203Safety

203 Safety power to make regulations in relation to: (a) requiring the approval of the Director for the carriage of passengers or a number of passengers in excess of a specified number on board a vessel; and (b) permitting the Minister to grant an exemption from a requirement of the Regulations or this Act in respect of the carriage of passengers; and (c) prescribing the requirements for and standards of life-saving appliances, fire-fighting, radio and miscellaneous equipment for vessels; and (d) prescribing the requirements for, and standards of, medicines and medical stores; and (e) the notification by shippers of intention to ship dangerous goods and the inspection of dangerous goods whilst being prepared for shipment; and (f) prescribing the marking of weights on heavy packages; and (h) prescribing the requirements for the operation, maintenance and testing of radio stations in vessels at sea; and (j) permitting the Minister to determine the requirements for the carriage of livestock in a vessel; and (k) permitting the Minister to determine the safety requirements for the loading and unloading of vessels; and (m) prescribing the emergency procedures and the requirements relating to safety of navigation to be observed on vessels; and such regulations may be expressed to apply to vessels to which Part 4 does not apply, and apply accordingly.