NAVIGATION (PASSENGERS) REGULATIONS
- Reprinted as at 31 July 1982 (HISTREG CHAP 8 #DATE 31:07:1982)
*1* The Navigation (Passengers) Regulations (in force under the Navigation Act 1912) as shown in this reprint comprise Statutory Rules 1924 No. 197 as amended by the other Statutory Rules specified in the following table: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date of Application, saving Year and notification Date of or transitional number in Gazette commencement provisions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1924 No. 197 18 Dec 1924 18 Dec 1924 1933 No.115 26 Oct 1933 26 Oct 1933 - 1949 No.9 17 Feb 1949 17 Feb 1949 - 1951 No. 37 30 Apr 1951 30 Apr 1951 - 1963 No. 97 24 Oct 1963 24 Oct 1963 R. 3 1965 No. 105 16 Aug 1965 16 Aug 1965 - 1982 No. 22 25 Jan 1982 R. 1: 26 Jan 1982 Remainder: 25 Jan 1982 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAVIGATION (PASSENGERS) REGULATIONS - TABLE OF PROVISIONS
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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation
1. Citation
2. Application
3. Interpretation
4. Number of passengers, accommodation, and sanitary matters
5. (Repealed)
6. Medical staff
Medical inspections
7. (Repealed)
8. Provisions
9. Fresh water for passengers
10. Ports where passengers who are disorderly, &c., may be put ashore
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NAVIGATION (PASSENGERS) REGULATIONS - SECT. 1.
Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Navigation (Passengers)
Regulations.*1*
See notes to first article of this CHAPTER.
NAVIGATION (PASSENGERS) REGULATIONS - SECT. 2.
Application
Substituted by 1982 No. 22 r. 1
2. These Regulations apply to and in relation to passenger steamships to
which Part II of the Act applies.
NAVIGATION (PASSENGERS) REGULATIONS - SECT. 3.
Interpretation
Amended by 1963 No. 97 r. 2; 1965 No. 105 r. 2
3. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears-
"Medical Inspector" means a Medical Inspector of Shipping appointed by the
Minister under the provisions of the Navigation Act 1912-1920;
"Passenger steam-ship" means a ship (other than an emigrant ship), propelled
by steam or other mechanical means, and carrying, or certificated to carry,
more than twelve passengers to, from, or between ports in Australia;
"Emigrant ship" means an emigrant ship within the meaning of section two
hundred and sixty-eight of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894;
"Merchant Shipping Act" means the Imperial Act known as the
Merchant Shipping Act 1894, and includes any Imperial Act amending or
substituted for that Act;
"the Act" means the Navigation Act 1912-1965;
and any reference to a form shall be read as a reference to a form in the
Schedule to these Regulations.
NAVIGATION (PASSENGERS) REGULATIONS - SECT. 4.
Number of passengers, accommodation, and sanitary matters
4. (1) The rules contained in the official Instructions as to the Survey of
Passenger Accommodation, issued by the Board of Trade of the United Kingdom
under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts for the guidance of their
surveyors in surveying passenger steamers, shall be the regulations to be
observed in regard to the following matters, as respects passenger steamships
to which these Regulations apply- (a) the number of passengers to be
carried;
(b) passengers' accommodation; and
(c) sanitary matters.
Regulation 5 repealed by 1965 No. 105 r. 3
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NAVIGATION (PASSENGERS) REGULATIONS - SECT. 6.
Medical staff
Sub-reg. (1) omitted by 1965 No. 105 r. 4
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Medical inspections (2) When a ship to which these Regulations apply and
which is required to carry a medical practitioner calls at any port proclaimed
as infected with a quarantinable disease, namely, small-pox, plague, cholera,
yellow fever, typhus fever, leprosy or encephalitis lethargica, the medical
practitioner shall, for a period thereafter equal to the period of incubation
of that disease, conduct, at least once daily, a medical inspection of every
person on board, and shall record in a medical log-book kept for the purpose
the times of such inspections and particulars regarding any person suspected
of illness.
Regulation 7 repealed by 1965 No. 105 r. 5
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NAVIGATION (PASSENGERS) REGULATIONS - SECT. 8.
Provisions
8. (1) In the case of emigrant ships, provisions for the steerage passengers
shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act
and of the regulations thereunder.
(2) In the case of passenger steamships (other than emigrant ships) the
provisions for passengers shall be sweet and sound, and of such quantity,
variety and quality as in the opinion of a Medical Inspector will form a
wholesome, well-balanced dietary.
NAVIGATION (PASSENGERS) REGULATIONS - SECT. 9.
Fresh water for passengers
9. (1) On every ship to which these Regulations apply, pure fresh water
shall be provided for the use of the passengers in accordance with this
regulation.
(2) In the case of emigrant ships, pure fresh water shall be provided for
the use of the steerage passengers in accordance with the provisions of the
Merchant Shipping Act and of the regulations thereunder.
(3) In the case of passenger ships (other than emigrant ships) there shall
be provided for the use of each passenger not less than two gallons of pure
fresh water per day, exclusive of the quantity necessary for the cooking of
the food provided.
(4) Water necessary for the purposes of the preceding sub-regulation shall
be carried in tanks approved by a Medical Inspector, and shall be obtained
directly from the mains of a public water supply, or, if such is not
available, from a source of supply approved by a Medical Inspector.
(5) The tanks shall be of iron or steel, and shall be thoroughly cleaned out
once at least in every twelve months, or when required by a Medical Inspector.
The distributing pipes shall be of iron, well galvanized.
NAVIGATION (PASSENGERS) REGULATIONS - SECT. 10.
Ports where passengers who are disorderly, &c., may be put ashore
Amended by 1965 No. 105 r. 6
10. The following ports in Australia shall be principal ports for the
purposes of section 279 of the Act, viz.-
New South Wales . . . . . . . . Sydney, Newcastle
Victoria . . . . . . . . . . . . Melbourne, Geelong
Queensland . . . . . . . . . . . Brisbane, Cairns, Townsville
South Australia . . . . . . . . Port Adelaide
Western Australia . . . . . . . Fremantle, Albany
Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . Hobart, Launceston.
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Regulations 11 and 12 repealed by 1965 No. 105 r. 7; Schedule repealed by
1965
No. 105 r. 7
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