Navigation (Musters and Drills) Regulations (Cth)
REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1967.
Dated this twentieth
day of March
CASEY
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
(Sgd.) Ian Sinclair
Minister of State for Shipping and Transport.
NAVIGATION (MUSTERS AND DRILLS) REGULATIONS
Part I.—Preliminary.
Part I.—Preliminary (Regulations 1-5).
Part II.—Allotting of Crew and Passengers to Lifeboats and Muster Stations (Regulations 6-14).
Part III.—Practice Musters and Drills (Regulations 15-23).
Part IV.—Certification of Lifeboatmen (Regulation 24).
Part V.—Miscellaneous (Regulations 25-32).
“certificated lifeboatman” means a seaman who holds—
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a )a certificate of efficiency as lifeboatman granted under the Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations;(
b )a certificate of efficiency as lifeboatman granted under these Regulations; or(
c ) a certificate issued or recognized under a law in force in the United Kingdom which corresponds with a certificate referred to in either of the last two paragraphs;
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“efficient boat hand” means a seaman in respect of whom a report has been made under section 67 of the Act stating that he is an efficient boat hand;
“Regional Controller” means a person for the time being performing the duties of an office of Regional Controller, Department of Shipping and Transport;
“the Act” means the
Navigation Act 1912-1967.
(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.) A reference in these Regulations to a Schedule by number shall be read as a reference to the Schedule to these Regulations so numbered.
(4.) A reference in these Regulations to a form by number shall be read as a reference to the form so numbered in the First Schedule.
(2.) These Regulations do not apply to a Safety Convention ship unless the ship is engaged in the coasting trade.
(3.) These Regulations do not apply to river and bay ships.
Part II.—Allotting of Crew and Passengers to Lifeboats and Muster Stations.
(2.) In allotting the members of the crew to the lifeboats, the master shall ensure—
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a )in the case of a passenger ship—that each lifeboat has allotted to it not less than the number of certificated lifeboatmen applicable to the lifeboat as determined in accordance with the following table or where, in a special case, a Regional Controller so permits, not less than such lesser number of certificated lifeboatmen as the Regional Controller specifies:—
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b )in the case of any ship—(i) that not less than three-quarters of the members of the crew allotted to each lifeboat are certificated lifeboatmen or efficient boat hands;
(ii) that a deck officer or a certificated lifeboatman is assigned to take charge of each lifeboat;
(iii) that an officer or other member of the crew is assigned to be second-in-charge of each lifeboat;
(iv) that an engineer officer is allotted to each motor lifeboat;
(v) that a person who is capable of operating the radio installation is allotted to each lifeboat fitted with a radio installation; and
(vi) that a person who is capable of operating the searchlight installation is allotted to each lifeboat fitted with a searchlight installation.
(3.) Where a ship is provided with liferafts, the master of the ship shall allot a member of the crew who is practised in the handling and operation of liferafts to each liferaft.
(2.) As soon as practicable after the engagement of the crew of his ship or of a member of the crew of his ship and before his ship first leaves port after the engagement, the master of the ship shall cause to be entered in the boat station muster book the following particulars in respect of each member or the member, as the case may be, of the crew:—
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a ) the name and rating of the member;(
b )the distinguishing letter and number of the lifeboat to which he has been allotted in accordance with the last preceding regulation;(
c ) the number of the muster badge issued to him in accordance with the next succeeding regulation;(
d )the emergency station assigned to him in accordance with regulation 10 of these Regulations and the date on which that station was assigned to him; and(
e )if the member is a certificated lifeboatman—the number of his certificate.
(3.) Where a seaman ceases to be a member of the crew of a ship, the master of the ship shall cause the seaman’s entry in the boat station muster book to be struck through or erased.
(4.) A member of the crew of a ship in respect of whom an entry is made in the boat station muster book in pursuance of this regulation shall sign the entry.
(2.) A muster badge for the purposes of the last preceding sub-regulation shall—
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a ) be of a type approved by the Minister;(
b )bear in large and legible characters—(i) a number to distinguish it from the muster badges of other seamen on the ship;
(ii) the distinguishing letter and number of the lifeboat to which the seaman has been allotted in accordance with regulation 6 of these Regulations;
(iii) the seaman’s name;
(iv) the name of the ship and the date on which the muster badge was supplied to the seaman; and
(v) if the seaman is a certificated lifeboatman—the number of his certificate; and
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c ) be coloured red when the seaman has been allotted to a lifeboat on the port side of the ship and green when the seaman has been allotted to a lifeboat on the starboard side of the ship.
(3.) A seaman to whom a muster badge is issued shall wear the badge at all drills and musters at which he attends.
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a )particulars of the location and distinguishing letter and number of each lifeboat carried by the ship and the badge number, rating and station of each member of the crew allotted to that lifeboat; and(
b )an index specifying, in relation to the badge number of each member of the crew, the distinguishing letter and number of the lifeboat to which that member has been allotted.
(2.) The master of a ship shall
ensure that the badge numbers of members of the crew in an index referred to in
paragraph (
(3.) Where a ship carries four lifeboats, the boat station list shall be in accordance with Form 1 and where a ship carries a greater or smaller number of lifeboats, the boat station list shall be a list containing such modifications of Form 1 as the circumstances require.
(4.) After the making of an agreement in respect of his ship, or a member of the crew is engaged, and before the ship first leaves port after the making of that agreement or engagement, a master shall cause a new or a revised boat station list to be prepared.
(5.) The master of a ship shall cause copies of the boat station list to be exhibited at all times in the crew’s quarters and in various other parts of the ship so as to be easily visible to the crew.
(2.) The provision to be made in accordance with the last preceding sub-regulation shall be in connexion with the following matters and duties:—
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a )the detection, prevention and extinction of fires;(
b )the fire patrol system (if any) organized in accordance with the Navigation (Fire Appliances) Regulations, including provision for a report to be made to the officer on watch at least once every two hours;(
c ) the dealing with the results of a collision, including matters relating to—(i) the closing of watertight doors, side scuttles, valves and closing mechanism of scuppers, ash shutes and similar contrivances;
(ii) the sounding of bilges and tanks and similar compartments; and
(iii) getting the pumps into action;
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d )the equipping of lifeboats (including portable radio apparatus for survival craft) and the other life-saving appliances that the ship is required to carry;(
e ) the launching of lifeboats and liferafts;(
f ) the general preparation of other life-saving appliances that the ship is required to carry;(
g )the mustering of passengers, including instructions to members of the stewards’ department and other members of the crew in relation to—(i) warning the passengers;
(ii) seeing that the passengers are suitably dressed and have put their lifejackets on properly;
(iii) assembling the passengers at muster stations;
(iv) keeping order in passages and on the stairways and generally controlling the movement of passengers; and
(v) ensuring that a supply of blankets is taken to the lifeboats; and
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h )the assembly and use of rocket line throwing apparatus.
(2.) In preparing the muster list referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation, the master shall specify opposite to the name of a member of the crew specified in the list each of the emergency stations to which the member has been allotted and which of the duties referred to in the last preceding regulation that have been assigned to the member.
(3.) Before his ship first leaves a port at which an agreement in respect of his ship has been made or a member of the crew is engaged the master of the ship shall cause a new or revised muster list to be prepared for the purposes of this regulation.
(4.) The master of a ship shall cause copies of the muster list to be exhibited at all times in the crew’s quarters and in various other parts of the ship so as to be easily visible to the crew.
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a ) make provision for the allotment of the passengers to the lifeboats according to the berths that the passengers occupy;(
b )record that allotment in accordance with Form 3; and(
c ) keep such number of copies of that record as a surveyor requires exhibited at all times in the ship for the information of the members of the crew concerned with the mustering of passengers.
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a ) allot muster stations for the passengers; and(
b ) cause the muster stations to be indicated, to the satisfaction of a surveyor, by painted or other signs so as to be readily seen by day and by night.
Part III.—Practice Musters and Drills.
(2.) A practice muster, for boat drill and fire drill, of the crew shall be held before the ship leaves a port at which the crew of the ship or more than two-thirds of the total number of the crew are engaged.
(3.) A practice muster, for boat drill and fire drill, of the crew of a passenger ship engaged on an international voyage shall be held at the final port of departure in Australia before the ship leaves that port unless a practice muster, for boat drill and fire drill, of the crew has been held at that port in accordance with the last preceding sub-regulation.
(4.) A practice muster, for boat drill and fire drill, of the crew of a passenger ship shall be held at intervals of not more than a week, whether or not a practice muster has been held under either of the last two preceding sub-regulations.
(5.) If more than one quarter of the total number of the crew of a ship (other than a passenger ship) are engaged at a port, a practice muster, for boat drill and fire drill, of the crew shall be held within twenty-four hours after the ship leaves that port.
(6.) A practice muster, for boat drill and fire drill, of the crew of a ship (other than a passenger ship) shall be held at intervals of not more than one month.
(7.) If less than three-quarters of the total number of the crew of a ship take part in a practice muster for boat drill and fire drill, another practice muster for boat drill and fire drill shall be held within the interval then current.
(8.) Where a practice muster, for boat drill and fire drill, of the crew of a cargo ship is held, the master of the ship shall cause an examination of the equipment required by the Navigation (Life-saving Appliances) Regulations to be carried in the lifeboats of the ship to be made by the officer or seaman assigned to take charge of the lifeboat.
(2.) A boat drill shall be conducted in accordance with the procedure specified in the Third Schedule.
(3.) The master of a ship shall be deemed not to have held a boat drill if less than one-half of the crew take part in the drill.
(4.) Boat drills shall be arranged so that each lifeboat carried on the ship is manned, swung out and lowered into the water and its crew exercised in boat drill, at least once in each period of four consecutive months.
(5.) A boat drill shall follow each practice muster of the crew for boat drill and fire drill, except when the ship is at sea.
(6.) Where a ship carries liferafts, the members of the crew of the ship who have taken part in a boat drill shall, immediately after the completion of the boat drill, be instructed in the launching and operation, of liferafts.
(2.) A liferaft drill shall be conducted in accordance with the procedure specified in the Fourth Schedule.
(3.) A master of a ship shall be deemed not to have held a liferaft drill if less than one-half of the crew take part in the drill.
(2.) A fire drill shall be conducted in accordance with the procedure specified in the Fifth Schedule.
(3.) The master of a ship shall be deemed not to have held a fire drill if less than one-half of the crew either take part in the drill or are present to observe and be instructed in the carrying out of the drill.
(4.) Fire drills shall be arranged so that each fire hose and fire hydrant on the ship is tested at least once in each period of six consecutive months.
(2.) Before a practice muster of the passengers is held, the master shall ensure that the passengers are notified of—
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a )the time at which the practice muster is to take place; and(
b )the nature of the signal which will be given to them to attend at the practice muster.
(3.) Where—
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a )passengers are embarked after a practice muster of passengers has been held; or(
b )the voyage between terminal ports is less than one week,
the master shall ensure that the passengers are acquainted with the procedure to be followed by them in an emergency.
(2.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, collision drill shall be held on each day on which a practice muster of the crew for boat drill and fire drill is held.
(3.) The master may, in his discretion, postpone the holding of a collision drill and appoint another day for that drill.
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a ) drill those members of the crew assigned for special duties in connexion with the assembly and use of rocket line throwing apparatus at such times as he thinks fit; and(
b )hold practices with the apparatus—(i) within one week after the making of an agreement in respect of his ship or a new crew or more than two-thirds of the total number of the crew for the ship are engaged; and
(ii) thereafter at intervals of not more than three consecutive months.
(2.) A practice with the rocket line throwing apparatus shall not be held—
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a )except during the hours of daylight; or(
b )in a port where the firing of the rocket would be likely to cause damage to property.
(3.) Unless the master of a tanker or of a ship carrying goods of an inflammable nature otherwise determines, rockets shall not be fired during a drill or practice with the rocket line throwing apparatus of the tanker or ship.
(4.) Nothing in this regulation authorizes or requires a practice with rocket line throwing apparatus that would involve a contravention of any other law.
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a )that the members of the crew become thoroughly conversant with their duties under these Regulations; and(
b )that the members of the crew become trained in the handling and the use of the life-saving appliances and the fire appliances on the ship.
Part IV.—Certification of Lifeboatmen.
(2.) If the person passes the examination, a certificate of efficiency as lifeboatman in accordance with Form 2 in the Twelfth Schedule to the Navigation (Examination of Masters and Mates) Regulations shall be issued to the person.
Part V.—Miscellaneous.
(2.) The emergency signal for a muster of the passengers and crew at their muster stations except in the case of fire is a signal of seven short blasts followed by one long blast on the whistle or siren of the ship.
(3.) The signal for abandon ship is a short blast followed by a long blast on the whistle or siren of the ship, given at least three times in succession.
(4.) Where the ship is provided with electrically operated signals controlled from the bridge and the emergency signal or an abandon ship signal is given, it shall be repeated by means of those signals.
(2.) An entry relating to any failure to hold a muster or drill required to be held under these Regulations shall be made in Part XI. of Form 12 in the Second Schedule to the Navigation (Master and Seamen) Regulations.
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a )the master; and(
b ) in the case of a passenger ship, to each officer or other person who is directly responsible to the master for a department of the ship.
(2.) An officer or other person to whom the owner of a ship has supplied a copy of these Regulations in accordance with the last preceding sub-regulation shall make himself conversant with these Regulations and shall take all necessary measures to ensure that members of the crew who are directly under his control are instructed in the duties they are to perform in the event of an emergency and for the purpose of collision, boat and fire drill.
(2.) Where a person contravenes or fails to comply with a provision of these Regulations (not being a contravention or failure to comply that constitutes an offence against sub-section (1.) or sub-section (2.) of section 235 of the Act), the person is guilty of an offence against these Regulations punishable upon conviction by a fine not exceeding One hundred dollars.
THE SCHEDULES
First Schedule
Form 1. Regulation 9.
Commonwealth of Australia
BOAT STATION LIST
Name of Ship .
Lifeboats on Port Side | Index | Lifeboats on Starboard Side | |||||||||||
P. 1 | P. 2 | Badge No. | Lifeboat | S. 1 | S. 2 | ||||||||
Forward Boat Deck | Aft Boat Deck | Forward Boat Deck | Aft Boat Deck | ||||||||||
Badge No. | Rating | Station | Badge No. | Rating | Station | Badge No. | Rating | Station | Badge No. | Rating | Station | ||
Master.
Date / /19
First Schedule—
Form 2. Regulation 11.
Commonwealth of Australia
MUSTER LIST
Name of Ship .
Badge No. | Name | Emergency Station to which allotted | Duties allotted to member of the crew | ||
Lifeboat | Liferaft | Fire | |||
Master.
Date /
Form 3. Regulation 12.
Commonwealth of Australia
PASSENGERS’ BOAT STATION ALLOTMENT
Name of Ship .
Boat No. | Berth Nos. | Total Number | |
Number of Passengers | |||
Master.
Date / /19 .
First Schedule—
Form 4. Regulation 14.
Commonwealth of Australia
INSTRUCTIONS TO PASSENGERS
WARNING IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
The signal to assemble at your lifeboat station will be a succession of seven short blasts, followed by one long blast, on the whistle or siren, in addition to the ringing of alarm gongs throughout the ship. Should you hear this signal, immediately go to your muster station with your lifejacket on.
Passengers in berths are allotted to Lifeboat No.
Position of Muster Station:
Be Prepared.
Ask the Steward to show you how to put on your lifejacket and the way to your muster station.
Second Schedule
Regulation 15.
PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED FOR PRACTICE MUSTERS FOR BOAT DRILL AND FIRE DRILL
A practice muster for boat drill and fire drill shall be conducted as follows:—
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a ) On the emergency signal being given, the crew, excepting only those who, in the opinion of the master, cannot be relieved from immediate duties, shall at once assemble at their muster stations.(
b )Each person shall be provided with a lifejacket, which shall be put on and properly secured.(
c ) The person in charge of each lifeboat shall—(i) call the roll of persons allotted to the lifeboat;
(ii) satisfy himself that every member of his crew fully understands the nature of the duties assigned to him; and
(iii) satisfy himself that each lifejacket is properly adjusted and secured.
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d )In a passenger ship, each member of the crew who has been assigned to duties in connexion with the mustering of passengers shall take up his allotted place in the stairways, passage ways, or at the muster station for passengers.(
e ) The person in charge of each lifeboat shall report to the officer in charge of the muster, the total number of persons, including himself, and, where applicable, passengers, who attended at his lifeboat.
Third Schedule
Regulation 16.
BOAT DRILL
A boat drill shall be conducted as follows:—
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a )In a passenger ship, not less than one-fourth, and in a cargo ship, not less than one-half, the total number of lifeboats carried by the ship, being lifeboats which have been selected by the officer in charge of the boat drill, shall, weather permitting—(i) be prepared for swinging out;
(ii) have the covers and spreaders removed;
(iii) have the stores and equipment checked;
(iv) have the painters passed forward and made fast; and
(v) have lifelines, oars and boathooks cleared, plugs put in, and rudders cleared.
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b )In a ship with not less than seven lifeboats, not less than one-third, and, in a ship with less than seven lifeboats, not less than one-half, of the lifeboats carried shall, when the ship is in port—(i) be manned with a full complement;
(ii) be lowered into the water; and
(iii) have their crews exercised for not less than twenty minutes in handling and propelling the lifeboats.
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c ) Side ladders shall be prepared for embarking.
Fourth Schedule
Regulation 17.
LIFERAFT DRILL
A liferaft drill shall be conducted as follows:—
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a )At least one inflatable liferaft shall be launched by throwing out overboard or, if the ship is fitted with a launching device for liferafts, by using the launching device.(
b ) If the liferafts are designed to be lowered into the water with the full complement on board, the liferaft shall be lowered into the water with the members of the crew assigned to the liferaft embarked on it.(
c ) When the liferaft has been launched the crew shall be instructed and exercised in the use of the means for propelling the liferaft and in the use of the equipment of the liferaft (including the method of righting an inflatable liferaft if when inflated it is upsidedown).
Fifth Schedule
Regulation 18.
FIRE DRILL
A fire drill shall be conducted as follows:—
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a )The officer appointed for that purpose by the master shall order a mock attack on a fire that shall be assumed, for the purpose of drill, to have occurred in a selected part of the ship, not being in the engine room.(
b )On receipt of the signal or warning in the engine room the fire pumps shall be prepared.(
c ) The members of the crew forming the fire party shall be sent to the seat of the assumed fire.(
d ) In the vicinity of the assumed fire—(i) the fire hoses shall be laid out;
(ii) the fire hoses and water supply shall be tested by—
(a) opening a release valve or valves of the water service pipe;
(b) notifying the engineer on duty to set the fire pumps away at full power;
(c) testing the hydrants at full pressure; and
(d) at not greater intervals than alternate fire drills, coupling not less than two hoses to the water service pipe connexions and closing the release valve and testing the hoses at full pressure; and
(iii) the fire extinguishers shall be unshipped.
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e ) Not less than once in each period of three consecutive months, a practical demonstration of the use of the portable fire extinguishers shall be given by expending the charge of at least one extinguisher.(
f ) The crew shall be exercised in—(i) the closing of doors, ventilating shafts and other openings so as to isolate the assumed fire from other parts of the ship, and in particular stairways and liftshafts, and to reduce the supply of air to the assumed fire;
(ii) the use of smoke helmets and safety lamps;
(iii) supplying water to the seat of the assumed fire by fire buckets; and
(iv) any other emergency practice considered necessary to combat the assumed fire.
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g )The members of the crew forming the fire party shall be instructed in the use of all other fire fighting appliances provided in the ship.
Sixth Schedule
Regulation 21.
COLLISION DRILL
Collision drill shall be conducted as follows:—
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a ) On the emergency signal being given, bulkhead doors in the various sections of the ship shall immediately be closed by members of the crew allotted to that duty.(
b )A messenger from each party that has been allotted to a section of the ship shall report to the master, or to the officer appointed for that purpose by the master, when all bulkhead doors in that section are closed.(
c ) Doors that were already closed at the commencement of the drill shall be opened and then closed.(
d ) Nothing in the last preceding paragraph shall be taken to authorize the opening while the ship is at sea of any watertight door or other contrivance which is required by regulation 4 of the Navigation (Watertight Doors and Scuttles) Regulations to be kept closed.(
e ) An officer appointed by the master to be the officer in charge of the drill shall indicate a section of the ship where the emergency is assumed to have occurred for the purposes of the drill.(
f ) Members of the crew allotted to sounding duty shall immediately sound tanks and bilges in the section of the ship indicated for the purposes of the drill.(
g ) A messenger from the sounding party shall communicate with, as required—(i) the officer in charge of the drill; and
(ii) the Chief Engineer.
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h ) As many pumps as possible operated from the engine room shall be connected to the section of the ship indicated for the purposes of the drill.(
i ) A report shall be made to the bridge by messenger or other means when the pumps are ready for action.(
j ) Ship’s side doors, side scuttles, valves and similar contrivances shall be closed as directed.(
k ) A report shall be made to the bridge by messenger or other means when the side doors, side scuttles, valves and similar contrivances have been closed.
By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra
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