Navigation (Miscellaneous Equipment) Regulations (Cth)
NAVIGATION (MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS
- Reprinted as at 31 July 1981 (HISTREG CHAP 128 #DATE 31:07:1981)
- Reprinted as at 31 July 1981 (HISTREG CHAP 128 #DATE 31:07:1981)
*1* The Navigation (Miscellaneous Equipment) Regulations (in force under the
54 as amended by the other Statutory Rules specified in the following table:
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Date of Application,
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Year and notification Date of or transitional
number in Gazette commencement provisions
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1963 No. 97 24 Oct 1963 24 Oct 1963 R. 3
1968 No. 36 20 Mar 1968 20 Mar 1968 -
1976 No. 118 15 June 1976 15 June 1976 -
1977 No. 189 24 Oct 1977 24 Oct 1977 -
1980 No. 209 24 July 1980 24 July 1980 -
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NAVIGATION (MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS - TABLE OF PROVISIONS TABLE
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Barometers
4. Chronometers
5. Anchors, chain cables, hawsers and warps
6. Accommodation ladders and gangways
7. Use of accommodation ladders, &c., on Australian ships
8. Use of accommodation ladders, &c., on foreign ships
9. Safety nets
10. Use of safety nets
11. Depth-sounding devices
12. International Code flags
13. (Repealed)
14. Signalling lamp
15. Pilot ladders
15A. Use of pilot ladders
15B. Application
15C. Indicator system for ship closing appliances
15D. Propeller speed and pitch indicator
16. Class IV ships
17. Ship to be equipped in accordance with these Regulations
18. Exemption of certain ships
19. Equivalents
SCHEDULE
SPECIFICATIONS FOR INDICATOR SYSTEM FOR A CLASS I SHIP OR A CLASS II SHIP HAVING A CLOSING APPLIANCE
NAVIGATION (MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS - SECT. 1.
Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Navigation (Miscellaneous Equipment) Regulations.*1*
See notes to first article of this CHAPTER.
NAVIGATION (MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS - SECT. 2.
InterpretationSub-reg. (1) amended by 1976 No. 118 r. 1; 1977 No. 189 r. 1
2. (1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears-
''Class I ship'' means a passenger steamship registered in Australia or engaged in the coasting trade, other than a Class IV ship;
''Class II ship'' means a cargo steamship registered in Australia or engaged in the coasting trade, other than a Class IV ship;
''Class III ship'' means a sailing ship (whether fitted with a mechanical auxiliary means of propulsion or not) registered in Australia or engaged in the coasting trade;
''Class IV ship'' means a steamship engaged in trading only on the River Murray and its tributaries;
''closing appliance'' means a door, or other closing device, designed to prevent, when closed and secured, the entry of water into a ship through a cargo port or similar opening in the bow, stern, side or superstructure of the ship;
''the Act'' means the Navigation Act 1912.
Amended by 1977 No. 189 r. 1
(2) Where a word or phrase used in these Regulations is defined in section 187A of the Act, that word or phrase as so used shall, unless the contrary intention appears, have the meaning given to it in that section.
(3) In these Regulations, a reference to the tonnage of a ship shall be read as a reference to the gross registered tonnage of the ship.
NAVIGATION (MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS - SECT. 3.
Barometers
3. A ship that is a Class I ship, a Class II ship or a Class III ship shall be provided with a barometer.
NAVIGATION (MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS - SECT. 4.
Chronometers
4. (1) Subject to this regulation, a ship that is a Class I ship, a Class II ship or a Class III ship shall be provided with a chronometer.
(2) The last preceding sub-regulation does not apply to a Class II ship or a Class III ship if the ship is a limited coast-trade ship of less than three hundred tons.
Amended by 1963 No. 97 r. 2
(3) Where, in regard to a ship that is a limited coast-trade ship of less than one thousand six hundred tons, the Minister is satisfied that the nature of the trade in which the ship is engaged renders compliance with the requirement of sub-regulation (1) of this regulation unnecessary, he may, by writing under his hand, exempt the ship from that requirement.
NAVIGATION (MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS - SECT. 5.
Anchors, chain cables, hawsers and warpsAmended by 1963 No. 97 r. 2
5. A ship that is a Class I ship, a Class II ship or a Class III ship shall be provided with anchors, chain cables, hawsers and warps in such numbers, and of such weight and strength, as the Minister determines having regard to the size and intended service of the ship.
NAVIGATION (MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS - SECT. 6.
Accommodation ladders and gangways
6. (1) A Class I ship of not less than five hundred tons shall be provided with an accommodation ladder fitted on each side of the ship.
(2) A ship that is-
(a) a Class I ship of less than five hundred tons; or
(b) a Class II ship, a Class III ship or a Class IV ship,
shall be provided with-
(c) an accommodation ladder fitted on each side of the ship; or
(d) a gangway capable of being used on either side of the ship.
Amended by 1977 No. 189 r. 2
(3) An accommodation ladder or a gangway provided in accordance with this regulation-
(a) shall be at least twenty-two inches wide;
(b) shall be furnished with steps or transverse treads at suitable stepping intervals; and
(c) shall be so equipped with handrails as to permit its use for its intended purpose without contravening the next succeeding regulation.
NAVIGATION (MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS - SECT. 7.
Use of accommodation ladders, &c., on Australian shipsSub-reg. (1) amended by 1968 No. 36 r. 3
7. (1) The master of a ship to which this regulation applies shall not permit the use of a gangway or an accommodation ladder provided in the ship (other than an accommodation ladder to which the next succeeding sub-regulation applies) unless the gangway or ladder is furnished along the whole length of one side with a handrail of a prescribed type and along the whole length of the other side with a handrail of a prescribed type.
Penalty: Two hundred dollars.
Amended by 1968 No. 36 r. 3
(2) The master of a ship to which this regulation applies shall not permit the use of an accommodation ladder one side of which is resting against the side of the ship unless the ladder is furnished along the whole length of its other side with a handrail of a prescribed type.
Penalty: Two hundred dollars.
(3) For the purposes of this regulation, each of the following types of handrail is a prescribed type of handrail:
(a) a fixed handrail consisting of rails not more than two feet apart, the upper rail being not less than three feet six inches above the level of the gangway or accommodation ladder; and
(b) a removable handrail consisting of taut ropes or chains not more than two feet apart, the upper rope or chain being not less than three feet six inches above the level of the gangway or accommodation ladder, supported by stanchions not more than six feet six inches apart, each stanchion being fitted with means to prevent accidental dislodgement.
(4) This regulation applies to Class I ships, Class II ships, Class III ships and Class IV ships.
NAVIGATION (MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS - SECT. 8.
Use of accommodation ladders, &c., on foreign shipsSub-reg. (1) amended by 1968 No. 36 r. 3
8. (1) The master of a ship to which this regulation applies shall not permit the use of a gangway or accommodation ladder on the ship (other than an accommodation ladder to which the next succeeding sub-regulation applies) unless the gangway or ladder is furnished along the whole length of each side with an adequate handrail.
Penalty: Two hundred dollars.
Amended by 1968 No. 36 r. 3
(2) The master of a ship to which this regulation applies shall not permit the use of an accommodation ladder one side of which is resting against the side of the ship unless the ladder is furnished along the whole length of its other side with an adequate handrail.
Penalty: Two hundred dollars.
(3) In this regulation, ''adequate handrail'' means a handrail that, in the opinion of a surveyor, is as adequate as-
(a) in the case of a fixed handrail-a handrail of the type specified in paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (3) of the last preceding regulation; or
(b) in the case of a removable handrail-a handrail of the type specified in paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (3) of the last preceding regulation.
(4) This regulation applies to ships in ports in Australia other than ships to which the last preceding regulation applies.
NAVIGATION (MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS - SECT. 9.
Safety nets
9. (1) This regulation applies to Class I ships, Class II ships and Class III ships and to any other ships that are in ports in Australia.
(2) A safety net that complies with the requirements of this regulation shall be provided for each accommodation ladder or gangway carried on board a ship to which this regulation applies.
(3) A safety net shall be approximately eighteen feet in length and approximately eight feet in width and shall be made of rope not less than one and one-half inches in circumference.
(4) A side of the mesh of a safety net shall not exceed seven and one-half inches in length and each mesh shall be securely seized at each corner.
(5) A rope of not less than one and one-half inches in circumference and of adequate length shall be fitted at each corner of the net.
NAVIGATION (MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS - SECT. 10.
Use of safety nets
10. (1) The master of a ship shall not permit the use of an accommodation ladder suspended in the tackles, and resting against the side, of the ship unless a safety net provided in accordance with the last preceding regulation is in place beneath the lower end of the ladder in a position calculated to protect from injury a person who may fall from the ladder.
(2) The master of a ship shall not permit the use of a gangway or an accommodation ladder (other than an accommodation ladder to which the last preceding sub-regulation applies) unless a safety net provided in accordance with the last preceding regulation is in place beneath the upper end of the gangway or ladder in a position calculated to protect from injury a person who may fall from the gangway or ladder.
Penalty amended by 1968 No. 36 r. 3
Penalty: One hundred dollars.
NAVIGATION (MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS - SECT. 11.
Depthsounding devices
11. (1) A ship that is a Class I ship, a Class II ship or a Class III ship shall be provided with two hand lead lines each at least twenty-five fathoms in length and each having a lead weighing at least seven pounds.
(2) A ship that is-
(a) a Class I ship;
(b) a Class II ship of not less than five hundred tons; or
(c) a Class III ship of not less than five hundred tons,
shall be provided with a mechanical depth-sounding device, together with such accessories and spare parts as are sufficient, in the judgment of a surveyor, having regard to the type of device and to the trade of the ship, to enable the device to be maintained in working order at all times while the ship is at sea.
(3) Where a ship of less than five hundred tons, being a Class II ship or a Class III ship, is not provided with a mechanical depth-sounding device, the ship shall be provided with-
(a) a deep-sea lead line at least one hundred and twenty fathoms in length;
(b) two leads each weighing twenty-eight pounds; and
(c) a suitable reel.
NAVIGATION (MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS - SECT. 12.
International Code flags
12. A ship that is a Class I ship, a Class II ship or a Class III ship shall be provided with a set of flags of the International Code and a code book corrected to date.
Regulation 13 repealed by 1980 No. 209
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NAVIGATION (MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS - SECT. 14.
Signalling lampSubstituted by 1968 No. 36 r. 1
14. (1) A ship (other than a ship referred to in the next succeeding sub-regulation) shall be provided with-
(a) a morse-signalling lamp; or
(b) a daylight-signalling lamp of a type approved by the Minister.
(2) A ship registered in Australia, being a ship of over 150 tons, that is engaged on an international voyage shall be provided with a daylight-signalling lamp of a type approved by the Minister.
NAVIGATION (MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS - SECT. 15.
Pilot laddersSubstituted by 1968 No. 36 r. 1
15. (1) A ship shall be provided with a pilot ladder that complies with the following sub-regulations of this regulation.
(2) The ladder shall be of a length that is not less than the distance between the place where access to the ship is provided for the pilot and the waterline at the lightest possible draught of the ship immediately below that place.
(3) Where the distance referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation is more than thirty feet, an accommodation ladder shall be provided of such a length that the distance between the foot of the accommodation ladder and the waterline at the lightest possible draught of the ship immediately below the foot of the accommodation ladder is not more than thirty feet.
(4) The treads of the ladder shall be not less than nineteen inches long, four and one-half inches wide and one inch deep and shall be spaced not less than twelve inches or more than fifteen inches apart.
(5) The side ropes of the ladder shall consist of two manila ropes, each of which shall be not less than two and a quarter inches in circumference.
(6) The ladder shall be secured so that each tread is horizontal and rests firmly against the ship's side and, if necessary, spreaders shall be provided to prevent twisting.
(7) Where the construction of a ship makes it impossible to secure the ladder so that each tread rests firmly against the ship's side, the ladder shall be so secured that as many steps of the ladder as possible rest firmly against the ship's side.
(8) Handholds shall be provided at the head of the pilot ladder or, where an accommodation ladder is provided in accordance with sub-regulation (3) of this regulation, at the foot of the accommodation ladder.
(9) A ship shall be provided, for use in connexion with a pilot ladder, with-
(a) two man-ropes, of the same length as the ladder and not less than two and one-half inches in circumference; and
(b) a safety line.
(10) The man-ropes shall be secured, one on each side of the ladder, when it is rigged.
(11) The Minister may, if he considers that a ship has such a freeboard that the provision of a pilot ladder is unnecessary, by writing under his hand, exempt the ship from the requirements of this regulation.
NAVIGATION (MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS - SECT. 15A.
Use of pilot laddersInserted by 1968 No. 36 r. 1
15A. (1) The master of a ship shall ensure that the pilot ladder is rigged, and its use is, under the supervision of a deck officer.
(2) The master of a ship shall ensure that the pilot ladder is not used, except in an emergency, by persons other than pilots and officials.
(3) The master of a ship shall ensure that the pilot ladder is rigged clear of any possible discharges from the ship.
(4) The master of a ship shall ensure that a light capable of shining over the side is available at the position at which the pilot ladder is rigged and that the light is illuminated if the pilot ladder is rigged at night.
Penalty: Two hundred dollars.
NAVIGATION (MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS - SECT. 15B.
ApplicationInserted by 1968 No. 36 r. 1
15B. A reference in the last three preceding regulations to a ship is a reference to a Class I ship, a Class II ship or a Class III ship.
NAVIGATION (MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS - SECT. 15C.
Indicator system for ship closing appliancesInserted by 1976 No. 118 r. 2
15C. A Class I ship or a Class II ship that has a closing appliance shall be fitted with an indicator system consisting of such visual indicators and aural alarms as are required in accordance with the specifications in the Schedule.
NAVIGATION (MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS - SECT. 15D.
Propeller speed and pitch indicatorInserted by 1977 No. 189 r. 3
15D. A Class I ship, or a Class II ship, of not less than 500 tons shall be provided with an instrument that-
(a) indicates, in respect of each main propulsion propeller with which the ship is fitted-
(i) the number of revolutions per minute of the propeller and the direction of its rotation; and
(ii) where the propeller is a controllable pitch propeller-the pitch setting of the propeller; and
(b) can be read clearly by a person engaged in navigating the ship.
NAVIGATION (MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS - SECT. 16.
Class IV shipsAmended by 1963 No. 97 r. 2
16. A Class IV ship shall be provided with such safety appliances in addition to the equipment required to be provided in a Class IV ship by the other provisions of these Regulations as, in the opinion of the Minister are necessary for the safety of the ship.
NAVIGATION (MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS - SECT. 17.
Ship to be equipped in accordance with these RegulationsAmended by 1968 No. 36 r. 3
17. The master of a ship that is a Class I ship, a Class II ship or a Class III ship shall not take the ship to sea unless the ship is provided with equipment in accordance with these Regulations.
Penalty: Two hundred dollars.
NAVIGATION (MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS - SECT. 18.
Exemption of certain shipsAdded by 1968 No. 36 r. 2
18. Where-
(a) a ship, other than a nuclear ship, is engaged on voyages other than international voyages; or
(b) the keel of the ship was laid before the date of commencement of these Regulations,
the Minister may, if he is satisfied that the requirements of these Regulations are unreasonable having regard to the ship and its equipment, exempt the ship from complying with the provisions of these Regulations to the extent specified by him.
NAVIGATION (MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS - SECT. 19.
EquivalentsAdded by 1968 No. 36 r. 2
19. (1) Where a provision of these Regulations requires a particular fitting, material, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, to be fitted or carried in a ship or a particular provision to be made in a ship, the Minister may allow any other fitting, material, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, to be fitted or carried, or any other provision to be made, if he is satisfied that the other fitting, material, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, or provision, is at least as effective as that required by that provision of these Regulations.
(2) The reference in the last preceding sub-regulation to a fitting, material, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, or provision to be made in a ship shall not be read as including a reference to a fitting, material, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, or provision to be made in a ship in respect of which the Minister may exercise the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 191A of the Act.
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NAVIGATION (MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS - SCHEDULE Added by 1976 No. 118 r. 3
SCH
SCHEDULE
Regulation 15C
SPECIFICATIONS FOR INDICATOR SYSTEM FOR A CLASS I SHIP OR A CLASS II SHIP HAVING A CLOSING APPLIANCE
Visual Indicators
1. In relation to each closing appliance, a ship shall be fitted with such
number of sets of visual indicators as is necessary to ensure that-
(a) a set of visual indicators is located in the area from which the ship is
normally navigated and is clearly visible to the person engaged in navigating
the ship;
(b) a set of visual indicators is located adjacent to the controls for the
operation of the closing appliance and is clearly visible to the person engaged
in operating the closing appliance; and
(c) where the closing appliance is secured by a power operated securing
device-a set of visual indicators is located adjacent to the controls for the
operation of the securing device and is clearly visible to the person engaged in operating the controls.
2. (1) Each set of visual indicators shall consist of 2 indicators and shall
be clearly and permanently labelled to indicate the closing appliance to which
it relates.
(2) Each set of visual indicators shall be clearly and permanently labelled in a manner that indicates that, when one of the indicators is operating, the
closing appliance is ''closed and secured'' and that, when the other indicator
is operating, the closing appliance is ''unsecured''.
(3) The indicator that is required to operate when the closing appliance is
''closed and secured'' shall be capable of operating only when the closing
appliance is closed and secured.
(4) The indicator that is required to operate when the closing appliance is
''unsecured'' shall be capable of operating only when the closing appliance is
open or is closed but not secured.
3. Where a set of visual indicators consists of electric lamps, the lamps
shall-
(a) not be capable of being dimmed to an extent that would cause the lamps to be ineffective as indicators; and
(b) not be capable of being extinguished independently of the operation of
the indicator system.
Aural Alarms
4. (1) In relation to each closing appliance, an aural alarm shall be located
adjacent to each set of visual indicators that relates to the appliance.
(2) Where 2 or more sets of visual indicators relating to one or more closing
appliances are located in close proximity to one another in a single compartment of a ship, the location of one aural alarm in close proximity to those sets of
visual indicators shall be sufficient compliance with the requirement of
sub-paragraph (1) in relation to each of those sets of visual indicators.
5. Each aural alarm shall be fitted in a manner that ensures that the alarm is incapable of being isolated from the operation of any indicator system of which
it forms part.
6. Each aural alarm shall be fitted in a manner that ensures that it will
automatically sound for at least 10 seconds when the closing appliance to which
it relates ceases to be closed and secured.
7. An aural alarm shall be of a kind that, when sounded, is clearly audible
above the maximum sound level that may be expected in the part of the ship in
which the alarm is situated when the ship is being prepared for, or is engaged
on, a voyage.
8. An aural alarm shall not be fitted with a device that permits the volume or tone of the alarm to be adjusted.
Indicator Actuators
9. Each set of visual indicators and each aural alarm, relating to a closing
appliance, shall be actuated by such number of indicator actuators as is
required to be fitted to the closing appliance in accordance with paragraph 10
or 11.
10. A closing appliance fitted with power operated securing devices that
operate in a fixed pre-determined sequence shall be fitted with at least one
indicator actuator.
11. A closing appliance fitted with securing devices that operate otherwise
than in a fixed pre-determined sequence shall be fitted with such number (not
being less than 2) of widely spaced actuators as is sufficient to indicate
whether or not the closing appliance is closed and secured.
12. Where 2 or more indicator actuators are fitted to a closing appliance,
those actuators shall be arranged in series to ensure that all of the actuators
operate before the sets of visual indicators that relate to the closing
appliance indicate that the closing appliance is closed and secured.
13. Cable, piping and other material connecting an indicator actuator to a set of visual indicators or an aural alarm shall be located and protected in a
manner designed to prevent mechanical or other damage to the indicator system.
Components
14. Each component of the indicator system shall-
(a) be of a kind that is suitable for use in a marine environment;
(b) be constructed in a manner that will ensure that the operating capability of the component will not be affected by likely changes in temperature or other
climatic conditions;
(c) be constructed in a manner that will ensure that the component will be
capable of reliable operation over the range of vibrations to which the
component is likely to be subjected; and
(d) where the component is likely to be exposed to direct contact with water,
be constructed in a manner that will ensure that the operating capability of the component will not be affected by contact with water.
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