Navigation (Survey and Equipment) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1924. No. 88.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912–1920.

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 1912–1920, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this eleventh day of June, 1924.

FORSTER,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

LITTLETON E. GROOM,

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

 

Amendment of Navigation (Survey and Equipment) Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1923, No. 131, as amended by Statutory Rules 1923, No. 196, and Statutory Rules 1924, No. 55).

1. Regulation 2 of the Navigation (Survey and Equipment) Regulations is amended by omitting therefrom the definitions of “Passenger Ship” and “Cargo Ship” and inserting in their stead the following definitions:—

“Passenger ship” means a ship which carries, or which is certificated to carry, more than 12 passengers;

“Cargo ship” means a ship which does not carry, or which is not certificated to carry, more than 12 passengers;”

2.Schedule II. to the Navigation (Survey and Equipment) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph 8 thereof the word “passenger” (second occurring), and

(b) by inserting at the end thereof the following new paragraphs:—

Fee for survey of repairs &c.

“20. The fee for the survey of repairs and/or reconditioning of a vessel which has sustained damage to hull, machinery or equipment, and which is not provided for elsewhere in this Schedule, shall be in accordance with the following scale:—

Gross Tonnage of Vessel.	Charge per day on which a visit or visits are made to the vessel by the Surveyor.
	For the First Day.	For the Second Day.			For each Subsequent Day.
£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Not exceeding 500 tons...................	No charge	0	10	0	0	10	0
Over 500 but not exceeding 1,000 tons	„	2	0	0	1	0	0
Over 1,000 tons..............................	„	3	0	0	2	0	0

C.8732.—Price 3d.

 

Provided that the total charge shall not in any case exceed the fee chargeable under para. 14 of this Schedule in respect of the survey of a vessel detained as being unseaworthy.

Fee for survey of vessel for grain cargo.

“21.—(1.) The fee payable for the services of a surveyor in connexion with the survey or inspection of a vessel in respect of which a Notice of Intention to load a Grain Cargo is given under the Navigation (Grain, Coal and Ballast) Regulations shall, in addition to travelling expenses, be in accordance with the following scale:—

Grain Cargo to be Loaded.	Fee.
£	s.	d.
Grain in bags exceeding one-half of ship’s deadweight cargo capacity	1	1	0
Grain in bulk not exceeding one-half of ship’s deadweight cargo capacity	2	10	0
Grain in bulk exceeding one-half of ship’s deadweight cargo capacity	5	0	0

(2.) The fee specified in the preceding sub-paragraph will cover not more than three visits of the Surveyor. The fee for each additional visit deemed necessary by the Deputy Director shall be £1.

Fee for survey of magazine for explosives.

“22. The fee for the survey of a magazine, either fixed or temporary, for the accommodation of explosives on a ship, made on the written application of an owner, agent or master to the Deputy Director, shall be £1 1s. in respect of each visit necessarily made by a Surveyor.

Fee for survey of hold ventilation for coal or inflammable liquids.

“23. The fee for the survey of the hold ventilation of a ship for the accommodation of inflammable liquids, or coal, made on the written application of an owner, agent or master to the Deputy Director, shall be £1 1s. in respect of each visit necessarily made by a Surveyor.”

 

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