STATUTORY RULES.
1948. No. 20.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1942.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Navigation Act 1912-1942.
Dated this eleventh day of February, 1948.
W. J. McKell
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for Supply and Shipping.
Amendments of the Navigation (Deck Cargo and Live Stock) Regulations.†
Application.
1. Regulation 4 of the Navigation (Deck Cargo and Live Stock) Regulations is amended—
(a) by inserting in sub-regulation (1.), after the word “foreign,”, the words “having on board or”;
(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (2.) the words “deck cargo or”; and
(c) by inserting in paragraph (d) of sub-regulation (2.), after the word “with”, the words “, if a Deputy Director is satisfied that the requirements of these Regulations also are being substantially complied with”.
Notice of intention to load live stock or deck cargo.
2. Regulation 6 of the Navigation (Deck Cargo and Live Stock) Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1.) the figures “10” and inserting in their stead the figure “5”;
(b) by omitting from that paragraph the figures “100” and inserting in their stead the figures “50”;
(c) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1.) the figures “50” and inserting in their stead the figure “5”; and
(d) by omitting from that paragraph the figures “200” and inserting in their stead the figures “50”.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1948.
† Statutory Rules 1926, No. 89, as amended by Statutory Rules 1926, No. 155; 1927, No. 90; 1930, No. 127; and 1934, No. 119.
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Life saving appliances, &c., to be kept clear.
3. Regulation 12 of the Navigation (Deck Cargo and Live Stock) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following word and paragraph:—
“; or (e) on, or in such a manner as to prevent any person employed on the ship in port having free access in an emergency to, the normal means of escape from a hold or under-deck space in which he is working.”.
Carriage not to obstruct light, ventilation, &c.
4. Regulation 25 of the Navigation (Deck Cargo and Live Stock) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following word and paragraph:—
“; or (g) obstruct the exits or normal means of escape in an emergency, from a hold or under-deck space in which any person is employed whilst the ship is in port.”.
By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.