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1980 No. 347

REGULATION UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 19121

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Navigation Act 1912.

Dated this twenty-seventh day of November 1980.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

RALPH J. HUNT

Minister of State for Transport

Amendments of the Navigation (Grain) Regulations2

Schedule of amendments

The Navigation (Grain) Regulations are amended as set out in the Schedule.

Schedule

AMENDMENTS OF THE NAVIGATION (GRAIN) REGULATIONS

Provision amended	Amendment
Paragraph 4 (3) (a)	Omit “twelve inches”, substitute “310 millimetres”.
Paragraph 4 (3) (b)	Omit “fourteen inches”, substitute “360 millimetres”.
Sub-regulation 14 (2)	Omit “two feet”, substitute “610 millimetres”.
Sub-paragraph 14 (4) (b) (i)	Omit “four feet”, substitute “1.22 metres”.
Sub-paragraph 14 (4) (b) (ii)	Omit “five feet”, substitute “1.52 metres”.
Paragraph 15 (2) (c)	Omit “one thousand square feet”, substitute “93 square metres”.
Sub-paragraph 16 (1) (c) (ii)	Omit “twelve feet”, substitute “3.66 metres”.
Sub-paragraph 16 (1) (c) (iii)	Omit “twenty-five feet”, substitute “7.62 metres”.
Paragraph 16 (2) (b)	Omit “eight feet”, substitute “2.44 metres”.
Paragraph 16 (4) (c)	Omit “seven feet”, substitute “2.13 metres”.
Sub-paragraph 16 (4) (e) (ii)	Omit “six feet”, substitute “1.83 metres”.
Paragraph 17 (d)	Omit “eight feet”, substitute “2.44 metres”.
Sub-regulation 21 (1)	(a) Omit “twenty-five feet”, substitute “7.62 metres”.
	(b) Omit from paragraph (a) “six feet”, substitute “1.83 metres”.
Paragraph 23 (2) (b)	Omit “one thousand square feet”, substitute “93 square metres”.
Sub-paragraph 23 (2) (c) (i)	Omit “one hundred feet”, substitute “30.5 metres”.
Sub-paragraph 23 (2) (c) (ii)	Omit “one hundred feet” (wherever occurring), substitute “30.5 metres”.
Paragraph 23 (3) (a)	Omit “weight” (wherever occurring), substitute “mass”.
Regulation 24	(a) Omit “fifteen inches”, substitute “380 millimetres”.
	(b) Omit “two feet”, substitute “600 millimetres”.
FIRST SCHEDULE	(a) Omit from paragraph (g) of the form “T.P.I.”, substitute “t/cm”.
	(b) Omit from paragraph (h) of the form “(Tons)”, substitute “(tonnes)”.
	(c) Omit from the table of the form “Tons” (wherever occurring), substitute “Tonnes”.
SECOND SCHEDULE	(a) Omit from paragraph (a) of item 1 "two inches", substitute "50 millimetres".
SECOND SCHEDULE	(b) Omit the table in item 2, substitute the following table:
	“Thickness of boards			Maximum distance between centres of uprights
	Not less than 75 millimetres			4 metres
	Less than 75 millimetres, but not less than 65 millimetres			3.3 metres
	Less than 65 millimetres			2.5 metres ”.
	(c) Omit from sub-item (1) of item 3 “six inches”, substitute “150 millimetres”.
	(d) Omit from sub-item (1) of item 3 “three inches”, substitute “75 millimetres”.
	(e) Omit from sub-item (2) of item 3 “three inches”, substitute “75 millimetres”.
	(f) Omit from sub-item (1) of item 4 “two and one-half inches”, substitute “65 millimetres”.
	(g) Omit from sub-item (1) of item 4 “four inches”, substitute “100 millimetres”.
	(h) Omit from sub-item (2) of item 4 “two and one-half inches”, substitute “65 millimetres”.
	(i) Omit from sub-item (2) of item 4 “nine inches”, substitute “230 millimetres”.
	(j) Omit from paragraph (a) of sub-item (2) of item 5 “two inches”, substitute “50 millimetres”.
	(k) Omit from paragraph (a) of sub-item (2) of item 5 “four inches”, substitute “100 millimetres”.
	(l) Omit from paragraph (a) of SPECIFICATION NO. 1 in item 6 “4" x 4" x ",”, substitute “100 mm x 100 mm x 10 mm”.
	(m) Omit from paragraph (a) of SPECIFICATION NO. 1 in item 6 “11½" x ½"”, substitute “290 mm x 13 mm”.
	(n) Omit from paragraph (a) of SPECIFICATION NO. 1 in item 6 “4"”, substitute “100 mm”.
	(o) Omit from paragraph (b) of SPECIFICATION NO. 1 in item 6 “⅞"”, substitute “22 mm”.
	(p) Omit from the sketch in paragraph (b) of SPECIFICATION NO. 1 in item 6 “11½"”, substitute “290 mm”.
	(q) Omit from the sketch in paragraph (b) of SPECIFICATION NO. 1 in item 6 “1" Shackle”, substitute “25 mm shackle”.
	(r) Omit from the sketch in paragraph (b) of SPECIFICATION NO. 1 in item 6 “3" Steel Wire Rope”, substitute “24 mm diameter steel wire rope”.
	(s) Omit from the sketch in paragraph (b) of SPECIFICATION NO. 1 in item 6 “4" x 4" x .40"”, substitute “100 mm x 100 mm x 10 mm”.
	(t) Omit from the sketch in paragraph (b) of SPECIFICATION NO. 1 in item 6 “3"”, substitute “75 mm”.
	(u) Omit the table in paragraph (a) of SPECIFICATION NO. 2 in item 6, substitute the following table:
	“Horizontal distance between centres of uprights	Vertical spans supported by each stay			Minimum sizes of angle bars
	2.5 m (50 mm shifting boards)				75 mm x 75 mm x 10 mm 90 mm x 90 mm x 10mm 115 mm x 90 mm x 11 mm 75 mm x 75 mm x 10 mm
	3.3 m (65 mm shifting boards)				100 mm x 90 mm x 10 mm 150 mm x 90 mm x 10 mm 75 mm x 75 mm x 10 mm
	4m (75mm shifting boards)				100 mm x 90 mm x 11 mm 150 mm x 90 mm x 10 mm”
	(v) Omit from sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b) of SPECIFICATION NO. 2 in item 6 “⅞"”, substitute “22 mm”.
	(w) Omit from sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of SPECIFICATION NO. 2 in item 6 “⅞"”, substitute “22 mm”.
	(x) Omit from sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of SPECIFICATION NO. 2 in item 6 “four feet”, substitute “1.2 metres”.
	(y) Omit from the sketch in paragraph (b) of SPECIFICATION NO. 2 in item 6 “9"”, substitute “230 mm”.
	(z) Omit from the sketch in paragraph (b) of SPECIFICATION NO. 2 in item 6 “3"” (wherever occurring), substitute “75 mm”.
	(za) Omit from the sketch in paragraph (b) of SPECIFICATION NO. 2 in item 6 “6" x 3½" x .40"”, substitute “150 mm x 90 mm x 10 mm”.
	(zb) Omit from item 7 “two and one-half inches”, substitute “65 millimetres”.
	(zc) Omit from item 8 “ten inches”, substitute “250 millimetres”.
	(zd) Omit from item 8 “two inches”, substitute “50 millimetres”.
	(ze) Omit from item 8 “eleven inches”, substitute “280 millimetres”.
	(zf) Omit from item 8 “three inches”, substitute “75 millimetres”.
	(zg) Omit from item 10 “eighteen inches”, substitute “500 millimetres”.
	(zh) Omit from paragraph (a) of item 12 “three inches”, substitute “75 millimetres”.
	(zj) Omit from paragraph (a) of item 12 “one-half of an inch”, substitute “13 millimetres”.
	(zk) Omit from paragraph (b) of item 12 “three feet”, substitute “one metre”.
	(zl) Omit from sub-item (1) of item 15 “seven feet” (wherever occurring), substitute “2 metres”.
	(zm) Omit from sub-item (1) of item 15 “eight feet”, substitute “2.5 metres”.
	(zn) Omit the table in item 16, substitute the following table:
	Minimum size
	“Length of shore		Rectangular section			Circular section
	Not exceeding 5 m		150 mm x 100 mm			140 mm diameter
	Exceeding 5 m, but not exceeding 6 m		150 mm x 150 mm			180 mm diameter
	Exceeding 6 m, but not exceeding 7.5 m		200 mm x 150 mm			190 mm diameter
	Exceeding 8.5 m		200 mm x 150 mm			215 mm diameter ”.
	(zo) Omit from item 17 “twenty-four feet”, substitute “7.5 metres”.
	(zp) Omit from paragraph (a) of sub-item (1) of item 19 “twenty feet”, substitute “6 metres”.
	(zq) Omit from paragraph (a) of item 20 “three-inch-circumference”, substitute “24 millimetres diameter”.
	(zr) Omit from paragraph (b) of item 20 “one and one quarter inches”, substitute “32 millimetres”.
	(zs) Omit from paragraph (c) of item 20 “one inch”, substitute “25 millimetres”.
	(zt) Omit from paragraph (d) of item 20 “seven-eighths inches”, substitute “22 millimetres”.
	(zu) Omit from paragraph (e) of item 20 “one and one-quarter inches”, substitute “32 millimetres”.
	(zv) Omit from paragraph (f) of item 20 “one inch” (wherever occurring), substitute “25 millimetres”.
	(zw) Omit from paragraph (a) of item 22 “one inch” (wherever occurring), substitute “25 millimetres”.
	(zx) Omit from paragraph (a) of item 22 “four inches” (wherever occurring), substitute “100 millimetres”.
	(zy) Omit from paragraph (a) of item 22 “four feet”, substitute “1.22 metres”.
	(zz) Omit from sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (a) of sub-item (2) of item 23 “two and one-half inches”, substitute “65 millimetres”.
	(zza) Omit from sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of sub-item (2) of item 23 “eight feet”, substitute “2.5 metres”.
	(zzb) Omit from sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b) of sub-item (2) of item 23 “four inches by six inches”, substitute “100 millimetres by 150 millimetres”.
	(zzc) Omit from sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of sub-item (2) of item 23 “two feet”, substitute “600 millimetres”.
	(zzd) Omit from sub-paragraph (iv) of paragraph (b) of sub-item (2) of item 23 “two inches”, substitute “50 millimetres”.
	(zze) Omit from sub-paragraph (iv) of paragraph (b) of sub-item (2) of item 23 “one-inch”, substitute “25 millimetres”.
	(zzf) Omit from sub-item (1) of item 24 “two feet”, substitute “600 millimetres”.
	(zzg) Omit from sub-item (2) of item 24 “fifteen inches”, substitute “380 millimetres”.
	(zzh) Omit from sub-item (2) of item 24 “eighteen inches”, substitute “500 millimetres”.
	(zzj) Omit from sub-item (2) of item 24 “two inches”, substitute “50 millimetres”.
	(zzk) Omit from sub-item (2) of item 24 “eighteen inches”, substitute “500 millimetres”.
	(zzl) Omit from sub-item (2) of item 24 “three and one-half inches”, substitute “90 millimetres”.

Notes

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 4 December 1980.

2. Statutory Rules 1968 No. 33 as amended by Statutory Rules 1973 No. 21; 1975 No. 109; 1976 No. 278; 1977 No. 267; 1978 No. 220; 1979 No. 193.

Overview

The Navigation (Grain) Regulations 1980 were made under the Navigation Act 1912 by the Governor-General in Council, aiming to standardise measurement units for grain transportation, ensuring consistency and safety across maritime operations. The enactment body is the Commonwealth Parliament, with the intention to facilitate uniformity in the shipping industry by replacing imperial measurements with metric units. This regulation was designed to address potential confusion and errors arising from the dual measurement systems, thereby improving safety and operational efficiency in grain transport.

Scope and Application

The Navigation (Grain) Regulations, amended by Statutory Rules 1980 No. 347, apply to persons and entities involved in the transportation of grain within the Commonwealth of Australia, ensuring compliance with specific technical and safety standards. These regulations mandate the use of metric measurements and standards for various dimensions and specifications related to the transportation of grain, such as the size of boards, the maximum distance between uprights, and the mass and dimensions of grain vessels. The amendments convert existing imperial measurements into metric equivalents to align with international standards and practices. While the regulation primarily concerns the transportation of grain, it extends its application to any entity involved in the handling, storage, or movement of grain within Australian jurisdiction, including federal, state, and territorial boundaries. The regulations do not explicitly state any exclusions or exemptions but imply that they apply universally to all entities involved in grain transportation within the specified jurisdiction. The scope of application may also be extended or modified through subordinate instruments or further amendments, ensuring the regulation remains relevant and effective in addressing emerging issues in grain transportation.

Key Provisions

The statutory rules amend the Navigation (Grain) Regulations by converting measurements from imperial units to metric units. Specific provisions that are amended include those relating to dimensions and distances, such as the thickness of boards, distances between uprights, and the size of various components. For example, Regulation 4 (3) (a) changes the thickness requirement from twelve inches to 310 millimetres, and Regulation 14 (2) changes a distance measurement from two feet to 610 millimetres. Additionally, the rules update terminology from "tons" to "tonnes" and "T.P.I." to "t/cm". The amendments are designed to ensure consistency and clarity in the regulations by using the metric system. Entities governed by these regulations must comply with the updated measurements and terminology. This includes ensuring that all equipment, such as shifting boards, stays, and shore dimensions, adhere to the new metric specifications. For instance, Regulation 16 (1) (c) (ii) specifies that shifting boards must be at least 7.62 metres in length under certain conditions. Furthermore, all documentation and forms must reflect these changes, such as using "tonnes" instead of "tons" in weight measurements. Failure to comply with these updated specifications could result in non-compliance with safety and operational standards. Breaches of these regulations can lead to various consequences, although the specific penalties are not detailed within the statutory rules themselves. Generally, non-compliance with maritime regulations can result in fines, vessel detention, and other enforcement actions under the broader Navigation Act 1912. Additionally, serious breaches could potentially lead to criminal charges, depending on the severity and impact of the non-compliance. Operators and entities must ensure strict adherence to the updated regulations to avoid these potential consequences.

Area of Law: Maritime Law
Instrument: Regulation
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