Navigation (River Murray Traffic) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1950. No. 2

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1942.*

I, 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 1912-1942.

Dated this twenty-fourth day of January, 1950

W. J. McKell

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Shipping and Fuel.

 

Amendments of the Navigation (River Murray Traffic) Regulations.

Lights to be exhibited on steamships under way.

1. Regulation 8 of the Navigation (River Murray Traffic) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a)of sub-regulation (1.) the words “so fixed as to throw the light 10 points, on each side of the vessel, namely, from right ahead to 2 points” and inserting in their stead the words “that is, an arc of 225 degrees in a horizontal plane, so fixed as to throw the light 10 points, that is, 112½ degrees, on each side of the vessel, namely, from right ahead to 2 points, that is, 22½ degrees”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) of that sub-regulation the words “so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to 2 points” and inserting in their stead the words “that is, an arc of 112½ degrees in a horizontal plane, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to 2 points, that is, 22½ degrees”;

(c)  by omitting from paragraph (c) of that sub-regulation the words “so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to 2 points” and inserting in their stead the words “that is, an arc of 112½ degrees in a horizontal plane, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to 2 points, that is, 22½ degrees”;

(d) by inserting in paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (3.), after the words “from right ahead to 2 points”, the words “, that is, 22½ degrees”; and

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1950;

  Statutory Rules 1936, No. 81, as amended by Statutory Rules 1939, No. 69; and 1940, No. 260.

5616.—Price 3d. 9/4.11.1949.

 

(e)  by omitting from sub-regulation (4.) the words “namely, 6 points” and inserting in their stead the words “that is, an arc of 135 degrees in a horizontal plane, namely, 6 points, that is, 67½ degrees”.

2. Regulation 13 of the Navigation (River Murray Traffic.) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Steamships meeting or passing.

“13. A steamship meeting another shall keep to that side of the river which lies on her own starboard side.”

Steamships overtaking and passing.

3. Regulation 15 of the Navigation (River Murray Traffic) Regulations is amended by omitting the words “right hand side” and inserting in their stead the words “starboard side and shall keep out of her way until finally past and clear”.

4. After regulation 15 of the Navigation (River Murray Traffic) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Steamships converging into one channel.

“15a. When two steamships, proceeding in the same direction, are converging from different channels into a single channel, the steamship which has the other on her own starboard side shall keep out of the way of the other.”.

Sound signals for vessels in sight of one another.

5. Regulation 16 of the Navigation (River Murray Traffic) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the words “directing my course to the right” and inserting in their stead the words “altering my course to starboard”;

(b)by omitting the words “directing my course to the left” and inserting in their stead the words “altering my course to port”; and

(c) by omitting the words “full speed”.

6. After regulation 18 of the Navigation (River Murray Traffic) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Meaning of helm orders.

“18a. All orders to the helmsman of a vessel shall be given in the sense that ‘starboard’ means ‘put the vessel’s rudder to starboard’ and ‘port’ means ‘put the vessel’s rudder to port’.”.

 

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.