Navigation (Cargo-Hazards Prevention) Regulations

STATUTORY RULES.

1959. No. 97.

View image in the official sourceREGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1958.*

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 Navigation Act 1912-1958.

Dated this 25th day of November, 1959.

W. J SLIM

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Signature: Shane Paltridge

View image in the official sourceMinister of State for Shipping and Transport.

NAVIGATION (CARGO—HAZARDS PREVENTION) REGULATIONS.

Citation.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Navigation (Cargo—Hazards Prevention) Regulations.

Commencement.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of January, 1960.

Repeal.

3. The Navigation (Cargo—Fire Prevention) Regulations (comprising Statutory Rules 1926, No. 163; and Statutory Rules 1937, No. 10) are repealed.

Interpretation.

4.—(1.) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

“approved chemist” means a person who is an associate of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, or holds qualifications equivalent to such an associate, and has special knowledge of hazardous substances;

“cargo” includes mails, baggage and stores;

“deck space” means an area on the upper deck of a ship which is separated from other areas on that deck by deck houses or superstructures extending across at least three-fifths of the width of the deck;

View image in the official source“handling”, in relation to a hazardous substance or other cargo, includes the loading, unloading, discharging, stacking, stowing or re-stowing of the substance or other cargo and any operation incidental to or arising out of any of those operations, and “handle” and “handled” have corresponding meanings;

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 3rd December, 1959

1524/48.—PRICE 8D. 9/2.11 1959

“hazardous substance” means a substance specified in the First Schedule or the Second Schedule;

“hold” includes the space within a ‘tween or shelter deck immediately over a hold, being a space which is fitted with a watertight transverse bulkhead at each end over or adjacent to the bulkheads fitted in the hold below;

“manufactured fireworks (shop goods)” means—

(a) crackers or bungers containing not more than one hundred grains of gunpowder in each cracker or bunger; and

(b) other fireworks (such as squibs, serpents, rockets, maroons, wheels, Chinese fire and Roman candles) containing not more than six hundred grains of firework composition in each firework;

“port” means a port in Australia;

“prescribed authority” means—

(a) in relation to the port of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Port Adelaide, Fremantle or Hobart—the Deputy Director for the State in which the port is situated; and

(b) in relation to any other port—the representative of the Director at that port;

“safety ammunition” means ammunition one part of which would not produce an explosive effect by reason only of the explosion of another part of that ammunition in close proximity to that first-mentioned part and includes percussion caps, safety cartridges and safety fuses;

“tanker” means a cargo ship constructed or adapted for the carriage in bulk of liquid cargoes of an inflammable nature;

“underdeck space” means a hold or a covered space for the stowage of cargo, and includes a space within an open shelter deck, superstructure or deck erection.

(2.) For the purposes of these Regulations—

(a) an underdeck space shall be deemed to be adjacent to another underdeck space if it is immediately before, abaft, above or below that other underdeck space and is not separated from it by engine or boiler spaces; and

(b) a container shall be deemed to be damaged if—

(i) it has not retained the condition in which it was loaded;

(ii) it has otherwise deteriorated; or

(iii) spillage from the container has occurred.

(3.) A reference in regulation 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 or 16 of these Regulations to a surveyor shall, in relation to a ship in a port where a surveyor is not available, be read as a reference to the master of the ship.

(4.) In these Regulations, a reference to a Schedule by number shall be read as a reference to the Schedule to these Regulations so numbered, and a reference to a form by number shall be read as a reference to the form in the Third Schedule so numbered.

Application.

5. These Regulations apply to and in relation to all ships, British and foreign.

Notice of arrival of hazardous cargo.

6.—(1.) where a ship has on board a hazardous substance or hazardous substances and the weight of that substance or those substances is five tons or more, the master, owner or agent of the ship shall not, at a port, handle, or permit the handling of—

(a) any part of that substance or those substances;

(b) if the whole or a part of that substance or of those substances is stowed in an underdeck space—other cargo in that underdeck space; or

(c) if the whole or a part of that substance or of those substances is stowed on a deck space—other cargo on or over that deck space,

unless the master, owner or agent of the ship has, at least twenty-four hours before the expected time of arrival of the ship at the port, given notice, in accordance with Form 1, to the prescribed authority at the port in respect of the proposed handling.

(2.) Where a ship has on board a hazardous substance the whole or a part of which is in a damaged container, the master, owner or agent of the ship shall not, at a port, handle, or permit the handling of—

(a) any part of that substance;

(b) if the whole or a part of the substance is stowed in an underdeck space—other cargo in, or on or over a deck above, that underdeck space or any underdeck space adjacent to that underdeck space; or

(c) if the whole or a part of the substance is stowed on a deck space—other cargo on, over or below that deck space,

unless the master, owner or agent of the ship has, as early as is practicable before the handling is commenced, given notice, in accordance with Form 2 and in addition to any notice required to be given under the last preceding sub-regulation, to the prescribed authority at the port in respect of the damaged container.

(3.) Where a ship has on board a bulk cargo which consists of a hazardous substance in liquid form, the master, owner or agent of the ship shall, at least twenty-four hours before the expected time of arrival of the ship at a port, give notice in writing to the harbour authority, and the prescribed authority, at the port of the nature and quantity of the substance stating whether or not the substance is leaking from the hull of the ship.

Penalty: Fifty pounds or imprisonment for three months.

Inspection by surveyors required before handling commenced.

7.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, where—

(a) a hazardous substance that is, or hazardous substances that are, specified in the First Schedule is or are stowed in an underdeck space, or on a deck, of a ship; and

(b) the weight of that substance or those substances is five tons or more,

that substance or those substances, and other cargo stowed in or on that space, shall not be handled in a port until an inspection has been made by a surveyor and he has approved the handling.

(2.) The last preceding sub-regulation does not apply to inflammable oil or oils in bulk form carried in a tanker.

(3.) Where a hazardous substance that is specified in the First Schedule is stowed on deck, other cargo shall not be worked over that substance in a port without the approval of a surveyor.

(4.) Where a ship in a port has on board a hazardous substance the whole or a part of which is in a damaged container—

(a) no part of the substance shall be handled;

(b) if the whole or a part of the substance is stowed in an underdeck space—other cargo shall not be handled in, or on or over a deck above, that underdeck space or an underdeck space adjacent to that underdeck space;

(c) if the whole or a part of the substance is stowed on a deck space—other cargo shall not be handled on, over or below that deck space; and

(d) a person (other than an officer of the ship, a surveyor, an approved chemist or a person thereto authorized by an officer of the ship or a surveyor) shall not be in or upon a part of the ship where the substance is stowed or where, by virtue of either of the last two preceding paragraphs, the handling of other cargo is prohibited,

until an inspection has been made by a surveyor and he has approved the handling of the substance or that other cargo, as the case may be.

(5.) A person shall not handle a hazardous substance or other cargo, or permit a hazardous substance or other cargo to be handled, or be in or upon, or permit another person to be in or upon, a part of a ship, in contravention of this regulation.

Penalty: One hundred pounds or imprisonment for three months.

Notice of intention to load.

8.—(1.) The master, owner or agent of a ship shall, at least twenty-four hours before the loading into or onto the ship at a port of a quantity of five tons or more of a hazardous substance or hazardous substances is commenced, give notice, in accordance with Form 1, to the prescribed authority at the port in respect of the proposed loading.

Penalty: Fifty pounds or imprisonment for three months.

(2.) A notice under the last preceding sub-regulation is in addition to, and not in substitution for, any notice that may be required under the Navigation (Dangerous Goods) Regulations.

Loading of certain substances.

9.—(1.) A hazardous substance that is an explosive specified in the First Schedule, an inflammable substance with a flash point of less than 73° Fahrenheit or a quantity of five tons or more of any other hazardous substance that is, or hazardous substances that are, specified in the First Schedule, shall not be loaded into or onto a ship at a port—

(a) until each part of the ship in or on which the substance is, or the substances are, to be stowed has been inspected by a surveyor and he has approved the loading; and

(b) unless a surveyor otherwise approves, until the handling of other cargo in each underdeck space in which, and on, over and below each deck space on which, the substance is, or the substances are, to be stowed has been completed.

(2.) The last preceding sub-regulation does not apply to—

(a) the loading into or onto a ship of an inflammable substance carried in containers—

(i) each of which is of a capacity of one gallon or less; and

(ii) which are packed in strong cases with suitable absorbent material;

(b) the loading onto a deck space of a ship of a quantity of less than five tons of an inflammable substance or inflammable substances; or

(c) the loading into a tanker of an inflammable substance in bulk form.

(3.) Unless a surveyor otherwise approves, a hazardous substance that is specified in the First Schedule shall not be stowed in a place which is abreast of a hatchway over which cargo is to be handled before the substance is unloaded.

(4.) A person shall not handle a substance, or permit a substance to be handled, in contravention of this regulation.

Penalty: One hundred pounds or imprisonment for three months.

Damage to containers during handling.

10.—(1.) If, during the handling of a hazardous substance on a ship in a port, spillage of the substance occurs or a container in which the substance is contained is observed to be damaged, the person appointed under regulation 19 of these Regulations to supervise the handling of the substance shall report the matter without delay to the officer in charge of the ship and—

(a) direct that the substance shall not be handled;

(b) if the whole or a part of the substance is stowed in an underdeck space—direct that other cargo shall not be handled in, or on or over a deck above, that underdeck space or an underdeck space adjacent to that underdeck space; and

(c) if the whole or a part of the substance is stowed on a deck space—direct that other cargo shall not be handled on, over or below that deck space.

(2.) Where a direction has been given under the last preceding sub-regulation—

(a) a person shall not handle, or permit the handling of, a hazardous substance or other cargo in contravention of that direction; and

(b) a person (other than an officer of the ship, a surveyor, an approved chemist or a person thereto authorized by an officer of the ship or a surveyor) shall not be in or upon a part of the ship where the substance is stowed or where, by virtue of the direction, the handling of other cargo is prohibited,

until an inspection has been made by a surveyor and he has approved the handling of the substance or that other cargo, as the case may be.

Penalty: One hundred pounds or imprisonment for three months.

Surveyor to be accompanied by approved chemist in certain cases.

11.—(1.) Where a hazardous substance is in a damaged container or spillage of the substance has occurred, a surveyor shall, subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, while making an inspection of the substance for the purposes of these Regulations, be accompanied by an approved chemist

whose services shall be paid for by the owner of the ship on which the substance is, or is to be, loaded or, in default of payment by the owner, by the agent of the ship.

(2.) This regulation does not apply in relation to the inspection of a substance—

(a) if the substance is a substance that is described in the First Schedule or the Second Schedule as a readily combustible solid; or

(b) if the inspection is made at a port where an approved chemist is not available.

Surveyor may give approval subject to conditions.

12.—(1.) A surveyor, in giving his approval to the handling of a hazardous substance or other cargo, may give that approval unconditionally or subject to conditions and may give such directions in relation to the handling of the substance or other cargo as, in the interests of safety, he thinks fit.

(2.) A person who fails to comply with such a condition or direction is guilty of an offence against these Regulations punishable upon conviction by a fine not exceeding One hundred pounds or imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months.

Emergency alarm.

13.—(1.) Where, in a port, a ship has on board a quantity of five tons or more of a hazardous substance or hazardous substances, or a quantity of five tons or more of a hazardous substance or hazardous substances is being loaded onto a ship, the master of the ship shall not permit a member of the crew, and a supervisor, foreman or other person in charge of labour engaged on or about the ship shall not permit a person under his supervision, to enter any underdeck space that is not separated by engine or boiler spaces from the part of the ship in which a hazardous substance is stowed or being handled unless an alarm system has been installed in accordance with this regulation.

Penalty: Fifty pounds or imprisonment for three months.

(2.) A master of a ship may require the alarm to be installed by, and at the expense of, the person who is the employer of persons who, for any reason, are required to enter a hold or underdeck space of the ship.

(3.) The alarm shall be a klaxon horn or other warning device approved by the Director and shall be attached to or in the vicinity of the upper hatch coaming of a hold or underdeck space in the part of the ship where the substance is stowed or is to be handled.

(4.) The alarm shall be capable of being immediately sounded by the hatchman or other person in charge of the alarm system who shall be, and shall be directed by the person in charge of the work to be, in attendance on the alarm system at all times while work is in progress.

(5.) The warning signal shall be a continuous sounding of the alarm and the nature of the signal shall be made known by the person in charge of the work to all persons employed in any hold or underdeck space on the ship.

Persons to be warned of dangers of hazardous substances.

14.—(1.) The master of a ship in a port which has on board, or on which is to be loaded, a hazardous substance shall warn the members of the crew and each employer of labour engaged on or about the ship of the nature of the substance, the risks involved and the precautions to be, taken.

(2.) The supervisor, foreman or other person in charge of labour (other than members of the crew) engaged on or about a ship in a port shall satisfy himself that all the persons under his supervision are similarly warned.

Penalty: Fifty pounds or imprisonment for three months.

Fire precautions.

15.—(1.) Where, in a port—

(a) a hazardous substance specified in the First Schedule is to be handled in or on a ship;

(b) other cargo is to be handled in an underdeck space in which such a substance is stowed; or

(c) other cargo is to be handled on or over a part of a deck on which such a substance is stowed,

the person in charge of the operation shall not permit the handling to proceed unless a fire hose is connected for instant use in the immediate vicinity of the place where the substance is to be handled or is stowed.

(2.) Where, in a port, a hazardous substance specified hi the Second Schedule is to be handled in or on a ship, the person in charge of the operation shall not permit the handling to proceed unless a fire hose is connected for instant use in the immediate vicinity of the place where the substance is to be handled.

(3.) In this regulation, “hazardous substance” does not include an inflammable liquid that is immiscible with water or a substance that becomes dangerous by interaction with water.

Penalty: Fifty pounds or imprisonment for three months.

Carrying of matches, &c, and use of fire on a ship.

16.—(1.) A person engaged in or on a ship in a port in the handling of a hazardous substance, or of an inflammable substance with a flash point of less than 150° Fahrenheit, shall not carry or have in his possession any matches or other materials or appliances for producing fire.

(2.) If a ship is in a port, a person shall not smoke, or permit another person to smoke, or have in his possession, or create or use, or permit another person to have in his possession, or create or use, any fire or naked light—

(a) except with the approval of a surveyor—in, or on a deck above, an underdeck space of the ship, or on a part of a deck of the ship, where a hazardous substance, or an inflammable substance with a flash point of less than 150° Fahrenheit, is stowed or is being handled; or

(b) except with the approval of the master of the ship—in any other part of the ship.

(3.) A person shall not carry on, or permit another person to carry on, any oxy-welding, cutting or similar process in or on a ship in a port—

(a) if a hazardous substance, or an inflammable substance with a flash point of less than 150° Fahrenheit, is stowed or is being handled on the ship—without the approval of a surveyor; or

(b) in any other case—without the approval of the master of the ship.

Penalty: Fifty pounds or imprisonment for three months.

Hazardous cargoes to be loaded, &c., in certain periods only.

17.—(1.) Subject to this regulation—

(a) a substance specified in the First Schedule or an inflammable substance with a flash point of not more than 110° Fahrenheit shall not, between the hours of sunset and sunrise, be handled in or on a ship in a port;

(b) cargo shall not be handled between those hours in an underdeck space of a ship in a port if the underdeck space—

(i) contains a substance specified in the First Schedule or an inflammable substance with a flash point of not more than 110° Fahrenheit;

(ii) is adjacent to a place where such a substance is stowed as deck cargo; or

(iii) is not separated by a watertight bulkhead from an adjacent underdeck space which contains such a substance; and

(c) cargo shall not be handled between those hours over a substance specified in the First Schedule, or over an inflammable substance with a flash point of not more than 110° Fahrenheit, stowed on deck.

(2.) The last preceding sub-regulation does not apply in relation to the handling of petroleum oils carried out, with the approval of the harbour authority or other competent authority controlling the handling of cargoes of that kind at the port where the handling takes place, by pumping from ship to shore or vice versa through a pipe line.

(3.) A person shall not handle a hazardous substance or other cargo, or permit a hazardous substance or other cargo to be handled, in contravention of this regulation.

Penalty: Fifty pounds or imprisonment for three months.

Floodlighting.

18. When a ship is in a port, a person shall not use, or permit the use of, artificial lighting, other than flood-lighting approved by the Director, in an underdeck space of the ship in which a hazardous substance is stowed or is being handled.

Penalty: Fifty pounds or imprisonment for three months.

Supervision of holds, &c.

19.—(1.) The master, owner or agent of a ship in or on which a hazardous substance is to be handled in a port shall appoint, or cause to be appointed, an officer or member of the crew or other reliable person to supervise the handling of the substance.

(2.) The officer, member of the crew or other person so appointed shall—

(a) supervise the handling of the substance in the port;

(b) remain in, or frequently visit, the underdeck space or deck in or on which the substance is being handled;

(c) closely inspect the underdeck space or deck when the handling of the substance is completed; and

(d) report to the master or officer in charge as to the condition of the underdeck space or deck and the substance after handling.

Penalty: Fifty pounds or imprisonment for three months.

Persons not allowed in holds without permission.

20. If a hazardous substance is in or on a ship in a port, a person shall not, during a meal-time or other recess, except with the permission of the master or other officer in charge of the ship, remain in, or visit, an underdeck space containing that substance.

Penalty: Thirty pounds or imprisonment for two months.

Qualified persons to be in charge of pumps.

21.—(1.) The master or other officer in charge of a ship in or on which a hazardous substance is to be handled in a port shall appoint, or cause to be appointed, a certificated engineroom officer, or other competent member of the engineroom staff of the ship, to be on duty when the substance is being handled in or on the ship.

(2.) The officer or other member of the engineroom staff so appointed shall, while the substance is being handled in or on the ship in the port, remain on duty and be immediately available, in emergency, to bring into operation the fire pumps and other fire extinguishing appliances in his charge.

Penalty: Fifty pounds or imprisonment for three months.

Contaminated dunnage, &c.

22.—(1.) Where, after an inspection of a ship at a port by a surveyor accompanied, if the port is a port where an approved chemist is available, by an approved chemist, the surveyor informs the master of the ship that dunnage or any material or gear belonging to or on the ship and used in the stowage or handling of a container of a hazardous substance has become contaminated with any of the contents of the container, the master shall—

(a) cause the dunnage, material or gear to be destroyed or decontaminated as required by the surveyor; and

(b) furnish to the surveyor a certificate that the dunnage, material or gear has been so destroyed or decontaminated.

(2.) Where, on inspection by the master of a ship, it is found that dunnage or any material or gear belonging to or on the ship and used in the stowage or handling of a container of a hazardous substance has become contaminated with any of the contents of the container, the master shall cause the dunnage, material or gear to be destroyed or decontaminated.

Penalty: Thirty pounds or imprisonment for two months.

Additional safeguards.

23. The ship’s officer, supervisor, foreman or other person in charge of the handling of cargo, or any cleaning, repair or other operation, in or on a ship in a port which has on board a hazardous substance, or in or on which a hazardous substance is being handled, shall, in addition to complying with the provisions of these Regulations, take such other steps as are necessary for protecting persons against accident.

Penalty: Thirty pounds or imprisonment for two months.

Power to modify, vary or exempt.

24.—(1.) Where, in a particular case, a Deputy Director is satisfied that it is unreasonable and unnecessary to insist upon compliance with a requirement of these Regulations and that a modification or variation of, or exemption from compliance with, that requirement can be permitted without danger to person or property, he may, by writing under his hand, approve, subject to such conditions as are set out in the approval, of the modification or variation, or of the exemption, and the approval has effect according to its terms.

(2.) A person shall not fail to comply with a condition set out in an approval given under the last preceding sub-regulation.

Penalty: One hundred pounds or imprisonment for three months.

(3.) An application for a modification or variation of, or exemption from compliance with, a requirement of these Regulations—

(a) shall be made by the owner, master or agent of the ship;

(b) shall be in writing; and

(c) shall be accompanied by an application fee of One pound.

Handling of explosives in State explosives areas.

25.—(1.) Where a person appointed under a law of a State to supervise the handling of explosives is satisfied, in relation to the handling of explosives in or on a ship at a place appointed for the handling of explosives under a law of that State, that it is unreasonable and unnecessary to insist upon compliance with a requirement of these Regulations and that a modification or variation of, or exemption from compliance with, that requirement can be permitted without danger to person or property, he may, by writing under his hand, approve, subject to such conditions as are set out in the approval, of the modification or variation, or of the exemption, and the approval has effect according to its terms.

(2.) A person shall not fail to comply with a condition set out in an approval given under the last preceding sub-regulation.

Penalty: One hundred pounds or imprisonment for three months.

Offences.

26.—(1.) A master, owner or agent of a ship, an officer of police, the Director, a Deputy Director or any interested person may institute proceedings for the summary prosecution of any person for an offence against these Regulations.

(2.) Where, under a provision of these Regulations, an act or thing is required to be done by any one of several persons and the thing is not done, or is done otherwise than in accordance with the provision, each of those persons is guilty of an offence against the provision.

Fees.

27.—(1.) Subject to this regulation, where, as a result of a request made by the owner, agent or master of a ship, a surveyor carries out an inspection of the ship under these Regulations during any period when the Deputy Director’s office in the State where the inspection is made is not open for public business, the fee for the inspection is—

(a) if the surveyor commences or ceases to be so engaged on a day when the Deputy Director’s office is not at any time open for public business—Five pounds five shillings; and

(b) in any other case—Two pounds two shillings or, if the surveyor commences to be so engaged before 6 a.m. or ceases to be so engaged after 11 p.m., Four pounds four shillings.

(2.) The last preceding sub-regulation applies in respect of each surveyor engaged on an inspection during a period when the Deputy Director’s office is not open for public business.

(3.) Where—

(a) a surveyor is available at the time and place appointed for an inspection of a ship under these Regulations but, for any reason outside the control of the surveyor, he is compelled to wait for a period after that time before he can commence the inspection;

(b) a surveyor is carrying out an inspection of a ship under these Regulations and, for any reason outside his control, the inspection is interrupted and he is compelled to wait for a period before he can continue the inspection; or

(c) a surveyor carrying out an inspection of a ship under these Regulations is compelled, for any reason outside his control, to wait on the ship after the completion of the inspection,

the fee for the inspection is, or, where a fee is otherwise payable, shall be increased by, an amount of Two pounds for each hour, or part of an hour, of the waiting time in excess of half an hour.

(4.) Where, as the result of a request made by the owner, agent or master of a ship, a surveyor proceeds to a place outside the limits of the port at which he is ordinarily stationed for the purpose of carrying out an inspection of a ship under these Regulations, the fee for the inspection is, or, where a fee is otherwise payable, shall be increased by, an amount equal to the travelling and subsistence expenses necessarily incurred by the surveyor.

(5.) Where a fee payable under this regulation in respect of a ship is not paid, the Commonwealth may recover the fee as a debt due to the Commonwealth from the owner, charterer, agent or master of the ship.

View image in the official sourceView image in the official sourceTHE SCHEDULES.

View image in the official sourceFIRST SCHEDULE.

Regs. 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 15, 17.

1. Explosives—

All explosives other than safety ammunition and manufactured fire works (shop goods).

2. Compressed gases (permanent, liquefied and dissolved)—

Acetylene.

Blau gas.

Butadiene.

Carbon monoxide.

Chlorine.

Coal gas.

Cyanogen.

Cyclopropane.

Cymogene.

Dimethyl ether.

Ethyl chloride (Chloroethane).

Ethylene.

Ethylene oxide.

Ethylene oxide (Oxirane, Epoxyethane).

Hydrocarbon gas (liquefied) (Botto gas, Calor gas).

Hydrogen.

Hydrogen cyanide, stabilized (Hydrocyanic acid).

Hydrogen fluoride (Hydrofluoric acid, anhydrous).

Hydrogen sulphide (Sulphuretted hydrogen).

Methane.

Nitrosyl chloride.

Oil gas.

Petroleum gas (liquefied) (Butane, Propane, Isobutane, Rock gas).

Phosgene (Carbonyl chloride).

FIRST SCHEDULE—continued.

3. Corrosive substances—

Chlorosulphonic acid (with or without Sulphur trioxide).

Chromic acid (solution).

Hydrofluoric acid solution (Fluoric acid, Hydrogen fluoride solution).

Mixture of Sulphuric acid and Nitric acid.

Nitric acid.

Perchloric acid (technical grade containing not more than 72 per centum Perchloric acid).

Titanium tetrachloride.

4. Poisonous substances—

Bromine or solutions of Bromine.

Chloropicrin (Trichloronitromethane).

5. Substances which give off inflammable vapours—

Inflammable substances with a flash point of less than 73° Fahrenheit.

Nickel carbonyl.

6. Substances which become dangerous by interaction with water—

Barium, metal or alloys (non-pyrophoric).

Calcium, metal or alloys (non-pyrophoric).

Calcium carbide.

Calcium phosphide.

Magnesium, metal or alloys (containing at least 50 per centum Magnesium), other than ingots, bars or sticks.

Potassium, metal.

Sodium, metal.

Sodium phosphide.

Strontium alloys (non-pyrophoric).

7. Strong supporters of combustion and readily combustible solids—

(a) Strong supporters of combustion—

(b) Readily combustible solids—

Celluloid.

Films (Nitro-cellulose base).

Lacquer base and chips (Nitro-cellulose base).

FIRST SCHEDULE—continued.

8. Substances liable to spontaneous combustion and substances which become dangerous by interaction with air—

Diethyl zinc (Zinc ethyl).

Phosphorus, white or yellow.

Phosphorus sulphides.

9. Other dangerous or hazardous substances—

Benzoyl peroxide.

Other substances not named but known to have equally hazardous characteristics.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

Regs. 4, 11, 15.

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widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span class="FontStyle259" style="font-size:11pt">2. </span><span class="FontStyle263" style="font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal">Compressed gases </span><span class="FontStyle263" style="font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal">(</span><span class="FontStyle263" style="font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal">permanent, liquefied and dissolved</span><span class="FontStyle263" style="font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal">)</span><span class="FontStyle263" style="font-size:11pt; font-weight:normal"> —</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:7.45pt"><td style="width:260.45pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Style222" style="text-indent:31.5pt; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span class="FontStyle259" style="font-size:11pt">Ammonia, anhydrous (liquefied).</span></p></td><td style="width:221.85pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Style229" style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span class="FontStyle259" style="font-size:11pt">Methyl amine.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:8.4pt"><td style="width:260.45pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Style222" style="text-indent:31.5pt; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span class="FontStyle259" style="font-size:11pt">Boron trifluoride.</span></p></td><td style="width:221.85pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Style229" style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span class="FontStyle259" style="font-size:11pt">Methyl bromide.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:6pt"><td style="width:260.45pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Style222" style="text-indent:31.5pt; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span class="FontStyle259" style="font-size:11pt">Dimethyl amine.</span></p></td><td style="width:221.85pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Style229" style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span class="FontStyle259" style="font-size:11pt">Methyl chloride (Chloromethane).</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.85pt"><td rowspan="2" style="width:260.45pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Style222" style="text-indent:31.5pt; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span class="FontStyle259" style="font-size:11pt">Ethylene oxide and Carbon dioxide mixtures.</span></p><p class="Style222" style="text-indent:31.5pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt"><span class="FontStyle259" style="font-size:11pt"></span></p></td><td style="width:221.85pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Style229" style="margin-left:12.3pt; text-indent:-12.3pt; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span class="FontStyle259" style="font-size:11pt">Nitrogen tetroxide (Nitrogen peroxide).</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:9.45pt"><td style="width:221.85pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Style229" style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span class="FontStyle259" style="font-size:11pt">Nitrous oxide.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:8.65pt"><td rowspan="2" style="width:260.45pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Style222" style="text-indent:31.5pt; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span class="FontStyle259" style="font-size:11pt">Ethylene oxide and Nitrogen mixtures.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt"><span class="FontStyle259" style="font-size:11pt"></span></p></td><td style="width:221.85pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Style229" style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span class="FontStyle259" style="font-size:11pt">Oxygen (liquefied).</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:8.4pt"><td style="width:221.85pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Style229" style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span class="FontStyle259" style="font-size:11pt">Sulphur dioxide.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:10.1pt"><td style="width:260.45pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Style222" style="text-indent:31.5pt; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span class="FontStyle259" style="font-size:11pt">Hydrogen chloride.</span></p></td><td style="width:221.85pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Style229" style="text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span class="FontStyle259" style="font-size:11pt">Trimethylamine.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>

3. Corrosive substances—

Antimony pentachloride (Antimony perchloride).

Antimony trichloride (Antimonous chloride, Caustic antimony, Butter of antimony, Mineral butter).

Benzoyl chloride.

Chloroacetyl chloride.

Diphenylmethyl bromide. Fluoboric acid (Hydrofluoboric acid).

Fluosilicic acid (Silicofluoric acid, Hydrosilicofluoric acid, Hydrofluosilicic acid, Sand acid).

Formic acid.

Hydriodic acid (Hydrogen iodide solution).

Hydrobromic acid (Hydrogen bromide solution).

Hydrochloric acid (Muriatic acid, Spirits of salts).

Phosphorus pentachloride.

Phosphorus tribromide (Phosphorus bromide).

Phosphorus trichloride (Phosphorus chloride).

Phosphoryl chloride (Phosphorus oxychloride).

Silicon tetrachloride (Silicon chloride).

Sludge or spent acid.

Stannic chloride, anhydrous (Tin tetrachloride, Tin chloride, fuming).

Sulphur chlorides (Sulphur dichloride, Sulphur monochloride).

Sulphur trioxide, liquid stabilized.

Sulphuric acid (Oil of Vitriol).

Sulphuric acid, fuming (Oleum or “Nordhausen” acid).

Sulphuryl chloride.

Thionyl chloride.

4. Poisonous substances—

Ammonia solution (specific gravity under 0.959).

Carbon tetrachloride (Tetrachloromethane, Perchloromethane).

Cyanides, and preparations of Cyanides, other than Ferricyanides and Ferrocyanides).

Hydrogen cyanide, anhydrous (Hydrocyanic acid, Prussic acid).

Methyl bromide (Bromoethane).

Motor fuel anti-knock compounds (“Ethyl Fluid”, &c.).

Nitrobenzene (Nitrobenzol, Mirbane oil).

Tetraethyl lead (Lead tetraethyl).

Uranium and Thorium ores and ore concentrates.

SECOND SCHEDULE—continued.

5. Substances which give off inflammable vapours—

Benzyl chloride.

Inflammable substances with a flash point of not less than 73° Fahrenheit and not more than 110° Fahrenheit.

6. Substances which become dangerous by interaction with water—

Aluminium ferrosilicon.

Aluminium, metal or alloy, other than bars, ingots or sheets.

Aluminium silicon powder.

Calcium cyanamide (Nitrolim) (containing more than 0.5 per centum of Calcium carbide).

Calcium silicide.

Calcium silicon (Calcium manganese silicon).

Ferrosilicon.

Magnesium, metal or alloys (containing at least 50 per centum magnesium), ingots, bars or sticks.

Zinc phosphide.

Zinc, powder or dust.

7. Strong supporters of combustion and readily combustible solids—

(a) Strong supporters of combustion—

(b) Readily combustible solids—

Coir.

Copra.

Cotton.

Cotton waste.

Flax.

Hemp.

Jute.

Kapok.

Sisal and other vegetable fibres.

Sulphur, lump, roll and stick.

Sulphur powder (Flowers of sulphur).

Zirconium metal.

8. Substances liable to spontaneous combustion and substances which become dangerous by interaction with air—

Di-methyl-p-nitrosoaniline (Accelerene).

Driers, paint or varnish, in solid form (Linoleates, Resinates, Naphthenates, Tungates of lead, Manganese, Aluminium, Sodium zinc, Cobalt).

Fish scrap and fishmeal (containing less than 40 per centum of moisture).

Iron oxide, spent (Iron sponge).

Potassium sulphide, anhydrous.

Sodium dithionite (Sodium hydrosulphite).

Sodium sulphide (containing less than 30 per centum of water crystallization).

Second Schedule—continued.

9. Other dangerous or hazardous substances—

Ammonium picrate (wet with not less than 33⅓ per centum of water calculated on the wet weight).

Calcium azide (Aqueous solution of a strength not exceeding 20 per centum).

Di-nitro-ortho-cresol.

Di-nitro-phenol (wet with not less than 15 per centum of water calculated on the wet weight).

Di-nitro-phenolates (Di-nitro-phenates) (wet with not less than 33⅓ per centum of water calculated on the wet weight).

Di-nitro-resorcinol (wet with not less than 33⅓ per centum of water calculated on the wet weight).

Hessian (Burlap) Bags (used).

Nitro-cellulose (wet with not less than 25 per centum of water calculated on the wet weight and containing not more than 12.3 per centum Nitrogen).

Picric acid (wet with not less than 33⅓ per centum of water calculated on the wet weight).

Radioactive substances.

Sodium azide.

Sodium di-nitro-ortho-cresolate (wet with not less than 30 per centum of water calculated on the wet weight).

Other substances not named but known to have equally hazardous characteristics.

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THIRD SCHEDULE.

FORM 1. Regs. 6 and 8.

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

Navigation (Cargo—Hazards Prevention) Regulations.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO HANDLE HAZARDOUS CARGO OR CARGO ADJACENT TO HAZARDOUS CARGO.

Date:

Name of vessel:

Port and berth or proposed port and berth:

Notice is hereby given that it is proposed, on

19 , to—

*(a) load;

*(b) unload;

*(c) handle;

*(d) handle non-hazardous cargo in an underdeck space in which, or on or over a part of a deck on which, is stowed,

the under-mentioned hazardous cargo.

To the Deputy Director of Navigation

(or his representative)

Master, owner or agent.

(Name of port)

* Strike out whichever is not applicable.

THIRD SCHEDULE—continued.

FORM 2. Reg.6.

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

Navigation (Cargo—Hazards Prevention) Regulations.

NOTICE OF DAMAGE TO OR DETERIORATION OF CONTAINERS OF HAZARDOUS CARGO.

Date.

Name of vessel:

Port and berth or proposed port and berth:

Notice is hereby given that a hazardous substance on board this vessel has been found to be in a damaged container or containers or in a container or containers which has or have deteriorated or from which spillage of the substance has occurred. Particulars are set out hereunder.

To the Deputy Director of Navigation

(or his representative)

Master, owner or agent.

(Name of port)

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