STATUTORY RULES
1967 No.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE POLLUTION OF THE SEA BY OIL ACT 1960-1965.*
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 Pollution of the Sea by Oil Act 1960-1965.
Dated this sixteenth day of June, 1967.
CASEY
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
(Sgd.) GORDON FREETE
Minister of State for Shipping and Transport.
Amendments of the Pollution of the Sea by Oil Regulations†
Definition.
1. Regulation 3 of the Pollution of the Sea by Oil Regulations is amended by omitting the definition of “the Act” and inserting in its stead the following definition:—
“ ‘the Act’ means the Pollution of the Sea by Oil Act 1960-1965;”.
Repeal of regulations 4 and 4a.
2. Regulations 4 and 4a of the Pollution of the Sea by Oil Regulations are repealed.
Prevention of the entry of oil into the bilges of a ship.
3. Regulation 5 of the Pollution of the Sea by Oil Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting the words “the bilges of the ship” (first occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “the bilges of the ship into which it is possible for fuel oil or heavy diesel oil to escape”; and
(b) by omitting the words “the bilges of the ship” (second occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “those bilges”.
Repeal of regulations 9 and 10.
4. Regulations 9 and 10 of the Pollution of the Sea by Oil Regulations are repealed.
Exemptions.
5. Regulation 11 of the Pollution of the Sea by Oil Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—
“(2.) For the purposes of the last preceding sub-regulation, the classes of ships are—
(a) tankers of under 150 tons gross tonnage;
(b) ships, being ships other than tankers, of under 250 tons gross tonnage;
(c) ships for the time being engaged in the whaling industry when actually employed on whaling operations; and
(d) naval ships and ships for the time being used as naval auxiliaries.”.
* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1967.
† Statutory Rules 1962, No. 90, as amended by Statutory Rules 1964, No. 108; and 1965, No. 183.
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First Schedule.
6. The First Schedule to the Pollution of the Sea by Oil Regulations is repealed.
Second Schedule —Form 1.
7. Form 1 in the Second Schedule to the Pollution of the Sea by Oil Regulations is amended—
(a) by adding at the end of paragraph (a) of item 1 the word “concerned”;
(b) by adding at the end of paragraph (e) of item 1 the words “at time of discharge”;
(c) by omitting from paragraph (g) of item 1 the words “to which washings transferred”;
(d) by adding at the end of item 3 the following paragraph:—
“(f) approximate quantities of water discharged;”;
(e) by omitting from item 4 the words “from ship”;
(f) by adding at the end of paragraph (b) of item 4 the words “at time of disposal”; and
(g) by adding at the end of paragraph (b) of item 5 the words “at time of occurrence”.
Second Schedule— Form 2.
8. Form 2 in the Second Schedule to the Pollution of the Sea by Oil Regulations is amended—
(a) by adding at the end of paragraph (a) of item 1 the word “concerned”;
(b) by adding at the end of paragraph (e) of item 1 the words “at time of disposal”;
(c) by omitting from item 2 the words “from ship”;
(d) by adding at the end of paragraph (b) of item 2 the words “at time of disposal”; and
(e) by adding at the end of paragraph (b) of item 3 the words “at time of occurrence”.
By Authority; A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra