Navigation (Safety Convention Certificates Validity) Regulations (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1936. No. 120.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1935.*

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 1912-1935.

Dated this second day of September, 1936.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

for Minister of State for Commerce.

Navigation (Safety Convention Certificates Validity)

Regulations.

Citation.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Navigation (Safety Convention Certificates Validity) Regulations.

Interpretation.

2. In these Regulations, the expression “Safety Convention certificate” means a Safety Certificate, a Safety Radiotelegraphy Certificate or an Exemption Certificate.

Validity of Safety Convention certificates.

3. A Safety Convention certificate produced in respect of a Safety Convention ship not registered in Australia shall, in order to be a valid Safety Convention certificate, comply with such of the following provisions as are applicable in the circumstances:—

(a)The certificate produced in respect of a Safety Convention ship which is a passenger steamship shall be in accordance with the form of Safety Certificate set out in regulation XLVII. contained in Annex I. to the Safety Convention and shall be applicable to the voyage in respect of which a clearance is demanded and to the trade in which the ship is for the time being engaged.

(b)The certificate produced in respect of a Safety Convention ship of 1,600 tons gross tonnage or upwards (other than a passenger steamship) shall be in accordance with either the form of Safety Radiotelegraphy Certificate, or the form of Exemption Certificate, set out in regulation XLVII. contained in Annex I. to the Safety Convention, and shall be applicable to the voyage in respect of which a clearance is demanded and to the trade in which the ship is for the time being engaged.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1936.

2302—12/13.8.1936.—Price 3d.

 

(c) The certificate produced in respect of any Safety Convention ship shall show that it was issued by the Government of the country in which the ship is registered or by a person or organization duly authorized by that Government, or in the case of a Safety Certificate or a Safety Radiotelegraphy Certificate, that it was issued at the request of that Government by the Government of a country to which the Safety Convention applies.

(d)The certificate produced in respect of any Safety Convention ship shall show that it is in force and either that it was issued for a period not exceeding twelve months, or that it has been extended beyond the original period of validity for a further period not exceeding five months by a duly authorized officer of the country to which the ship belongs for the purpose of allowing the ship to complete its return voyage to its own country.

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