Navigation (Cargo-Hazards Prevention) Regulations

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STATUTORY RULES

1968 No. 23

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1967.*

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 1912-1967.

Dated this twentieth

day of March, 1968.

CASEY

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(Sgd.) Ian Sinclair

Minister of State for Shipping and Transport.

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NAVIGATION (CARGO—HAZARDS PREVENTION) REGULATIONS.

Citation.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Navigation (Cargo—Hazards Prevention) Regulations.

Repeal.

2. The Navigation (Cargo—Hazards Prevention) Regulations (comprising Statutory Rules 1959, No. 97; and Statutory Rules 1967, No. 92) are repealed.

Interpretation.

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

“approved chemist” means a person who is an associate of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, or holds qualifications equivalent to such an associate, and has special knowledge of hazardous substances;

“cargo” includes mails, baggage and stores;

“deck space” means an area on an exposed deck of a ship;

“Grade 1 hazardous substance” means a substance the grade of which is specified as 1 in the third column of the First Schedule opposite to the name or description of that hazardous substance in the second column of that Schedule;

“Grade 2 hazardous substance” means a substance the grade of which is specified as 2 in the third column of the First Schedule opposite to the name or description of that substance in the second column of that Schedule;

“handling”, in relation to a hazardous substance or other cargo, includes the loading, unloading, discharging, stacking, stowing or re-stowing of the substance or other cargo and any operation incidental to or arising out of any of those operations, and “handle” and “handled” have corresponding meanings;

“hazardous substance” means a substance that is named or described in the First Schedule;

“hold” includes the space within a ’tween or shelter deck immediately over a hold, being a space which is fitted with a watertight transverse bulkhead at each end over or adjacent to the bulkheads fitted in the hold below;

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* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on                                    1968.

6731/67—Price 30c 10/11.3.1968


“manufactured fireworks (shop goods)” means—

(a) crackers or bungers containing not more than one hundred grains of gunpowder in each cracker or bunger; and

(b) other fireworks (such as squibs, serpents, rockets, maroons, wheels, Chinese fire and Roman candles) containing not more than six hundred grains of firework composition in each firework;

“port” means a port in Australia;

“prescribed authority” means—

(a) in relation to the port of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Port Adelaide, Fremantle or Hobart—the Regional Controller for the State in which the port is situated;

(b) in relation to a port in the Northern Territory of Australia—the representative, at the port, of the Regional Controller for the State of Western Australia; and

(c) in relation to any other port—the representative, at the port, of the Regional Controller for the State in which the port is situated;

“radioactive substance” means any substance which spontaneously emits ionizing radiation and of which the radioactivity per gram is greater than 0.002 microcurie;

“Regional Controller” means an officer for the time being performing the duties of an office of Regional Controller, Department of Shipping and Transport;

“safety ammunition” means ammunition one part of which would not produce an explosive effect by reason only of the explosion of another part of that ammunition in close proximity to that first-mentioned part and includes percussion caps, safety cartridges and safety fuses;

“tanker” means a cargo ship constructed or adapted for the carriage in bulk of substances in fluid form;

“underdeck space” means a hold or a covered space for the stowage of cargo, and includes a space within an open shelter deck, superstructure or deck erection.

(2.) In these Regulations, a reference to a radioactive substance shall be read as including a reference to any receptacle which has contained a substance which spontaneously emits ionizing radiation and of which the radioactivity per gram is greater than 0.002 microcurie, being a receptacle which has not been decontaminated since it last contained that substance.

(3.) For the purposes of these Regulations, an underdeck space shall be deemed to be adjacent to another underdeck space if it is immediately before, abaft, above or below that other underdeck space and is not separated from it by engine or boiler spaces.

(4.) In these Regulations, a reference to a Schedule by number shall be read as a reference to the Schedule to these Regulations so numbered.

Application.

4.—(1.) These Regulations apply to and in relation to all ships, British and foreign.

(2.) Where regulations under the Explosives Act 1961-1966 make provision in relation to handlings to which that Act applies, these Regulations do not apply in relation to those handlings.


Notice of arrival of hazardous cargo.

5. Where a ship has on board a Grade 1 hazardous substance, a Grade 2 hazardous substance the weight of which is five tons or more or Grade 2 harzardous substances the total weight of which is five tons or more—

(a) any part of that substance or those substances;

(b) if the whole or a part of that substance or those substances is stowed in an underdeck space—other cargo in that underdeck space; or

(c) if the whole or a part of that substance or those substances is stowed on a deck space—other cargo on or over that deck space,

shall not be handled unless—

(d) notice of the proposed handling has been given to the prescribed authority at the port in accordance with the form in the Second Schedule; and

(e) either—

(i) twenty-four hours has elapsed since the giving of the notice; or

(ii) the prescribed authority at the port has approved the handling.

Notice of arrival of hazardous cargo in damaged receptacles or leaking from the hull.

6.—(1.) Where a ship has on board a hazardous substance in a damaged receptacle or a hazardous substance that is leaking from a damaged receptacle, the owner, master and agent of the ship are each guilty of an offence against this regulation unless notice, in addition to any notice required to be given under the last preceding regulation, is given to the prescribed authority at the port in respect of the damaged receptacle.

(2.) Where a ship enters a port with a hazardous substance in bulk fluid form and the substance is leaking from the hull of the ship, the owner, master and agent of the ship are each guilty of an offence against this regulation unless notice, in addition to any notice required to be given under the last preceding regulation, has been given to the prescribed authority at the port stating the name of the substance, the quantity on board the ship and the fact that the substance is leaking from the hull.

Penalty: Two hundred dollars or imprisonment for three months, or both.

Inspections by surveyors required before handling commenced.

7.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, where, on a ship—

(a) any quantity of a Grade 1 hazardous substance that is an explosive or a radioactive substance; or

(b) any other Grade 1 hazardous substance the weight of which is five tons or more or any other Grade 1 hazardous substances the total weight of which is five tons or more,

are stowed in any one space or on deck alongside any one hatch, that substance or those substances and any other cargo stowed in or on that space, shall not be handled at a port unless—

(c) an inspection has been made by a surveyor and he has approved the handling; or

(d) the prescribed authority at the port has approved the handling.

(2.) The last preceding sub-regulation does not apply to hazardous substances in fluid form carried in bulk in a tanker.

(3.) Where a ship at a port has on board a hazardous substance in a damaged receptacle—

(a) that receptacle and any hazardous substance that has escaped from that receptacle shall not be handled;


(b) if the receptacle is stowed in an underdeck space—other cargo shall not be handled in, or on or over a deck above, that underdeck space or an underdeck space adjacent to that underdeck space if those two underdeck spaces are not separated by a watertight bulkhead;

(c) if the damaged receptacle is stowed on a deck space—other cargo shall not be handled on, over or below that deck space,

unless—

(d) an inspection has been made by a surveyor and he has approved the handling; or

(e) the prescribed authority at the port has approved the handling.

(4.) The last preceding sub-regulation does not apply to a Grade 2 hazardous substance that is a readily combustible solid.

Fees.

8.—(1.) Subject to sub-regulations (2.), (3.) and (5.) of this regulation, where a surveyor inspects a ship for the purposes of the last preceding regulation, there is payable in respect of each visit to the ship by the surveyor a fee of Four dollars.

(2.) Where, as a result of a request made by the owner, master or agent of a ship, an inspection of the ship is commenced or completed at a time when the office of the Department is not open for public business, there is payable, by virtue of this sub-regulation—

(a) if the inspection is commenced or completed on a day when the office of the Department is not at any time open for public business—a fee of Ten dollars fifty cents;

(b) if the inspection commences or ceases at any time between eleven o’clock in the evening of a day and six o’clock in the morning of the next following day, and the day on which the inspection commences or ceases is a day other than a day referred to in the last preceding paragraph—a fee of Eight dollars fifty cents; or

(c) in any other case—a fee of Four dollars fifty cents.

(3.) Where, as a result of a request by the owner, master or agent of a ship, a surveyor is, or surveyors are, required to attend at a time and place for the purpose of inspecting a ship (being a time when the office of the Department is not open for public business) but the proposed inspection does not commence because the owner, master or agent cancels the request, there is payable, by virtue of this sub-regulation—

(a) if the time appointed is on a day when the office of the Department is not at any time open for public business—a fee of Five dollars fifty cents;

(b) if the time appointed is between eleven o’clock in the evening of a day and six o’clock in the morning of the next following day, and the day on which the time is appointed is a day other than a day referred to in the last preceding paragraph—a fee of Four dollars fifty cents; or

(c) in any other case—a fee of Two dollars fifty cents.

(4.) The last three preceding sub-regulations apply in respect of each surveyor who sets out to commence an inspection.

(5.) Where—

(a) a surveyor is available at the time and place appointed for an inspection of a ship but, for any reason outside the control of the surveyor, he is compelled to wait for a period in excess of half an hour after that time before he can commence the inspection;


(b) a surveyor is carrying out an inspection and, for any reason outside his control, the inspection is interrupted and he is compelled to wait for a period in excess of half an hour before he can continue the inspection; or

(c) a surveyor carrying out an inspection of a ship is compelled, for any reason outside his control, to wait on the ship after the completion of the inspection for a period in excess of half an hour,

an additional fee calculated at the rate of Four dollars for each hour, or part of an hour, of the excess, or a fee of Sixteen dollars, whichever is the less, is payable by virtue of this sub-regulation, in respect of that inspection.

(6.) Where, as a result of a request made by the owner, master or agent of a ship, a surveyor proceeds to a place outside the limits of the port at which he is ordinarily stationed, for the purpose of carrying out an inspection of a ship, a fee equal to the travelling and subsistence expenses necessarily incurred by the surveyor is payable, by virtue of this sub-regulation, whether or not the proposed inspection is carried out.

(7.) The fact that a fee is, by virtue of a particular sub-regulation of this regulation, payable in respect of an inspection of a ship shall not be taken to prevent a further fee, or further fees, being payable in respect of that inspection by virtue of another sub-regulation.

(8.) A fee payable under this regulation is a debt due to the Commonwealth and may be recovered from the owner, master or agent of the ship, in a court of competent jurisdiction.

(9.) In this regulation, “the office of the Department”, in relation to an inspection or proposed inspection by a surveyor of a ship, means the office of the Department of Shipping and Transport, or of the representatives of that Department, at the place where the inspection is made, or the proposed inspection is to be made.

Notice of intention to load.

9.—(1.) A Grade 1 hazardous substance, a Grade 2 hazardous substance the weight of which is five tons or more, Grade 2 hazardous substances the total weight of which is five tons or more, or a Grade 2 hazardous substance the weight of which is such that when added to the weight of any Grade 2 hazardous substances on board the ship will result in the total weight of those substances on board being five tons or more shall not be loaded into or onto a ship at a port unless—

(a) notice of the proposed loading has been given to the prescribed authority at the port in accordance with the form in the Second Schedule; and

(b) either—

(i) twenty-four hours has elapsed since the giving of the notice; or

(ii) the prescribed authority at the port has approved the loading.

(2.) A notice under the last preceding sub-regulation is in addition to, and not in substitution for, any notice that may be required under the Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations.

Loading of certain substances.

10.—(1.) Any quantity of a Grade 1 hazardous substance that is an explosive or a radioactive substance shall not be loaded into or onto a ship at a port unless an inspection has been made by a surveyor and he has approved the loading or the prescribed authority at the port has approved the loading.

(2.) A Grade 1 hazardous substance that is a flammable liquid shall not be loaded into an underdeck space in a ship at a port unless an inspection has been made by a surveyor and he has approved the loading or the prescribed authority at the port has approved the loading.


(3.) A Grade 1 hazardous substance (not being a substance in respect of which an inspection is required under either of the last two preceding sub-regulations before it is loaded into or onto a ship) shall not be loaded into any one space, or onto a deck alongside any one hatch, of a ship at a port if the weight of that substance or the total weight of that substance and any other Grade 1 hazardous substances in that space or alongside that hatch would, after the loading, be five tons or more unless an inspection has been made by a surveyor and he has approved the loading or the prescribed authority at the port has approved the loading.

(4.) The last preceding sub-regulation does not apply to the loading into a tanker of a hazardous substance in bulk fluid form.

(5.) Where a Grade 1 hazardous substance is stowed abreast of a hatchway, other cargo shall not, without the approval of a surveyor, be handled over that hazardous substance.

Damage to receptacles or spillage during handling.

11.—(1.) If, during the handling of a hazardous substance on a ship in a port, spillage of the substance occurs or a receptacle in which the substance is contained is observed to be damaged, the person appointed under regulation 19 of these Regulations to supervise the handling of the substance shall report the matter without delay to the officer in charge of the ship and—

(a) shall direct that the substance shall not be handled;

(b) if the whole or a part of the substance is stowed in an underdeck space—shall direct that other cargo shall not be handled in, or on or over a deck above, that underdeck space or an underdeck space adjacent to that underdeck space if those two underdeck spaces are not separated by a watertight bulkhead; and

(c) if the whole or a part of the substance is stowed on a deck space—shall direct that other cargo shall not be handled on, over or below that deck space.

(2.) Where a direction has been given under the last preceding sub-regulation—

(a) a person shall not handle, or permit the handling of, a hazardous substance or other cargo in contravention of that direction; and

(b) a person (other than an officer of the ship, a surveyor, an approved chemist or a person thereto authorized by an officer of the ship or a surveyor) shall not be in or upon a part of the ship where the substance is stowed or where, by virtue of the direction, the handling of other cargo is prohibited,

until a surveyor or the prescribed authority at the port has approved the handling of the substance or that other cargo, as the case may be.

Penalty: Two hundred dollars or imprisonment for three months, or both.

Surveyor may be accompanied by approved chemist in certain cases.

12. Where a hazardous substance is in a damaged receptacle or spillage of the substance has occurred, a surveyor may require that, while he is making an inspection of the substance for the purposes of these Regulations, he be accompanied by an approved chemist whose services shall be paid for by the owner of the ship on which the substance is, or is to be loaded, or, in default of payment by the owner, by the agent of the ship.

Approval may be subject to conditions.

13.—(1.) A surveyor or the prescribed authority at a port may, in giving an approval to the handling of a hazardous substance or other cargo, give that approval unconditionally or subject to conditions and may give such directions in relation to the handling of a hazardous substance or other cargo as, in the interests of safety, he thinks fit.


(2.) Where an approval given under the last preceding sub-regulation is subject to conditions or directions are given under that sub-regulation, a hazardous substance or other cargo shall not be handled except in accordance with those conditions or directions.

Emergency alarm.

14.—(1.) Where, at a port—

(a) a ship has on board or is being loaded with a Grade 1 hazardous substance;

(b) a ship has on board or is being loaded with a Grade 2 hazardous substance the weight of which is five tons or more or Grade 2 hazardous substances the total weight of which is five tons or more; or

(c) a ship is being loaded with a Grade 2 hazardous substance the weight of which is such, that, when it is added to the weight of any Grade 2 hazardous substance or to the total weight of any Grade 2 hazardous substances on board the ship, will result in the total weight of those substances being five tons or more,

the master of the ship shall not permit a member of the crew, and a supervisor, foreman or other person in charge of labour engaged on or about the ship shall not permit a person under his supervision, to enter any underdeck space that is not separated by engine or boiler spaces from the part of the ship in which the hazardous substance is, or into which it is being loaded, unless an alarm system has been installed in accordance with this regulation.

Penalty: One hundred dollars or imprisonment for three months, or both.

(2.) A master of a ship may require the alarm to be installed by, and at the expense of, the person who is the employer of persons who, for any reason, are required to enter a hold or underdeck space of the ship.

(3.) The alarm shall be a klaxon horn or other warning device approved by the Minister and shall be attached to or in the vicinity of the upper hatch coaming of a hold or underdeck space in the part of the ship where the substance is stowed or is to be handled.

(4.) The alarm shall be capable of being immediately sounded by the hatch-man or other person in charge of the alarm system who shall be, and shall be directed by the person in charge of the work to be, in attendance on the alarm system at all times while work is in progress.

(5.) The warning signal shall be a continuous sounding of the alarm and the nature of the signal shall be made known by the person in charge of the work to all persons employed in any hold or underdeck space on the ship.

Persons to be warned of dangers of hazardous substances.

15.—(1.) The master of a ship in a port which has on board, or on which is to be loaded, a hazardous substance shall warn the members of the crew and each employer of labour engaged on or about the ship of the nature of the substance, the risks involved and the precautions to be taken.

(2.) The supervisor, foreman or other person in charge of labour (other than members of the crew) engaged on or about a ship in a port shall satisfy himself that all the persons under his supervision are similarly warned.

Penalty: One hundred dollars or imprisonment for three months, or both.

Fire precautions.

16. A hazardous substance shall not be handled in a ship, other cargo shall not be handled in an underdeck space in which a Grade 1 hazardous substance is stowed and other cargo shall not be handled on or over a part of a deck on which a Grade 1 hazardous substance is stowed unless in the immediate vicinity of the


place where the hazardous substance is to be handled or is stowed, there is conspicuously displayed a notice clearly stating that smoking is prohibited and—

(a) except in the case of a radioactive substance or a substance that is dangerous by interaction with water—a fire hose under water pressure is available for immediate use and—

(i) in the case of a flammable substance that is immiscible with water—is fitted with a spray nozzle; or

(ii) in any other case—is fitted with a jet nozzle;

(b) in the case of a Grade 1 hazardous substance (not being a radioactive substance or a substance that is dangerous by interaction with water, a corrosive substance or a poisonous substance)—not less than two portable fire extinguishers suitable for the substance involved are available for immediate use; and

(c) in the case of a substance that is dangerous by interaction with water—not less than six cubic feet of sand or of other material suitable for quenching a fire in that substance are available for immediate use.

Carrying of matches, and use of fire on a ship.

17.—(1.) A person engaged in the handling of a hazardous substance in or on a ship at a port shall not carry or have in his possession any matches or other materials or appliances for producing fire.

(2.) If a ship is in port, a person shall not smoke, or permit another person to smoke, or have in his possession, or create or use, or permit another person to have in his possession, or create or use, any fire or naked light—

(a) except with the approval of a surveyor—in, or on a deck above, an underdeck space of the ship, or on a part of a deck of the ship, where a hazardous substance is stowed or is being handled; or

(b) except with the approval of the master of the ship—in any other part of the ship.

(3.) A person shall not, without the approval of a surveyor, carry on, or permit another person to carry on, any oxy-welding, cutting or similar process in or on a ship in a port if a hazardous substance is stowed or is being handled on the ship.

Penalty: One hundred dollars or imprisonment for three months, or both.

Lighting.

18.—(1.) When a ship is in a port, a person shall not use, or permit the use—

(a) of portable electric lighting in an underdeck space of the ship where a Grade 1 hazardous substance that is an explosive, a flammable liquid or flammable gas is stowed or being handled—unless the portable electric lighting is flameproofed in accordance with British Standard Specification No. 889; or

(b) of electric lighting in an underdeck space of the ship where a Grade 2 hazardous substance that is an explosive, a flammable liquid or flammable gas is stowed or is being handled—unless the electric lighting is constructed and maintained so that during normal usage it will not short-circuit or spark and the lamp is protected so that it will not come into contact with the ship or its cargo.

(2.) Where portable electric lighting is used in accordance with the last preceding sub-regulation, no junction-box, switch or plug connected with the lighting shall be located in an underdeck space.

(3.) When a ship is in a port, a person shall not use or permit the use of permanent electric lighting in an underdeck space where a Grade 1 hazardous substance that is an explosive, a flammable liquid or flammable gas is stowed or is being handled.

Penalty: One hundred dollars or imprisonment for three months, or both.


Supervision of holds, &c.

19.—(1.) The owner, master or agent of a ship in which a hazardous substance is carried shall, if the hazardous substance is to be handled while the ship is in a port or if other cargo that is stowed in or in the vicinity of the space in which the hazardous substance is stowed is to be handled while the ship is in a port, appoint an officer or member of the crew or other reliable person to supervise the handling of the hazardous substance or cargo.

(2.) The officer, member of the crew or other person so appointed shall—

(a) supervise the handling of the substance or cargo in the port;

(b) remain in, or frequently visit, the underdeck space or deck in or on which the substance or cargo is being handled;

(c) closely inspect the underdeck space or deck when the handling of the substance or cargo is completed; and

(d) report to the master or officer in charge as to the condition of the underdeck space or deck and the substance or cargo after handling.

Penalty: One hundred dollars or imprisonment for three months, or both.

20. If a hazardous substance is in or on a ship in a port, a person shall not, during a meal-time or other recess, except with the permission of the master or other officer in charge of the ship, remain in, or visit, an underdeck space containing that substance.

Penalty: Sixty dollars or imprisonment for two months, or both.

Qualified persons to be in charge of pumps.

21.—(1.) The master or other officer in charge of a ship in or on which a hazardous substance is to be handled in a port shall appoint, or cause to be appointed, a certificated engineroom officer, or other competent member of the engineroom staff of the ship, to be on duty when the substance is being handled in or on the ship.

(2.) The officer or other member of the engineroom staff so appointed shall, while the substance is being handled in or on the ship in the port, remain on duty and be immediately available, in emergency, to bring into operation the fire pumps and other fire extinguishing appliances in his charge.

Penalty: One hundred dollars or imprisonment for three months, or both.

Contaminated dunnage, &c.

22. Where, after a spillage of a hazardous substance, any dunnage or material or gear belonging to or on the ship has become contaminated as a result of the spillage the master shall—

(a) report the contamination to the prescribed authority at the port;

(b) if required to do so by the prescribed authority or by a surveyor—cause the dunnage, material or gear to be destroyed or decontaminated in such manner as the prescribed authority or the surveyor directs; and

(c) immediately after the destruction or decontamination is effected notify the prescribed authority or the surveyor accordingly.

Penalty: Sixty dollars or imprisonment for two months, or both.

Respirators to be provided on tankers.

23.—(1.) The master of a tanker registered in Australia or of a tanker licensed to engage in the coasting trade shall provide a full face respirator with back mounted organic vapour cannister or a full face airline respirator without demand valve for each person—

(a) engaged, during the loading of bulk benzene or the loading of other cargo into a tank the last preceding cargo of which was, or consisted in part, of bulk benzene, in ullaging or other duties on deck near an open ullage pipe;

(b) engaged in ullaging bulk cargoes containing benzene;


(c) engaged, during the discharge of bulk benzene or a bulk cargo containing benzene, in working in the pump room; and

(d) engaged in tank washing if the benzene vapour concentration is greater than twenty-five parts per million.

(2.) The master of a tanker registered in Australia or of a tanker licensed to engage in the coasting trade shall ensure that a fan capable of ventilating the pump room in the tanker shall be used at all times during the discharge of a bulk cargo of benzene or a bulk cargo containing benzene.

Penalty: Two hundred dollars or imprisonment for three months, or both.

Power to modify, vary or exempt.

24.—(1.) Where, in a particular case, the Minister is satisfied that it is unreasonable and unnecessary to insist upon compliance with a requirement of these Regulations and that a modification or variation of, or exemption from compliance with, that requirement can be permitted without danger to person or property, he may, by writing under his hand, approve, subject to such conditions as are set out in the approval, of the modification or variation, or of the exemption, and the approval has effect according to its terms.

(2.) The person to whom an approval is given under the last preceding sub-regulation shall not fail to comply with a condition set out in the approval.

Penalty: Two hundred dollars or imprisonment for three months, or both.

(3.) An application for a modification or variation of, or exemption from compliance with, a requirement of these Regulations shall be made in writing by the owner, master or agent of the ship.

Handling of explosives in State explosives areas.

25.—(1.) Where a person appointed under a law of a State to supervise the handling of explosives is satisfied, in relation to the handling of explosives in or on a ship at a place appointed for the handling of explosives under a law of that State, that it is unreasonable and unnecessary to insist upon compliance with a requirement of these Regulations and that a modification or variation of, or exemption from compliance with, that requirement can be permitted without danger to person or property, he may, by writing under his hand, approve, subject to such conditions as are set out in the approval, of the modification or variation, or of the exemption, and the approval has effect according to its terms.

(2.) The person to whom an approval has been given under the last preceding sub-regulation shall not fail to comply with a condition set out in the approval.

Penalty: Two hundred dollars or imprisonment for three months, or both.

Offenses.

26.—(1.) Where a hazardous substance or other cargo is handled or loaded in contravention of these Regulations, the owner, master and agent of the ship are each guilty of an offence against these Regulations punishable upon conviction by a fine not exceeding Two hundred dollars or imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months, or both.

(2.) Where, in a prosecution for an offence against these Regulations, there is evidence that the name or description of a substance was marked on the outside of a receptacle then, unless the contrary is proved, the receptacle shall be deemed to have contained the substance so named or described.

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THE SCHEDULES

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FIRST SCHEDULE Regulation 3.

Hazardous Substances

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

No.

Name or description

Grade

1

Acaroid resin......................................................

2

2

Accelerene.......................................................

1

3

Accumulators, wet or filled.............................................

2

4

Acetaldehyde ammonia...............................................

2

5

Acetic acid and solutions containing more than 90% of acetic acid by weight............

2

6

Acetic anhydride....................................................

2

7

Acetone cyanohydrin.................................................

1

8

Acetonitrile.......................................................

1

9

Acetonyl benzyl-4-hydroxycoumarin......................................

1

10

Acetyl benzoyl peroxide...............................................

1

11

Acetyl bromide.....................................................

1

12

Acetyl chloride.....................................................

1

13

Acetylene dissolved..................................................

1

14

Acetylene tetrabromide...............................................

2

15

Acetylene tetrachloride...............................................

2

16

Acetyl hydroperoxide................................................

1

17

Acetyl iodide......................................................

1

18

Acetyl peroxide....................................................

1

19

Acid butyl phosphate.................................................

2

20

Aconite..........................................................

1

21

Air, compressed....................................................

2

22

Air, liquefied......................................................

1

23

Alkali metal amalgams................................................

1

24

Alkali metal amides..................................................

1

25

Alkali metal dispersions...............................................

1

26

Alkaline earth metal amalgams..........................................

1

27

Alkaloids, poisonous, and their salts.......................................

1

28

Alloys of alkaline earth metals, non-pyrophoric...............................

1

29

Alloys containing more than 50% magnesium................................

1

30

Allyl chlorocarbonate................................................

1

31

Allyl chloroformate..................................................

1

32

Allylene.........................................................

1

33

Allyl iodide.......................................................

1

34

Allyl isothiocyanate..................................................

2

35

Allyl trichlorosilane..................................................

1

36

Alluminium alkyl chlorides.............................................

1

37

Aluminium alkyls...................................................

1

38

Aluminium bromide, anhydrous..........................................

1

39

Aluminium carbide..................................................

1

40

Aluminium chloride, anhydrous..........................................

1

41

Aluminium diethyl monochloride.........................................

1

42

Aluminium ethyl dichloride............................................

1

43

Aluminium ethyl sesquichloride..........................................

1

44

Aluminium ferro-silicon...............................................

2

45

Aluminium fluoride..................................................

1

46

Aluminium hydride..................................................

1

47

Aluminium lithium hydride.............................................

1

48

Aluminium magnesium phosphide........................................

1

49

Aluminium methyl sesquibromide........................................

1

50

Aluminium methyl sesquichloride........................................

1

51

Aluminium nitrate...................................................

2

52

Aluminium phosphide................................................

1

53

Aluminium, powder, coated or treated with oil or wax...........................

2

54

Aluminium, powder, uncoated...........................................

2

55

Aluminium silicon..................................................

2

56

Aluminium tributyl..................................................

1

57

Aluminium tri-isobutyl................................................

1

58

Aluminium triethyl..................................................

1


First Schedule—continued

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

No.

Name or description

Grade

59

Aluminium trimethyl.................................................

1

60

Aminobenzene.....................................................

2

61

Aminodimethyl benzene...............................................

2

62

Aminoethane......................................................

1

63

1-Amino ethanol....................................................

2

64

Aminomethane.....................................................

1

65

Aminotriazole.....................................................

1

66

Ammonia, anhydrous, liquefied..........................................

1

67

Ammonia, solutions below SG.959 at 15°C..................................

2

68

Ammonium arsenate.................................................

1

69

Ammonium bichromate...............................................

2

70

Ammonium bifluoride................................................

1

71

Ammonium chlorate.................................................

1

72

Ammonium chromate................................................

2

73

Ammonium dichromate...............................................

2

74

Ammonium dinitro-ortho-cresolate........................................

2

75

Ammonium fluoride.................................................

1

76

Ammonium hydrogen fluoride...........................................

1

77

Ammonium nitrate..................................................

1

78

Ammonium nitrate fertilizers...........................................

2

79

Ammonium nitrite...................................................

1

80

Ammonium perchlorate...............................................

1

81

Ammonium permanganate.............................................

1

82

Ammonium persulphate...............................................

2

83

Ammonium picrate..................................................

1

84

Ammonium sulphocyanate.............................................

2

85

Ammonium thiocyanate...............................................

2

86

Ammonium thioglycolate..............................................

1

87

Amyl trichlorosilane.................................................

1

88

Aniline..........................................................

2

89

Aniline chloride....................................................

2

90

Aniline hydrochloride................................................

2

91

Anisoyl chloride....................................................

1

92

Anti-knock compounds containing lead alkyls................................

1

93

Antimony chloride..................................................

2

94

Antimony compounds not included in any other item in this Schedule.................

2

95

Antimony pentachloride...............................................

1

96

Antimony pentafluoride...............................................

1

97

Antimony perchloride................................................

1

98

Antimony potassium tartrate............................................

2

99

Antimony sulphides..................................................

2

100

Antimony trichloride.................................................

2

101

Argon, compressed..................................................

2

102

Argon, liquefied....................................................

1

103

Arsenic and its compounds not included in any other item in this Schedule..............

1

104

Arsenic hydride....................................................

1

105

Arsine...........................................................

1

106

Atropine and its salts.................................................

1

107

Bags, empty, contaminated with nitrates....................................

2

108

Barium and alloys of barium............................................

2

109

Barium azide......................................................

1

110

Barium binoxide....................................................

2

111

Barium chlorate....................................................

1

112

Barium chromate...................................................

2

113

Barium compounds not included in any other item in this Schedule...................

2

114

Barium cyanide....................................................

1

115

Barium dioxide.....................................................

2

116

Barium nitrate.....................................................

2

117

Barium perchlorate..................................................

1

118

Barium permanganate................................................

1

119

Barium peroxide....................................................

2

120

Barium powder.....................................................

2

121

Barium superoxide..................................................

2


First Schedulecontinued

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

No.

Name or description

Grade

122

Batteries, wet or filled................................................

2

123

Battery fluid.......................................................

2

124

Benzal chloride....................................................

1

125

Benzene.........................................................

1

126

Benzene sulphonic acid...............................................

2

127

Benzidine and its salts................................................

1

128

Benzol..........................................................

1

129

Benzoyl chloride....................................................

1

130

Benzoyl peroxide...................................................

1

131

Benzyl bromide....................................................

1

132

Benzyl chloride....................................................

1

133

Benzyl chlorocarbonate...............................................

1

134

Benzyl chloroformate................................................

1

135

Benzyl dichloride...................................................

1

136

Benzylidene chloride.................................................

2

137

Beryllium and its compounds...........................................

2

138

Bichromates, inorganic, not included in any other item in this Schedule................

2

139

Bifluorides not included in any other item in this Schedule........................

1

140

Bleaching powder...................................................

2

141

Bleach liquor, namely, hypochlorite solutions containing 5% or more of available chlorine...

2

142

Boroethane.......................................................

1

143

Boron fluoride.....................................................

1

144

Boron trichloride...................................................

1

145

Boron trifluoride....................................................

1

146

Boron trifluoride acetic acid complex......................................

2

147

Boron trifluoride propionic acid complex....................................

2

148

Brattice cloth......................................................

2

149

Bromates, inorganic, not included in any other item in this Schedule..................

2

150

Bromine and bromine solutions..........................................

1

151

Bromine cyanide....................................................

1

152

Bromine pentafluoride................................................

1

153

Bromine trifluoride..................................................

1

154

Bromoacetic acid...................................................

2

155

Bromoacetone.....................................................

1

156

Bromobenzyl cyanide................................................

1

157

Bromochlorodifluoromethane...........................................

2

158

Bromocyane......................................................

1

159

Bromodiphenylmethane...............................................

1

160

Bromoethane......................................................

2

161

Bromomethane.....................................................

1

162

Bromotrifluoromethane...............................................

2

163

Brucine and its salts..................................................

1

164

Butadiene, inhibited.................................................

1

165

Butane, and butane mixtures............................................

1

166

Butene..........................................................

1

167

Butyl eumene peroxide...............................................

1

168

Butyl dimethylbenzyl peroxide..........................................

1

169

Butylene.........................................................

1

170

iso-Butylene......................................................

1

171

tertiary-Butyl hydroperoxide............................................

1

172

n-Butyl lithium.....................................................

1

173

iso-Butyl methyl ketone peroxide.........................................

1

174

tertiary-Butyl peracetate...............................................

1

175

tertiary-Butyl perbenzoate.............................................

1

176

tertiary-Butyl permaleate..............................................

1

177

tertiary-Butyl peroctoate...............................................

1

178

2, 2,-bis-tertiary Butylperoxy butane.......................................

1

179

Butyl phosphoric acid................................................

2

180

tertiary-Butyl-iso-propylbenzene hydroperoxide...............................

1

181

Butyl trichlorosilane.................................................

1

182

Cacodylic acid.....................................................

1

183

Cadmium compounds................................................

2


First Schedulecontinued

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

No.

Name or description

Grade

184

Caesium metal.....................................................

1

185

Caesium nitrate....................................................

2

186

Caesium powder....................................................

1

187

Calcium and its alloys................................................

2

188

Calcium azide.....................................................

1

189

Calcium bisulphite, solution............................................

2

190

Calcium carbide....................................................

1

191

Calcium chlorate....................................................

1

192

Calcium chloride in mixtures containing a chlorate.............................

2

193

Calcium chlorite....................................................

2

194

Calcium cyanamide containing calcium carbide...............................

2

195

Calcium cyanide....................................................

1

196

Calcium dithionite...................................................

2

197

Calcium fluosilicate..................................................

2

198

Calcium hydride....................................................

1

199

Calcium hydrogen sulphite solution.......................................

2

200

Calcium hydrosulphide...............................................

1

201

Calcium hydrosulphite................................................

2

202

Calcium hydroxide..................................................

2

203

Calcium hypochlorite.................................................

2

204

Calcium iodate.....................................................

2

205

Calcium manganese silicon.............................................

2

206

Calcium oxide.....................................................

2

207

Calcium perchlorate.................................................

1

208

Calcium permanganate................................................

1

209

Calcium peroxide...................................................

2

210

Calcium phosphide..................................................

1

211

Calcium powder....................................................

2

212

Calcium resinate....................................................

2

213

Calcium silicide....................................................

2

214

Calcium silicon....................................................

2

215

Camphor.........................................................

1

216

Canned heat.......................................................

2

217

Carbethox........................................................

1

218

Carbogen........................................................

2

219

Carbolic acid......................................................

2

220

Carbon..........................................................

2

221

Carbon dioxide.....................................................

2

222

Carbon monoxide...................................................

1

223

Carbon paper......................................................

2

224

Carbon tetrachloride.................................................

1

225

Carbon tetrafluoride.................................................

2

226

Carbonyl chloride...................................................

1

227

Catalyst nickel.....................................................

2

228

Caustic antimony...................................................

2

229

Caustic potash.....................................................

2

230

Caustic soda.......................................................

2

231

Celloidin.........................................................

1

232

Celluloid.........................................................

1

233

Cerium powder.....................................................

2

234

Charcoal.........................................................

2

235

Chlorate and borate mixtures............................................

1

236

Chlorates, inorganic, not included in any other item in this Schedule..................

1

237

Chloric acid.......................................................

1

238

Chlorine.........................................................

1

239

Chlorine cyanide....................................................

1

240

Chlorine trifluoride..................................................

1

241

Chlorites, inorganic, not included in any other item in this Schedule..................

2

242

Chloroacetic acid...................................................

2

243

Chloroacetone.....................................................

1

244

Chloroacetophenone.................................................

1

245

Chloroacetyl chloride.................................................

1

246

Chloroanilines.....................................................

2


First Schedulecontinued

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

No.

Name or description

Grade

247

Chlorodifluorobromomethane...........................................

2

248

Chlorodifluoroethane.................................................

1

249

Chlorodifluoromethane...............................................

2

250

Chlorodiphenylarsine.................................................

1

251

l-Chloro-2,3 epoxy propane............................................

2

252

Chloroethane......................................................

1

253

Chloroform.......................................................

2

254

Chloromethane.....................................................

1

255

Chloronitrobenzenes.................................................

2

256

Chloropentafluoroethane..............................................

2

257

Chlorophenates.....................................................

2

258

Chlorophenols.....................................................

2

259

Chlorophenyl trichlorosilane............................................

1

260

Chloropicrin......................................................

1

261

Chloroprene.......................................................

2

262

Chlorosulphonic acid.................................................

1

263

Chlorosulphuric acid.................................................

1

264

Chlorotetrafluoroethane...............................................

2

265

4-Chloro-ortho-toluidine hydrochloride.....................................

1

266

Chlorotrifluoroethane................................................

2

267

Chlorotrifluoromethane...............................................

2

268

Chromates, inorganic, not included in any other item in this Schedule.................

2

269

Chromic acid, solid..................................................

1

270

Chromic acid, solution................................................

1

271

Chromic anhydride..................................................

1

272

Chromic fluoride...................................................

2

273

Chromium fluoride..................................................

2

274

Chromium oxychloride...............................................

1

275

Chromium trioxide..................................................

1

276

Chromyl chloride...................................................

1

277

Cigarettes, self-lighting...............................................

2

278

Coal gas.........................................................

1

279

Cobalt naphthenate..................................................

2

280

Cobalt nitrate......................................................

2

281

Cobalt resinate.....................................................

2

282

Cocaine and its salts.................................................

1

283

Cocculus.........................................................

1

284

Coconut shell, granulated..............................................

2

285

Codeine and its salts.................................................

1

286

Coir............................................................

2

287

Cold starters, namely, heating elements.....................................

1

288

Copper acetoarsenite.................................................

1

289

Copper arsenite....................................................

1

290

Copper concentrate..................................................

2

291

Copper fluoborate...................................................

2

292

Copper naphthenate..................................................

2

293

Copper nitrate.....................................................

2

294

Copra...........................................................

2

295

Cotton, dry.......................................................

2

296

Cotton, oily or wet..................................................

2

297

Cotton seed.......................................................

2

298

Cotton waste, oily or wet..............................................

2

299

Cresols..........................................................

2

300

Cresol sulphonic acid.................................................

2

301

Cresylic acid......................................................

2

302

Croton oil........................................................

1

303

Cumene hydroperoxide...............................................

1

304

Cupri ethylenediamine solution..........................................

2

305

Cyanides not included in any other item in this Schedule.........................

1

306

Cyanogas........................................................

1

307

Cyanogen........................................................

1

308

Cyanogen bromide..................................................

1

309

Cyanogen chloride..................................................

1


First Schedulecontinued

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

No.

Name or description

Grade

310

Cyclohexanone peroxide..............................................

1

311

Cyclohexenyl trichlorosilane............................................

1

312

Cyclohexyl trichlorosilane.............................................

1

313

Cyclopropane......................................................

1

314

Decaborane.......................................................

1

315

Deuterium........................................................

1

316

Diacetyl peroxide...................................................

1

317

Diamine.........................................................

1

318

Diaminobenezenes..................................................

2

319

Diaminoethane.....................................................

2

320

Dibenzoyl peroxide..................................................

1

321

Diborane.........................................................

1

322

Dibromoethane.....................................................

2

323

Di-tertiary-butyl diperphthalate..........................................

1

324

Di-tertiary-butyl peroxide..............................................

1

325

Dichloroacetic acid..................................................

2

326

Dichloroacetyl chloride...............................................

1

327

Dichloroanilines....................................................

2

328

Dichlorobenzenes...................................................

2

329

Di-4-chlorobenzoyl peroxide............................................

1

330

Di-2,4,dichlorobenzoyl peroxide.........................................

1

331

Dichlorodiethylsilane.................................................

1

332

Dichlorodifluoromethane..............................................

2

333

Dichloroethyl aluminium..............................................

1

334

Dichloromethane...................................................

2

335

Dichloromonofluoromethane............................................

2

336

Dichlorophenoxy acetic acid and its compounds...............................

2

337

Dichlorophenyl arsine................................................

1

338

Dichlorophenyl trichlorosilane...........................................

1

339

Dichlorosilanes.....................................................

1

340

Dichlorotetrafluoroethane..............................................

2

341

Dichlorotoluene....................................................

1

342

Dichromates, inorganic, not included in any other item in this Schedule................

2

343

Di-cumyl peroxide..................................................

1

344

Dicyanogen.......................................................

1

345

Didymium nitrate...................................................

2

346

Diethyl aluminium chloride.............................................

1

347

Diethyl dichlorosilane................................................

1

348

Diethyl magnesium..................................................

1

349

Diethyl sulphate....................................................

2

350

Diethyl zinc.......................................................

1

351

Difluoromonochloroethane.............................................

1

352

Difluoromonochloromethane............................................

2

353

Difluoroethane.....................................................

1

354

Difluoroethylene....................................................

1

355

Difluorophosphoric acid, anhydrous.......................................

2

356

Digoxin..........................................................

2

357

Dimethoxystrychnine and its salts........................................

1

358

Dimethylamine, anhydrous.............................................

1

359

Dimethylaniline....................................................

2

360

Dimethyl ether.....................................................

1

361

2,5-Dimethyl hexane-2,5-dihydroperoxide...................................

1

362

Dimethyl magnesium.................................................

1

363

Dimethyl methane...................................................

1

364

Dimethyl-para-nitrosoaniline............................................

1

365

Dimethyl sulphate...................................................

1

366

Dimethyl zinc......................................................

1

367

Dinitroanilines.....................................................

2

368

Dinitrobenzenes....................................................

2

369

4,6-Dinitro-ortho-cresol...............................................

2

370

Dinitrophenates....................................................

1

371

Dinitrophenates, wet with water..........................................

2

372

Dinitrophenols.....................................................

1


First Schedulecontinued

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

No.

Name or description

Grade

373

Dinitrophenols, wet with water..........................................

2

374

Dinitrophenolates...................................................

1

375

Dinitrophenolates, wet with water........................................

2

376

Dinitroresorcinols...................................................

1

377

Dinitroresorcinols, wet with water........................................

2

378

Dinitrotoluenes.....................................................

1

379

Dinitrotoluenes, wet with water..........................................

2

380

Di-iso-octyl acid phosphate.............................................

2

381

Diphenylamine chloroarsine............................................

1

382

Diphenylbromomethane...............................................

1

383

Diphenylchloroarsine.................................................

1

384

Diphenyldichlorosilane...............................................

1

385

Diphenyl magnesium.................................................

1

386

Diphenylmethane 4-4 di-isocyanate.......................................

2

387

Diphenylmethyl bromide..............................................

1

388

Di-iso-propyl benzene hydroperoxide......................................

1

389

Di-iso-propyl peroxydicarbonate.........................................

1

390

Disulphuryl chloride.................................................

1

391

Divinylether, inhibited................................................

1

392

D.N.O.C..........................................................

2

393

Dodecylbenzene sulphonic acid..........................................

2

394

Dodecyl trichlorosilane...............................................

1

395

Driers, paint or varnish, solid...........................................

2

396

Dye intermediates, poisonous, not included in any other item in this Schedule...........

2

397

Emerald green.....................................................

1

398

Epichlorohydrin....................................................

2

399

1,2-Epoxyethane....................................................

1

400

Ester gum resins....................................................

2

401

Ethane, compressed..................................................

1

402

Ethane, liquefied....................................................

1

403

Ethane nitrile......................................................

1

404

Ethanoic anhydride..................................................

2

405

Ethyl aluminium dichloride.............................................

1

406

Ethyl aluminium sesquichloride..........................................

1

407

Ethylamine.......................................................

1

408

Ethyl aniline......................................................

2

409

Ethyl bromide.....................................................

2

410

Ethyl bromoacetate..................................................

2

411

Ethyl chloride......................................................

1

412

Ethyl dichloroarsine.................................................

1

413

Ethylene, compressed................................................

1

414

Ethylene, liquefied..................................................

1

415

Ethylene diamine...................................................

2

416

Ethylene dibromide..................................................

2

417

Ethylene fluoride...................................................

1

418

Ethylene oxide.....................................................

1

419

Ethylidene difluoride.................................................

1

420

Ethylidene fluoride..................................................

1

421

Ethyl methyl ether...................................................

1

422

Ethyl sulphate.....................................................

2

423

Eucalyptus kino....................................................

2

424

Explosives, other than safety ammunition and manufactured fireworks (shop goods).......

1

425

Explosives, safety ammunition..........................................

2

426

Felt, bituminized....................................................

2

427

Felt, wet.........................................................

2

428

Ferric chloride, anhydrous.............................................

2

429

Ferric nitrate......................................................

2

430

Ferric perchloride, anhydrous...........................................

2

431

Ferrocerium.......................................................

2

432

Ferrosilicon.......................................................

2

433

Fibres, animal or vegetable, burnt, oily or wet.................................

2

434

Fibres, animal or vegetable, dry..........................................

2


First Schedulecontinued

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

No.

Name or description

Grade

435

Films, nitrocellulose base..............................................

1

436

Fire extinguishers, containing compressed or liquefied gas........................

2

437

Fire lighters.......................................................

2

438

Fireworks, namely, manufactured fireworks (shop goods).........................

2

439

Fish berry........................................................

1

440

Fish meal........................................................

2

441

Fish scrap........................................................

2

442

Flammable liquids with flash point of less than 73°F, when submitted to the closed cup test..

1

443

Flammable liquids with flash point of 73°F, but not more than 141°F, when submitted to the closed cup test 

2

444

Flax............................................................

2

445

Flints, lighter......................................................

2

446

Fluoborates not included in any other item in this Schedule........................

2

447

Fluoboric acid.....................................................

1

448

Fluorides not included in any other item in this Schedule.........................

2

449

Fluorine.........................................................

1

450

Fluoroacetic acids and their compounds....................................

1

451

Fluorophosphoric acid, anhydrous........................................

2

452

Fluorosulphonic acid.................................................

1

453

Fluorotrichloromethane...............................................

2

454

Fluosilicates.......................................................

1

455

Fluosilicic acid.....................................................

1

456

Formic acid.......................................................

2

457

Fuel, pyrophoric....................................................

1

458

Fumaryl chloride...................................................

1

459

Garbage, tankage, containing less than 8% of water.............................

2

460

Gases, natural......................................................

1

461

Grignard solution...................................................

1

462

Guanidine nitrate...................................................

2

463

Hafnium powder....................................................

2

464

Hair............................................................

2

465

Hair-waving materials, self-heating.......................................

2

466

Hay............................................................

2

467

Heavy hydrogen....................................................

1

468

Helium, compressed.................................................

2

469

Helium, liquefied...................................................

1

470

Hemp...........................................................

2

471

Herbicides........................................................

1

472

Hexadecyl trichlorosilane..............................................

1

473

Hexaethyl tetraphosphate..............................................

1

474

Hexafluoropropylene.................................................

1

475

Hexafluorophosphoric acid.............................................

1

476

Hexamethylene diamine solution.........................................

1

477

Hexamethylene tetramine..............................................

2

478

Hexane diamine solution..............................................

1

479

Hexyl trichlorosilane.................................................

1

480

Hydrazine........................................................

1

481

Hydrazine compounds................................................

1

482

Hydrides, metal, not included in any other item in this Schedule.....................

1

483

Hydriodic acid.....................................................

2

484

Hydrobromic acid...................................................

2

485

Hydrocarbon gases not included in any other item in this Schedule...................

1

486

Hydrochloric acid...................................................

1

487

Hydrocyanic acid and solutions containing hydrocyanic acid.......................

1

488

Hydrofluoboric acid.................................................

1

489

Hydrofluoric acid solutions.............................................

1

490

Hydrofluosilicic acid.................................................

1

491

Hydrogen, compressed................................................

1

492

Hydrogen, heavy....................................................

1

493

Hydrogen, liquefied..................................................

1

494

Hydrogen bromide, anhydrous...........................................

1

495

Hydrogen bromide solution.............................................

2

496

Hydrogen chloride, anhydrous...........................................

1


First Schedulecontinued

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

No.

Name or description

Grade

497

Hydrogen chloride solution.............................................

1

498

Hydrogen cyanide, anhydrous...........................................

1

499

Hydrogen fluoride...................................................

1

500

Hydrogen peroxide, solid..............................................

2

501

Hydrogen peroxide and solutions containing more than 60% of hydrogen peroxide by weight.

1

502

Hydrogen peroxide solutions containing more than 40% and not more than 60% of hydrogen peroxide by weight 

2

503

Hydrogen sulphide..................................................

1

504

1-Hydroxy-l-hydroperoxy dicyclohexyl peroxide..............................

1

505

Hypochlorites, inorganic, not included in any other item in this Schedule...............

2

506

Hypochlorite solutions, over 5% available chlorine.............................

2

507

Indian berry.......................................................

1

508

Infectious substances.................................................

1

509

Insecticides.......................................................

1

510

Iodine...........................................................

2

511

Iodine monochloride.................................................

1

512

Iron chloride, anhydrous...............................................

2

513

Iron oxide, spent....................................................

2

514

Jute............................................................

2

515

Kapok...........................................................

2

516

King’s green......................................................

1

517

Krypton, compressed.................................................

2

518

Krypton, liquefied...................................................

1

519

Lacquer base, dry, nitro cellulose base.....................................

1

520

Lactic acid and solutions containing more than 80% of lactic acid by weight............

2

521

Lamp black.......................................................

2

522

Lauroyl peroxide...................................................

1

523

Lead alkyls not included in any other item in this Schedule........................

1

524

Lead compounds not included in any other item in this Schedule....................

2

525

Lead cyanide......................................................

1

526

Lead dichromate....................................................

2

527

Lead dioxide......................................................

2

528

Lead nitrate.......................................................

2

529

Lead perchlorate....................................................

1

530

Lead peroxide.....................................................

2

531

Lead sulphate contaminated with more than 3% sulphuric acid.....................

2

532

Lighters for cigars and cigarettes containing flammable gas and flammable gas for such lighters

1

533

Lighter flints......................................................

2

534

Linseed oil........................................................

2

535

Liquids, flammable with flash point of less than 73°F, when submitted to the closed cup test..

1

536

Liquids, flammable with flash point of 73°F, but not more than 14°F, when submitted to the closed cup test 

2

537

Lithium aluminium hydride.............................................

1

538

Lithium amide.....................................................

1

539

Lithium boro-hydride.................................................

1

540

Lithium hydride....................................................

1

541

Lithium hydroxide..................................................

2

542

Lithium hypochlorite.................................................

2

543

Lithium metal.....................................................

1

544

Lithium nitrate.....................................................

2

545

Lithium peroxide...................................................

2

546

Lithium silicon.....................................................

1

547

London Purple.....................................................

1

548

L.P.G............................................................

1

549

Magnesium alkyls...................................................

1

550

Magnesium and magnesium alloys the magnesium content of which is greater than 50%.....

1

551

Magnesium aluminium phosphide........................................

1

552

Magnesium bromate.................................................

2

553

Magnesium chlorate.................................................

1

554

Magnesium diamide.................................................

1


First Schedulecontinued

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

No.

Name or description

Grade

555

Magnesium diethyl..................................................

1

556

Magnesium dimethyl.................................................

1

557

Magnesium diphenyl.................................................

1

558

Magnesium hydride..................................................

1

559

Magnesium nitrate..................................................

2

560

Magnesium perchlorate...............................................

1

561

Magnesium peroxide.................................................

2

562

Magnesium phosphide................................................

1

563

Maleic anhydride...................................................

2

564

Manganese calcium silicon.............................................

2

565

Manganese resinate..................................................

2

566

Manufactured fireworks (shop goods)......................................

2

567

Matches, Bengal....................................................

2

568

Matches, phosphorus sulphide...........................................

2

569

Matches, safety.....................................................

2

570

Matches, wax vesta..................................................

1

571

Meal, oily........................................................

2

572

para-Methane hydroperoxide............................................

1

573

Mercaptoacetic acid..................................................

1

574

Mercaptobenzthiazole................................................

2

575

Mercaptobenzthiazole disulphide.........................................

2

576

Mercury.........................................................

2

577

Mercury compounds not included in any other item in this Schedule..................

2

578

Mercury cyanide....................................................

1

579

Mercury oxycyanide.................................................

1

580

Metal alkyls not included in any other item in this Schedule.......................

1

581

Metaldehyde......................................................

2

582

Methane and natural gases.............................................

1

583

Methoxy ethane....................................................

1

584

Methylacetylene mixed with 15-20% propadiene...............................

1

585

Methyl aluminium sesquibromide........................................

1

586

Methyl aluminium sesquichloride.........................................

1

587

Methylamine, anhydrous..............................................

1

588

Methyl bromide....................................................

1

589

Methyl bromoacetone................................................

2

590

Methyl-iso-butyl ketone peroxide.........................................

1

591

Methyl chloride....................................................

1

592

Methylchlorophenoxyacetic acid.........................................

2

593

Methyl cyanide.....................................................

1

594

Methylene chloride..................................................

2

595

Methyl ether......................................................

1

596

Methyl ethyl ether...................................................

1

597

Methyl ethyl ketone peroxide...........................................

1

598

Methyl magnesium bromide in ethyl ether...................................

1

599

Methyl mercaptan...................................................

1

600

Methyl salicylate...................................................

2

601

Mirbane oil.......................................................

2

602

Mischmetal.......................................................

2

603

Monoethylamine....................................................

1

604

Monomethylamine..................................................

1

605

Morphine and its salts................................................

1

606

Motor fuel anti-knock compounds containing lead alkyls.........................

1

607

Muriatic acid......................................................

2

608

Naphthalene.......................................................

1

609

Naphthalene-1,5-di-isocyanate...........................................

2

610

Naphthols........................................................

2

611

Naphthylamines....................................................

2

612

Naphthylthiourea...................................................

2

613

Naphthylurea......................................................

2

614

Neon, compressed...................................................

2

615

Neon, liquefied.....................................................

1

616

Nickel nitrate......................................................

2

617

Nicotine and its compounds............................................

1

618

Nitrates, inorganic (other than ammonium nitrate)..............................

2


First Schedule—continued

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

No.

Name or description

Grade

619

Nitre cake........................................................

2

620

Nitric acid and solutions containing more than 50% of nitric acid by weight.............

1

621

Nitric acid solutions containing not more than 50% of nitric acid by weight.............

2

622

Nitric oxide.......................................................

1

623

Nitroanilines......................................................

2

624

Nitrobenzene (nitrobenzol).............................................

2

625

Nitrocellulose......................................................

1

626

Nitrocellulose-type lacquer bases.........................................

1

627

Nitrogen, compressed................................................

2

628

Nitrogen, liquefied..................................................

1

629

Nitrogen dioxide....................................................

1

630

Nitrogen peroxide (nitrogen tetroxide).....................................

1

631

Nitroguanidine.....................................................

1

632

Nitrolim.........................................................

2

633

Nitrophenols (other than trinitrophenol).....................................

2

634

Nitro starch.......................................................

1

635

Nitrosyl chloride....................................................

1

636

Nitrotoluenes (other than trinitrotoluene)....................................

2

637

Nitrotrichloromethane................................................

1

638

Nitrous oxide......................................................

1

639

Nitroxylenes......................................................

2

640

Nonyl trichlorosilane.................................................

1

641

Nux vomica.......................................................

1

642

Oakum..........................................................

2

643

Octadecyl trichlorosilane..............................................

1

644

Octafluorocyclobutane................................................

2

645

Octanoyl peroxide...................................................

1

646

Octoyl peroxide....................................................

1

647

Octyl trichlorosilane.................................................

1

648

Oil cake.........................................................

2

649

Oil gas..........................................................

1

650

Oil of mirbane.....................................................

2

651

Oleum..........................................................

1

652

Organic compounds of arsenic...........................................

1

653

Oxalic acid and its salts...............................................

2

654

Oxirane..........................................................

1

655

Oxone...........................................................

2

656

Oxygen..........................................................

1

657

Paper, treated with tar or unsaturated oils....................................

2

658

Pentaborane.......................................................

1

659

Pentachloroethane...................................................

2

660

Pentalin..........................................................

2

661

Peracetic apid......................................................

1

662

Perborates, inorganic.................................................

2

663

Perchlorates, inorganic................................................

1

664

Perchloric acid.....................................................

1

665

Perchloromethyl mercaptan.............................................

2

666

Permanganates, inorganic..............................................

1

667

Peroxides, inorganic, not included in any other item in this Schedule..................

2

668

Persulphates, inorganic, not included in any other item in this Schedule................

2

669

Pesticides........................................................

1

670

Petroleum gases, liquefied.............................................

1

671

Phenarsazine chloride................................................

1

672

Phenol..........................................................

2

673

Phenolsulphonic acid.................................................

2

674

Phenolsulphuric acid.................................................

2

675

Phenylamine......................................................

2

676

Phenylcarbylamine chloride............................................

1

677

Phenylchloromethyl ketone.............................................

1

678

Phenyldichloroarsine.................................................

1

679

Phenylene diamines..................................................

2

680

Phenylimino phosgene................................................

1

681

Phenylmercuric compounds not included in any other item in this Schedule.............

2


First Schedulecontinued

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

No.

Name or description

Grade

682

Phenyltrichlorosilane.................................................

1

683

Phosgene.........................................................

1

684

Phosphides not included in any other item in this Schedule........................

1

685

Phosphine........................................................

1

686

Phosphoric acid....................................................

2

687

Phosphoric anhydride................................................

2

688

Phosphoric chloride..................................................

1

689

Phosphoric perchloride................................................

1

690

Phosphorus bromide.................................................

1

691

Phosphorus chloride.................................................

1

692

Phosphorus, amorphous...............................................

1

693

Phosphorus, red....................................................

1

694

Phosphorus, white or yellow............................................

1

695

Phosphorus heptasulphide..............................................

1

696

Phosphorus hydride..................................................

1

697

Phosphorus oxybromide...............................................

1

698

Phosphorus oxychloride...............................................

1

699

Phosphorus pentachloride..............................................

1

700

Phosphorus pentafluoride..............................................

1

701

Phosphorus pentasulphide..............................................

1

702

Phosphorus pentoxide................................................

2

703

Phosphorus sesquisulphide.............................................

1

704

Phosphorus sulphochloride.............................................

1

705

Phosphorus tribromide................................................

1

706

Phosphorus trichloride................................................

1

707

Phosphorus trifluoride................................................

1

708

Phosphorus trisulphide................................................

1

709

Phosphoryl bromide.................................................

1

710

Phosphoryl chloride..................................................

1

711

Picric acid........................................................

1

712

Pinane hydroperoxide................................................

1

713

Plastics, spontaneously combustible.......................................

2

714

Plastic wood......................................................

2

715

Polishes, solid, flammable.............................................

2

716

Polymethylene polyphenyl isocyanates.....................................

2

717

Potassium........................................................

1

718

Potassium antimony tartrate............................................

2

719

Potassium bifluoride.................................................

2

720

Potassium binoxide..................................................

2

721

Potassium bisulphite.................................................

2

722

Potassium borohydride................................................

1

723

Potassium bromate..................................................

2

724

Potassium chlorate..................................................

1

725

Potassium dichromate................................................

2

726

Potassium dioxide...................................................

2

727

Potassium dithionite.................................................

2

728

Potassium fluoride..................................................

2

729

Potassium hydrogen fluoride............................................

2

730

Potassium hydrogen sulphite............................................

2

731

Potassium hydrosulphite...............................................

2

732

Potassium hydroxide.................................................

2

733

Potassium liquid alloy................................................

1

734

Potassium nitrate...................................................

2

735

Potassium nitrite....................................................

2

736

Potassium oxide....................................................

1

737

Potassium perchlorate................................................

1

738

Potassium permanganate..............................................

1

739

Potassium peroxide..................................................

2

740

Potassium persulphate................................................

2

741

Potassium phosphide.................................................

1

742

Potassium sodium alloy...............................................

1

743

Potassium sulphide, anhydrous..........................................

2

744

Potassium sulphide, hydrated...........................................

2


First Schedulecontinued

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

No.

Name or description

Grade

745

Potassium superoxide................................................

2

746

Praseodymium nitrate................................................

2

747

Propane..........................................................

1

748

Propanoyl chloride..................................................

1

749

Propene..........................................................

1

750

Propionic acid.....................................................

2

751

Propionyl chloride...................................................

1

752

Propionyl peroxide..................................................

1

753

iso-Propyl acid phosphate..............................................

2

754

iso-Propylcumyl hydroperoxide..........................................

1

755

iso-Propylchlorofornate...............................................

1

756

iso-Propylperoxy dicarbonate...........................................

1

757

Propylene........................................................

1

758

Propyl trichlorosilane.................................................

1

759

Prussic acid.......................................................

1

760

Pyrophoric metals not included in any other item in this Schedule...................

2

761

Pyrosulphuryl chloride................................................

1

762

Quick lime........................................................

2

763

Radioactive substances................................................

1

764

Rags, burnt, oily or wet...............................................

2

765

Rubber scrap......................................................

2

766

Rubidium........................................................

1

767

Safrole..........................................................

2

768

Saltpetre.........................................................

2

769

Scheele’s mineral...................................................

1

770

Seed cake........................................................

2

771

Seed expellers, oily..................................................

2

772

Selenic acid.......................................................

1

773

Selenium and its compounds not included in any other item in this Schedule............

2

774

Silicon powder, amorphous.............................................

2

775

Silicon tetrachloride.................................................

1

776

Silicon tetrafluoride..................................................

1

777

Silver iodate.......................................................

2

778

Silver nitrate......................................................

2

779

Silver perchlorate...................................................

1

780

Silver picrate......................................................

1

781

Silver sulphide.....................................................

2

782

Sisal............................................................

2

783

Soda lime........................................................

2

784

Sodamide........................................................

1

785

Sodium..........................................................

1

786

Sodium aluminate...................................................

2

787

Sodium amalgam...................................................

1

788

Sodium amide.....................................................

1

789

Sodium azide......................................................

1

790

Sodium binoxide....................................................

2

791

Sodium bisulphite...................................................

2

792

Sodium borohydride.................................................

1

793

Sodium bromate....................................................

2

794

Sodium cacodylate..................................................

1

795

Sodium chlorate....................................................

1

796

Sodium chlorite....................................................

2

797

Sodium chlorite solution, containing 5% or more of available chlorine................

2

798

Sodium dichromate..................................................

2

799

Sodium dinitro-ortho-cresolate..........................................

1

800

Sodium dioxide....................................................

2

801

Sodium dithionite...................................................

2

802

Sodium ethylene bisdithiocarbamate.......................................

2

803

Sodium fluoride....................................................

2

804

Sodium fluosilicate..................................................

1

805

Sodium hydride....................................................

1

806

Sodium hydrogen sulphite.............................................

2

807

Sodium hydrosulphite................................................

2

808

Sodium hydroxide...................................................

2


First Schedulecontinued

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

No.

Name or description

Grade

809

Sodium liquid alloy..................................................

1

810

Sodium methoxide..................................................

2

811

Sodium methylate...................................................

2

812

Sodium monoxide...................................................

1

813

Sodium nitrate.....................................................

2

814

Sodium nitrite.....................................................

2

815

Sodium perborate...................................................

2

816

Sodium percarbonate.................................................

2

817

Sodium perchlorate..................................................

1

818

Sodium permanganate................................................

1

819

Sodium peroxide....................................................

2

820

Sodium persulphate..................................................

2

821

Sodium phosphide...................................................

1

822

Sodium picramate...................................................

1

823

Sodium potassium alloy...............................................

1

824

Sodium silicofluoride.................................................

1

825

Sodium sulphide, anhydrous............................................

2

826

Sodium sulphide, hydrated.............................................

2

827

Sodium superoxide..................................................

2

828

Spirits of salts.....................................................

1

829

Stannic chloride, anhydrous............................................

2

830

Stannic phosphide...................................................

1

831

Straw...........................................................

2

832

Strontium, and strontium alloys..........................................

1

833

Strontium chlorate...................................................

1

834

Strontium dioxide...................................................

2

835

Strontium nitrate....................................................

2

836

Strontium perchlorate................................................

1

837

Strontium peroxide..................................................

2

838

Strontium phosphide.................................................

1

839

Strychnine and its salts................................................

1

840

Strychnine hydrochloride..............................................

1

841

Succinic acid peroxide................................................

1

842

Sulphide ores, ground................................................

2

843

Sulphonyl chloride..................................................

1

844

Sulphur..........................................................

2

845

Sulphur chlorides...................................................

1

846

Sulphur dioxide....................................................

1

847

Sulphuretted hydrogen................................................

1

848

Sulphur hexafluoride.................................................

2

849

Sulphuric acid and solutions containing more than 50% of sulphuric acid by weight........

1

850

Sulphuric acid solutions containing not more than 50% of sulphuric acid by weight........

2

851

Sulphuric chloride...................................................

1

852

Sulphuric oxychloride................................................

1

853

Sulphurous acid....................................................

2

854

Sulphur oxychloride.................................................

1

855

Sulphur trioxide....................................................

1

856

Sulphuryl chloride...................................................

1

857

Swarf, oily........................................................

2

858

Tankage, garbage, containing less than 8% of water.............................

2

859

Tartar emetic......................................................

3

860

Tetrabromoethane...................................................

2

861

Tetrachloroethane...................................................

2

862

Tetracloroethylene..................................................

2

863

Tetraethyl pyrophosphate..............................................

2

864

Tetraethyl thiuram disulphide...........................................

2

865

Tetrafluorodichloroethane..............................................

2

866

Tetrafluoroethylene..................................................

2

867

Tetrafluoromethane..................................................

2

868

Tetrafluoromonosilane................................................

1

869

Tetrahydronaphthalene hydroperoxide.....................................

1


First Schedulecontinued

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

No.

Name or description

Grade

870

Tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide........................................

2

871

Tetramethyl thiuram disulphide..........................................

2

872

Tetranitromethane...................................................

2

873

Textile waste, wet or oily..............................................

2

874

Thallium and its compounds, not included in any other item in this Schedule............

2

875

Thallium peroxide...................................................

2

876

Thermit powder....................................................

2

877

Thiocarbonyl tetrachloride.............................................

2

878

Thioglycolic acid...................................................

1

879

Thionyl chloride....................................................

1

880

Thiophosphoryl chloride..............................................

1

881

Tin chloride, anhydrous...............................................

2

882

Tin phosphide.....................................................

1

883

Tin tetrachloride, anhydrous............................................

2

884

Titanium hydride...................................................

1

885

Titanium, powder, dry................................................

1

886

Titanium, powder, wet................................................

2

887

Titanium tetrachloride................................................

1

888

Toe puff materials, having a nitrocellulose base...............................

1

889

Toluene di-isocyanate................................................

2

890

Toluidines........................................................

2

891

2,4-Toluylene diamine................................................

2

892

Tolylene diamine...................................................

2

893

Tributyl aluminium..................................................

1

894

Tri-iso-butyl aluminium...............................................

1

895

Trichloroacetic acid..................................................

2

896

Trichloroethylene...................................................

2

897

Trichlorofluoromethane...............................................

2

898

Trichloromethane...................................................

2

899

Trichloromethane sulphuryl chloride.......................................

2

900

Trichloromethyl sulphochloride..........................................

2

901

Trichloronitromethane................................................

1

902

Trichlorophenoxy acetic acid............................................

2

903

Trichlorosilanes....................................................

1

904

Triethyl aluminium..................................................

1

905

Trifluorobromomethane...............................................

2

906

Trifluorochloroethane................................................

2

907

Trifluorochloroethylene...............................................

1

908

Trifluorochloromethane...............................................

2

909

Trifluoroethane.....................................................

1

910

Trifluoromethane...................................................

2

911

Trimethyl aluminium.................................................

1

912

Trimethylamine, anhydrous.............................................

1

913

Trinitrobenzene....................................................

1

914

Trinitrobenzoic acid.................................................

1

915

Trinitrophenol.....................................................

1

916

Trinitrotoluene.....................................................

1

917

Urea hydrogen peroxide...............................................

2

918

Urea nitrate.......................................................

1

919

Urea peroxide......................................................

2

920

Vinyl bromide, inhibited..............................................

1

921

Vinyl chloride, inhibited...............................................

1

922

Vinyl fluoride, inhibited...............................................

1

923

Vinyl methyl ether, inhibited............................................

1

924

Water gas ........................................................

1

925

Weedicides.......................................................

1

926

Wood shavings and wood wool ..........................................

2

927

Wool waste, wet....................................................

2

928

Xenon...........................................................

2

929

Xylidines........................................................

2

930

Xylyl bromide.....................................................

2

931

Zinc alkyls........................................................

1

932

Zinc chlorate......................................................

1


First Schedulecontinued

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

No.

Name or description

Grade

933

Zinc chloride......................................................

2

934

Zinc chromate.....................................................

2

935

Zinc diethyl.......................................................

1

936

Zinc diethyl dithiocarbamate............................................

2

937

Zinc dimethyl......................................................

1

938

Zinc dimethyldithiocarbamate...........................................

2

939

Zinc dithionite.....................................................

2

940

Zinc ethyl........................................................

1

941

Zinc ethylene dithiocarbamate...........................................

2

942

Zinc hydrosulphite..................................................

2

943

Zinc nitrate.......................................................

2

944

Zinc permanganate..................................................

1

945

Zinc peroxide......................................................

2

946

Zinc phosphide.....................................................

1

947

Zinc, powder, dust or ashes, non-pyrophoric..................................

2

948

Zirconium........................................................

2

949

Zirconium hydride..................................................

1

950

Zirconium picramate.................................................

1

___________

SECOND SCHEDULE

Regs. 5 and 9.

Commonwealth of Australia

Navigation (CargoHazards Prevention) Regulations

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO HANDLE HAZARDOUS CARGO OR CARGO ADJACENT TO HAZARDOUS CARGO.

Date:

Name of vessel:

Port and berth or proposed port and berth:

Notice is hereby given that it is proposed, on

19 , to—

*(a) load;

*(b) unload;

*(c) handle;

*(d) handle non-hazardous cargo in an underdeck space in which, or on or over a part of a deck on which, is stowed,

the under-mentioned hazardous cargo.

Technical name of substance

Category in the First or Second Schedule

Marking

Approximate weight

Stowage or proposed stowage

Flash point (if any)

Remarks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To the Regional Controller (or to the Surveyor),

(Name of port)

Owner, master or agent.

* Strike out whichever is not applicable.

____________________

By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra

 

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