Statutory Rules
1977 No. 189
REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Navigation Act 1912.
Dated this nineteenth day of October 1977.
JOHN R. KERR
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
PETER NIXON
Minister of State for Transport
AMENDMENTS OF THE NAVIGATION (MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS†
Interpretation
1. Regulation 2 of the Navigation (Miscellaneous Equipment) Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) the definition of “ closing appliance ” and substituting the following definitions:
“ ‘ closing appliance ’ means a door, or other closing device, designed to prevent, when closed and secured, the entry of water into a ship through a cargo port or similar opening in the bow, stern, side or superstructure of the ship;
‘ the Act ’ means the Navigation Act 1912.”; and
(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (2) “ Navigation Act 1912-1956 ” and substituting “ Act ”.
Accommodation ladders and gangways
2. Regulation 6 of the Navigation (Miscellaneous Equipment) Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (3) “ as ” and substituting “ at ”.
* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 24 October 1977.
† Statutory Rules 1959, No. 54 as amended by Statutory Rules 1963, No. 97; 1968, No. 36; and 1976, No. 118.
3. After regulation 15c of the Navigation (Miscellaneous Equipment) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:
Propeller speed and pitch indicator
“ 15d. A Class I ship, or a Class II ship, of not less than 500 tons shall be provided with an instrument that—
(a) indicates, in respect of each main propulsion propeller with which the ship is fitted—
(i) the number of revolutions per minute of the propeller and the direction of its rotation; and
(ii) where the propeller is a controllable pitch propeller—the pitch setting of the propeller; and
(b) can be read clearly by a person engaged in navigating the ship.”.