° W.Tropical: 1st April to 31st October.
Summer: 1st November to 31st March.
(
b ) An area bounded on the north and east by the coast of California, Mexico and Central America, on the west by the meridian of 120° W. and by a rhumb line from the point lat. 30° N., long. 120° W., to the point lat. 13° N., long. 105° W., and on the south by the parallel of lat 13° N.Tropical: 1st March to 30th June and 1st to 30th November.
Summer: 1st July to 31st October and 1st December to 28th/29th February.
6.
(
a ) An area bounded on the north by the parallel of lat. 11° S., on the west by the east coast of Australia, on the south by the parallel of lat. 20° S., and on the east by the meridian of 175° E.; together with the Gulf of Carpentaria south of lat. 11° S.Tropical: 1st April to 30th November.
Summer: 1st December to 31st March.
(
b ) An area bounded on the west by the meridian of 150° W., on the south by the parallel of lat. 20° S., and on the north and east by the rhumb line forming the southern boundary of the “Tropical” zone.Tropical: from 1st March to 30th November.
Summer: from 1st December to 28th/29th February.
Schedule VII.—
The following are “Seasonal Winter” areas: —
(
a ) In the area within and to the Northwards of the following line:—A line drawn south from the coast of Greenland at long. 50° W. to lat. 45° N., thence along the parallel of lat. 45° N. to the meridian of 15° W., thence north to lat. 60° N., thence along the parallel of lat. 60° N. to the west coast of Norway, Bergen to be considered as being on the boundary line of this area and area (
b ) below.Winter from 16th October to 15th April.
Summer from 16th April to l5th October.
(
b ) An area outside area (a ) above and north of the parallel of lat. 36° N.Winter from 1st November to 31st March.
Summer from 1st April to 31st October.
Baltic (bounded by the parallel of latitude of the Skaw) —Winter from 1st November to 31st March.
Summer from 1st April to 31st October.
Winter from 16th December to 15th March.
Summer from 16th March to 15th December.
Winter from 16th October to 15th April.
Summer from 16th April to 15th October.
Winter from 1st December to 28th/29th February.
Summer from 1st March to 30th November.
Winter from 16th April to 15th October.
Summer from 16th October to 15th April
Annex III.
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INTERNATIONAL LOAD LINE CERTIFICATE.
Issued under the authority of the Government of........................ under the provisions of the International Load Line Convention, 1930.
Distinctive Number
or Letters
Ship................................................................
Port of Registry...............................................
Gross Tonnage................................................
Tropical.................................................................................. | ( | above ( |
Summer.................................................................................. | ( | Upper edge of line through centre of disc. |
Winter | (c) | below
( |
Winter in North Atlantic.......................................................... | ( | below
( |
Allowance for fresh water for all freeboards.................................................................................... | ||
Schedule VII.—
The upper edge of the deck line from which these freeboards are measured is...................... …...
inches above the top of the............................... deck at side.
This is to certify that this ship has been surveyed and the freeboards and load lines shown above have been assigned in accordance .with the Convention.
This certificate remains in force until………………………………………………………………
Issued at...................................................on the.....................................day of................................
The provisions of the Convention being fully complied with by this ship, this certificate is renewed till.....................................................................................................................
Place.......................................................................Date………………………………………….....
Signature or Seal and description of authority.
The provisions of the Convention being fully complied with by this ship, this certificate is renewed till.................................................................................................................................................
Place.......................................................................Date………………………………………….....
Signature or Seal and description of authority.
The provisions of the Convention being fully complied with by this ship, this certificate is renewed till.................................................................................................................................................
Place.......................................................................Date………………………………………….....
Signature or Seal and description of authority.
* See back.
Annex IV.
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TITLES OF LOAD LINE LAWS AND RULES REGARDED AS EQUIVALENT TO THE BRITISH BOARD OF TRADE RULES. 1906.
Australia.
Part IV. of the Navigation Act 1912–1920, and Navigation (Load Line) Regulations of the 17th December, 1924.
Belgium.
Loi sur la sécurité des navires (7 decembre 1920).
Chile.
Reglamento para el trazado del disco marcas y linea oficial de cargulo de las naves mercantes (Decree No. 1896 of the 12th November, 1919).
Denmark.
Merchant Shipping (Inspection of Ships) Act of the 29th March, 1920, with later amendments.
Rules and Tables of Freeboard for Ships, dated the 30th September, 1909 as amended by Notification of the 25th July, 1918.
Schedule VII.—
France.
Loi du 17 avril 1907, arrêté du 5 septembre 1908. Décret du 21 septembre 1908. Autre décret du 21 septembre 1908 modifie par le décret du 1* septembre 1925. Décret du 12 mai 1927. Décret du 17 janvier 1928.
Germany.
Vorschriften der See-Berufsgenossenschaft fiber den Freibord fur Dampfer und Segelschiffe, Ausgabe 1908.
Hong Kong.
Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance (No. 10 of 1899), as amended by Ordinances Nos. 31 of 1901, 2 of 1903, 5 of 1905, 16 of 1906, 9 of 1909, and 6 of 1910.
Iceland.
Law No. 58 of the 14th June, 1929, Sections 25-26.
India.
Indian Merchant Shipping Act, 1923.
Italy.
Regole e tavole per assignazione del “Bordo Libero” approved by decree dated the 1st February, 1929—VII. of the Italian Minister for Communications.
Prior to 1929—British Board of Trade Rules, 1906.
Japan.
Ship Load Line Law [Law No. 2 of the 10th year of Taisho (1821)] and the Rules and Regulations relating thereto.
Netherlands.
Decree of the 22nd September, 1909 (Official Journal No. 315).
Netherlands Indies.
Netherlands Decree of the 22nd September, 1909 (Official Journal No. 315).
New Zealand.
British Board of Trade Rules, 1906.
Norway.
Norwegian Freeboard Rules and Tables of 1909.
Portugal.
Decree No. 11,210 of the 18th July, 1925, and Regulations and Instructions relating thereto.
Spain.
Reglamento para el Trazado del Disco y Marcas de Maxima Carga de los buques marchantes, 1914.
Straits Settlements.
British Board of Trade Rules, 1906.
Sweden.
Rules and Tables of Freeboard approved by decree of the 21st May, 1910.
United Kingdom.
Board of Trade Rules, 1906.
United States of America.
British Board of Trade Rules, 1906.
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Rules and Regulations relating to the Load Lines of seagoing merchant vessels, published by Register of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1928.
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