Navigation (Additional Life-saving Appliances) Regulations 1941 (Amendment)

STATUTORY RULES

1942. No. 511.

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 eighteenth day of November, 1942.

(SGD.) GOWRIE.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

for and on behalf of the Minister of State for Commerce.

Amendments of the Navigation (Additional Life-saving Appliances) Regulations.†

Application of Regulations.

1. Regulation 4 of the Navigation (Additional Life-saving Appliances) Regulations is amended by omitting the figure “8” and inserting in its stead the figure “7”.

Buoyant apparatus.

2. Regulation 5 of the Navigation (Additional Life-saving Appliances) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1.) the words “exceeding 1600 tons gross”; and

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1.) the words “Class II. ships of 1600 tons gross and under,”.

Equipment of life rafts.

3. Regulation 8 of the Navigation (Additional Life-saving Appliances) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (g) of sub-regulation (1.) the words “enamel or rustproof metal”, and inserting in their stead the words “approved material ”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (j) sub-regulation (1.) the word “and”; and

(c) by adding at the end of sub-regulation (1.) the following paragraphs:—

“(l) six smoke flare signals, of an approved type, in a watertight container for use as a means of attracting the attention, in daylight, of a passing ship or aeroplane; and

“(m) an electric torch suitable for Morse signalling together with two spare batteries and two spare bulbs.”.

4. After regulation 10 of the Navigation (Additional Life-saving Appliances) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Radial davits.

“10a. Radial davits on ships to which these Regulations apply shall be provided with approved means to prevent them from being jerked out of their sockets.”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on      , 1942.

† Statutory Rules 1941, No. 315.

Additional equipment for lifeboats.

5. Regulation 12 of the Navigation (Additional Life-saving Appliances) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

“(a) a portable yellow-coloured canvas hood and a yellow-coloured canvas side screen, adaptable for setting on the weather side of the lifeboat, to protect persons in the lifeboat from the weather and to attract the attention of aircraft, fitted in substantial compliance with the plan and specification in the Third Schedule to these Regulations;”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1.) the words “enamelled or rustproof metal” and inserting in their stead the words “approved material”;

(c) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1.) the word “and”;

(d) by adding at the end of sub-regulation (1.) the following paragraphs:—

“(d) six smoke flare signals, of an approved type, in a water-tight container for use as a means of attracting attention, in daylight, of a passing ship or aeroplane;

“(e) a first-aid outfit of an approved type, contained in a weather-proof container, the minimum contents of which shall be as follows:—

A pair of Scissors (one blade sharp, the other blunt);

A Tourniquet, of St. John’s Ambulance type;

Bandages (open wove) 1 inch to 3 inches wide, 1 dozen assorted;

Picric lint burn dressings, 5;

Tannic Acid Jelly in collapsible tube, 1 ounce;

Boric lint, 2 ounces;

Cotton wool, 2 ounces;

Adhesive plaster, 1 inch in width, 1 yard;

Safety pins, assorted sizes, 1 dozen;

Liquid Iodi Mitis and camel hair brush, 1 ounce;

Factory Eye Drops (2 per cent. cocaine in castor oil), with dropper, 1 ounce;

Aromatic Spirits of Ammonia (sal volatile), 1 ounce; and

A Pamphlet of Brief Instructions in First-Aid;

“(f) an electric torch suitable for Morse signalling together with two spare batteries and two spare bulbs; and

“(g) an approved chart covering the area in which the vessel is engaged, enclosed in a waterproof wallet, together with a protractor, writing paper, pencil and eraser:

Provided that this requirement shall apply only to lifeboats of foreign-going and Australian trade ships.”; and

(e) by inserting in sub-regulation (4.), before the words “This regulation”, the words “Except as otherwise prescribed”.

6. After regulation 12 of the Navigation (Additional Life-saving Appliances) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Repair outfit for lifeboats.

“12a. A repair outfit in a canvas bag shall be provided in at least one lifeboat on each side of the ship to ensure that a lifeboat, if damaged in launching or by machine gun fire or bomb splinters, may be quickly made seaworthy. The outfit shall include, as a minimum, a carpenter’s hammer; a brace and 3 suitable bits; one large screwdriver; one ¾inch wood chisel; one cold chisel; a small wood saw; a putty knife; one shifting spanner; one foot-print spanner; one pair of pliers; and one palm and two needles with a skein of twine; and in addition—

(a) in the case of a wooden boat—twelve tapered soft wood plugs of assorted sizes for dealing with clean bullet holes; one square foot of sheet lead for patching together with half a pound of copper tacks; one pound of white lead in tin; a one pound tin of plastic wood compound; one yard of adhesive waterproof tape on spool; two short lengths of boat planking; one pound of assorted nails and wood screws; and half a pound of oakum; and

(b) in the case of a steel boat—twelve screwed plugs tapered from about 1 inch to ½ inch and 2½ inches long for dealing with clean bullet holes; six 3½ inch by ½ inch square or hexagonal headed bolts screwed full length with nuts and washers, each bolt to have ⅛ inch hole near end to take a cod line to be supplied; six ⅛ inch steel plates 6 inches by 6 inches with ⅝ inch hole in centre of each; twelve ⅜ inch by 2½ inch hexagonal or square bolts with ⅛ inch holes and threaded full length; twelve tapered ¼ inch to 1 inch wood plugs; one pound of white lead in tin; a one pound tin of plastic wood compound; one yard of adhesive waterproof tape on spool; one pound of assorted nails and wood screws; one square foot of rubber-canvas insertion; and two short lengths of boat planking.”.

7. After regulation 14 of the Navigation (Additional Life-saving Appliances) Regulations the following regulations are inserted:—

Life-jacket lights.

“14a. An electric light of approved material, construction and efficiency, suitable for use with a life-jacket, shall be provided for each member of the crew of a ship of 1,000 tons gross and upwards.

Whistles.

“14b. Each member of the crew of every ship to which these Regulations apply shall be provided with a whistle with a lanyard attached.”.

8. After regulation 15 of the Navigation (Additional Life-saving Appliances) Regulations the following regulations are inserted:—

Emergency alarm bells.

“15a. Emergency alarm bells operating simultaneously from the bridge shall be provided in the sleeping quarters of officers and the crew and in the engine and boiler room of every ship of 1,000 tons gross and upwards.

Automatic light switch.

“15b. On ships to which these Regulations apply, each cabin door opening directly on to the deck and each door opening into any space from which a light would be visible from outboard or from overhead when the doors are opened, shall be fitted with an automatic switch for effectively extinguishing the light before the door is opened.”.

9. After the Second Schedule to the Navigation (Additional Life-saving Appliances) Regulations, the following Schedule is added:—

“THE THIRD SCHEDULE.

Reg. 12 (1.) (a).

PLAN AND SPECIFICATION FOR PORTABLE CANVAS HOOD AND WEATHER SCREEN FOR LIFEBOAT.

The canvas hood to extend between stem head and close to mast.

The side screen to extend from hood to abaft the after thwart just clear of swing of tiller.

A. Whale-back shaped Hood of yellow coloured 15-oz. canvas with 1¼” rope sewn inside tabling all round and eyeletted for lacing to screw-eyes under rubber and to Spreader (C).

B. Side Screen (for setting 18” above gunwale on weather side) of yellow-coloured 15-oz. canvas with 1¼” rope sewn inside tabling all round and eyeletted for lacing to Hood (A) and to screw-eyes under rubber. Three 1¼” rope stops (like reef points) sewn into top of screen for securing screen to heads of the three wooden stanchions (D).

C. Spreader.—Of 2” x 1⅛” H.W. (of width of boat between gunwales) with supporting legs (0.1) 3’ 6’’ in height, hinged to spreader with 4” brass flap hinges (C.2). Spreader to be lashed to mast. Legs (C.1) tapered to 1⅛” x 1⅛” at bottom (to permit them folding on spreader for stowing). Legs will ship through brass brackets screwed inside each gunwale and to step in socket on side-bench.

D. 3—Stanchions of 1¾” x 1” H.W. to ship through brass brackets on inside of each gunwale and to step in sockets on side-bench. Each stanchion to have a ¾” hole close to head to take the rope stop to support the top of the screen.

E. ‘Thwartship stiffener of 1¾” x ¾” H.W. pocketed underside at mid-length of hood.”.

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