Navigation (Passengers) Regulations (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1923. No. 124.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1920.

I, THE DEPUTY OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Navigation Act 1912-1920, to come into operation on the first day of October, 1923.

Dated this thirteenth day of September, 1923.

W. H. IRVINE,

Deputy of the Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

LITTLETON E. GROOM,

for the Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

 

Navigation (Passengers) Regulations.

Short title.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Navigation (Passengers) Regulations.

Application.

2. (1) Subject to sub-regulation (2) of this regulation, and except where otherwise expressed, these Regulations shall apply to passenger steam-ships—

(a) registered in Australia;

(b) licensed to engage in the coasting trade; or

(c) regularly trading from Commonwealth ports as headquarters.

Exemptions.

(2) These Regulations shall not apply to—

(a) river and bay ships (other than passenger steamers plying on the River Murray and its tributaries) ; or

(b) ships trading exclusively within the limits of a single State.

Definitions.

3. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

“The Director” means the Director of Navigation for the Commonwealth;

“Deputy Director” means the Deputy Director of Navigation for a State and includes the Director;

“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 steam-ship carrying, or certificated to carry, more than twelve passengers to, from, or between ports in Australia;

C.13835.—Price 5d.

“Emigrant ship” means an emigrant ship within the meaning of section two hundred and sixty-eight of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894;

and any reference to a form shall be read as a reference to a form in the Schedule to these Regulations.

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, for the purposes of section 270 of the Navigation Act 1912-1920, be the regulations to be observed in regard to the following matters, as respects passenger steam-ships to which these Regulations apply—

(a) the number of passengers to be carried;

(b) passengers’ accommodation; and

(c) sanitary matters.

Medical and surgical stores.

5. The medical and surgical stores to be carried by ships to which these Regulations apply shall be in accordance with the *Scales issued, or that may from time to time be issued, by the Minister under the provisions of section 124 of the Navigation Act.

Medical staff.

6. (1) Every ship to which these Regulations apply shall carry, as part of her complement, a duly qualified medical practitioner or a person certified as qualified to render “ first aid ”, as the case requires, in accordance with the provisions of the   Navigation (Health) Regulations in that regard.

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.

Isolation hospital.

7. (1) Every—

(a) foreign-going passenger steam-ship (British or foreign) trading regularly from or with Australia; or

(b) Australian-trade passenger steam-ship on a voyage between consecutive ports of call which exceeds 650 nautical miles,

and having one hundred persons or more on board, shall be provided with hospital accommodation for cases of communicable disease which may arise during the voyage, in accordance with this regulation;

Provided that in the case of emigrant ships, it shall be deemed to be a compliance with the requirements of this regulation, in so far as steerage passengers are concerned, if the hospital accommodation provided for them is in accordance with the requirements of the regulations made in that regard by the Board of Trade of the United Kingdom under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894.

 

*Note.—The Scales in force at the time of the issue of these Regulations are set out in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No. 4, of 18th January, 1923, as amended by notice in Gazette No. 27, of 19th April, 1923. Copies of Reprint of the Scales, as so amended, are obtainable on application to the Deputy Director in any State.

  Note.—The Navigation (Health) Regulations in force at the time of the issue of these Regulations are contained in Statutory Rules 1923, No. 6.

(2) The hospital shall, wherever practicable, be placed on the top deck or boat-deck as far aft as possible.

(3) The hospital shall comply with the following requirements—

(a) Separate wards shall be provided for males and females;

(b) Beds or bunks shall be provided as follows:—

Number of Passengers and Crew.	Beds or Bunks.
Over 100 but not exceeding 200......................................................................	2
Over 200 but not exceeding 300......................................................................	4
Over 300 but not exceeding 400......................................................................	6
Over 400 but not exceeding 500......................................................................	8
Over 500 but not exceeding 700......................................................................	9
Over 700 but not exceeding 900......................................................................	10
Over 900 but not exceeding 1,200...................................................................	11
And for every 300 persons in excess of 1,200...............................................	1

(c) The walls of the wards shall have a smooth internal surface;

(d) The floors of the wards shall be of solid impervious material, and drained to the satisfaction of a Medical Inspector;

(e) Adequate natural lighting shall be provided, and artificial lighting by electricity (if available) and kerosene;

(f) Ventilation shall be to the satisfaction of a Medical Inspector; and, where electric power is available, shall include an electric fan in each ward;

(g) Electric bell installation is to be provided from the male ward to the cabin of the chief steward, and from the female ward to the cabin of the stewardess;

(h) The beds or bunks shall be so arranged as to leave a clear passage-way between them of not less than 3 feet in width, and that no bed or bunk shall be less than 2½ inches from any bulkhead or the side of the ward;

(i) The beds or bunks shall be of metal throughout, and shall conform generally to the requirements of the Navigation Act and *regulations in regard to bunks for seamen.

(4) The hospital accommodation shall include a sanitary block, comprising a bathroom and water-closet, for the exclusive use of patients, and conforming with the following requirements :—

(a) The block shall be separated from the wards by a metal bulk-head;

(b) The bathroom shall contain a bath and wash-basin, to each of which hot and cold water is laid on; and

(c) The sanitary pan in the water-closet shall be of a type approved by a Medical Inspector.

(5) In the case of a vessel the keel of which was laid before the commencement of these Regulations, the Director, on the recommendation of a Medical Inspector, may, by writing under his hand approve of the acceptance of hospital accommodation which is not strictly in

 

* Note.—The requirements as to Bunks for Seamen are set out in regulation 17 of the Navigation (Manning and Accommodation) Regulations (Statutory Rules 1923, No. 66).

 

accordance with the requirements of this regulation, if he is satisfied that all such alterations as were necessary to bring the accommodation into substantial conformity with those requirements have been effected by the owner, and that the accommodation is reasonably sufficient to meet requirements on the ship in the trade in which she is engaged.

(6) Where an hospital provided for the use of seamen in accordance with the requirements of section 136 of the Navigation Act complies with the requirements of this regulation, the Director, on the report of a Medical Inspector that it is in his opinion adequate also for the accommodation of passengers requiring medical treatment in hospital, may by writing under his hand exempt the ship from the requirement of providing a separate hospital for passengers.

Provisions.

8. (1) In the case of emigrant ships, provisions for passengers shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act and of *regulations thereunder.

(2) In the case of passenger ships (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.

Fresh water for passengers.

9. (1) On every ship to which these Regulations apply 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 passengers in accordance with the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act and the *regulations made 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.

Returns of passengers—oversea ships.

10. (1) The master of every ship, whether British or foreign, embarking, at any place in Australia, any passenger to be carried to any place out of Australia, shall, before obtaining a clearance for his ship, furnish to the proper officer, in Form P.—1, a true return, in duplicate, in regard to each such passenger.

(2) The master of every ship, whether British or foreign, bringing any passenger from any place out of Australia to any place in Australia, shall, within the time allowed by law for reporting the vessel inwards, furnish to the proper officer, in Form P.—2, a true return, in duplicate, in regard to each such passenger.

 

* Note.—The Scales of Water and Provisions for Emigrant Ships, prescribed by the Board of Trade under section 17 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1906, and in force at the date of issue of these Regulations, are contained in Statutory Rules and Orders 1908, No. 19, and reprinted in the “ Abstract of the Law relating to Passenger and Emigrant Ships”, published by the Board of Trade.

Inter-State passengers.

(3) The master of every ship, whether British or foreign, bringing passengers to any place in a State from any place in another State, shall, within twenty-four hours after arrival, furnish to the proper officer, in Form P.—3, a true return, in duplicate, in regard to those passengers.

(4) The proper officer for the purpose of this regulation shall be—

(i) at the principal port in each State, the Deputy Director of Navigation; and

(ii) at any other port, the chief officer of Customs at the port.

   SCHEDULE.

Form P.–1.

(Seal) Commonwealth of Australia.

Navigation Act 1912-1920.

Nav. (Passengers) Regs. PASSENGER LIST—OUT-GOING PASSENGERS.

Return of Passengers Embarking at the Port of.................................... for Places Outside Australia.

(To be Furnished in Duplicate.)

Note.— 1st Class, 2nd Class, and 3rd Class Passengers are to be entered in separate groups.

Name of Ship.	Official Number.	(a) Port of Registry. (b) Steamship Line.	Master’s Name.	Tonnage. (a) Gross. (b) Net.	Aggregate Number of Superficial Feet in the several Compartments set apart for Passengers, other than Cabin Passengers.	Total Number of Statute Adults, Exclusive of Master, Crew, and Cabin Passengers, which the Ship can Legally Carry.	Where Bound.
(a)..................	(a).................
(b)..................	(b).................

Names and Descriptions of Passengers Embarked at the Port of............................

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6) Age of Passenger (State the Age last Birthday).

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

Country of Last Permanent Residence.*

Nationality. B—British. A—Alien.

In case of Aliens, Country  of which Citizen or Subject.

Country of Intended Future Permanent Residence.

Contract Ticket Number.

Name of Passenger.

Class (whether 1st, 2nd, or 3rd).

Port at which Passenger has Contracted to land.

Profession, Occupation, or Calling of Passenger.

Adults of 12 Years and Upwards.

Children between 1 and 12.

Infants.

Accompanied by Husband or Wife.

Not Accompanied by Husband or Wife.

Australia.

United Kingdom

Other British Possessions.

Foreign Countries.

M.

F.

M.

F.

M.

F.

M.

F.

* By permanent residence is to be understood residence for a year or more.

 

Summary of British and Alien Passengers.

Number of Persons
Adults of 12 years of age and upwards.				Children between 1. and 12 years		Infants.
Nationalities.	Accompanied by Husband or Wife.		Not accompanied by Husband or Wife.
Males.	Females	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.
British subjects............
Aliens...........................
Total................

 

—	Souls.	Equal to Statute Adults.
Total number of adults......................................................................
Total number of children between 1 and 12 years...........................
Total number of infants....................................................................
Grand total........................................................................

I hereby Certify that the above is a correct List of the Names and Descriptions of all the Passengers who embarked at the Port of...........................................................................................

I Further Certify that the Provisions actually laden on board this ship are sufficient,

according to the requirements of the Merchant Shipping Acts, for...................................................

Statute Adults for a voyage of............................................................... days.

Signed..................... Master.

Date of Departure.................... 19.......

Date / /19...

Form P.—2.

(Seal) Commonwealth of Australia.

Navigation Act 1912-1920.

Nav. (Passengers) Regs.

PASSENGER LIST—IN-COMING PASSENGERS.

Return of Passengers Brought to the Port of.................................................................. from Places Outside Australia.

(To be Furnished in Duplicate.)

Note.—1st Class, 2nd Class, and 3rd Class Passengers are to be entered in separate groups.

Name of Ship.	Official Number.	(a) Port of Registry. (b) Steamship Line	Master’s Name.	Tonnage— (a) Gross. (b) Net.	Date of Arrival.	yage.
(a)..........................	(a).......................	From....................
(b)..........................	(b).......................	To........................

 

Names and Descriptions of Passengers.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

Ages of Passengers. (State the Age Last Birthday.)

Country of Last Permanent Residence.*

Port where Embarked.

Names of Passengers.

Class (whether 1st, 2nd, or 3rd).

Profession, Occupation, or Calling  of Passengers.

Adults of 12 years and upwards.

Children between 1 and 12.

Infants.

Australia.

United Kingdom.

Other British Possessions.

Foreign Countries.

Nationality- B—British. A—Alien.

In case of Aliens, Country of which Citizen or Subject.

Country of Intended Future Permanent Residence.*

Accompanied by Husband or Wife.

Not accompanied by Husband or Wife.

M.

F.

M.

F.

M.

F.

M.

F.

* By permanent residence is to be understood residence for a year or more.

 

*Births on the Voyage.

Name of Infant. Male or Female. Names of Parents. Nationality.

*Deaths on the Voyage.

Name. Male or Female. Age. Occupation. Nationality. Cause of Death.

* A separate and detailed return, in Form M. and S. 15, is also to be furnished by the Master to the Deputy Director in respect of every birth, death, or marriage happening on board the ship. (See Navigation Act, s. 166, and regulation 22 of the Navigation (Master and Seamen) Regulations, Statutory Rules 1922, No. 34.)

Summary of British and Alien Passengers.

Number of Persons.
Adults of 12 years of age and upwards.				Children between 1 and 12 years.		Infants.
Nationalities.	Accompanied by Husband or Wife.		Not accompanied by Husband or Wife.
Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.
British subjects...............
Aliens .............................
Total...................

 

—	Souls.	Equal to Statute Adults.
Total number of adults......................................................................
Total number of children between 1 and 12 years...........................
Total number of infants....................................................................
Grand total.....................................................................

I hereby Certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the above is a true, full and correct Return, in all particulars, of the Passengers brought to the Port of................................................... in the above-mentioned ship, and of the Births and Deaths on the voyage.

I Further Certify that the above-mentioned Passengers to be landed at this Port do not include any person who is insane, idiotic, deaf and dumb, blind, infirm or destitute, or who is suffering from any infectious or contagious disease of a loathsome or dangerous character, and that none of such passengers has, during the voyage, shown any signs of mental peculiarity or of helplessness.

..................................... Master.

Witness......................................................

Date..........................................................

Note as to Vessels which land Passengers at more than one Port in Australia.

The passengers for the preceding ports of call in Australia were landed on the dates mentioned below :—

Port.	Date.	Port.	Date.
............................................	..............................	................................	................................
............................................	..............................	................................	................................
............................................	..............................	................................	................................
............................................	..............................

................................ ................................

 

Form P.—3

Commonwealth of Australia.

(Seal)

Navigation Act 1912-1920.

Nav. (Passengers) Regs.

PASSENGER LIST—INTER-STATE PASSENGERS.

(To be Furnished in Duplicate.)

Return of Passengers Brought to the Port of................................................................ from Ports

Outside the State of................................................................

Note.—1st, 2nd, and 3rd Class (or Steerage) Passengers to be entered in separate groups.

Name of Ship. Port of Registry. Gross Tonnage. No. of Passengers Vessel is Certificated to carry. Name of Master.

 

Port where Embarked.	Number of Adults.		Number of Children (under 12).		Total.		Remarks.
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.
First Class.
Second Class.
Third Class (or Steerage).
Total, all Classes..................

I hereby certify that the above is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a full and true Return of the Passengers brought to the Port of.................................................................................................................... in the above-mentioned ship, from ports outside this State.

.......................................

Signature of

Date / /19......

Address 

The Deputy Director of Navigation,

..................................................................................

 

Printed and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.