Statutory Rules
1975 No. 147
REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1973.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Navigation Act 1912-1973.
Dated this twenty-second day of July, 1975.
John R. Kerr
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
Minister of State for Transport.
Amendments of the Navigation (Fire Appliances) Regulations †
Interpretation.
1. Regulation 5 of the Navigation (Fire Appliances) Regulations is amended by omitting the definition of “portable fire extinguisher” in sub-regulation (1) and substituting the following definition:—
“ ‘ portable fire extinguisher ’ means a fire extinguisher, weighing not more than 25 kilograms when fully charged, that—
(a) in the case of a fire extinguisher in which the fire extinguishing medium is liquid—has a capacity of not more than 131/2 litres, and not less than 9 litres, of liquid;
(b) in the case of a fire extinguisher in which the fire extinguishing medium is carbon-dioxide— has a capacity of not less than 3 kilograms of carbon-dioxide; or
(c) in the case of a fire extinguisher in which the fire extinguishing medium is dry powder—
(i) is of the kind in which a mixture of the dry powder and an expellant is stored under pressure; and’
(ii) has a capacity of not less than 41/2 kilograms of dry powder;”.
Fire extinguisher in passenger and crew spaces.
2. Regulation 64 of the Navigation (Fire Appliances) Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (1).
* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 29 July 1975.
† Statutory Rules 1968. No. 31, as amended by Statutory Rules 1970, No. 176.
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Fourth Schedule.
3. The Fourth Schedule to the Navigation (Fire Appliances) Regulations is amended by omitting item 8 in Part 1.
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