Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

NAVIGATION (FIRE APPLIANCES) REGULATIONS 1968 - REG 5

(1)

In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

"cargo space" means the space used for cargo including cargo oil tanks and trunks to such spaces.

"crew space" means accommodation as defined in section 138B of the Act provided for the crew of a ship not being accommodation which is also used by or provided for the use of passengers.

"length", in relation to a ship, means the length of the ship as measured from the fore edge of the stem to the after edge of the sternpost at the level of the upperdeck.

"length", in relation to a fire hose, means the length of disconnected hose as measured between the terminal couplings.

"passenger space" means space provided for the use of passengers, or the passengers and crew, of a ship.

"portable fire extinguisher" means a fire extinguisher, weighing not more than 25 kilograms when fully charged, that:

(a)

in the case of a fire extinguisher in which the fire extinguishing medium is liquid — has a capacity of not more than 13 ^*1* /2 litres, and not less than 9 litres, of liquid;

(b)

in the case of a fire extinguisher in which the fire extinguishing medium is carbon-dioxide — has a capacity of not less than 3 kilograms of carbon-dioxide; or

(c)

in the case of a fire extinguisher in which the fire extinguishing medium is dry powder:

(i)

is of the kind in which a mixture of the dry powder and an expellant is stored under pressure; and

(ii)

has a capacity of not less than 4 ^*1* /2 kilograms of dry powder.

"the Act" means the Navigation Act 1912 .

"water spray nozzle" means a nozzle suitable for spraying water on burning oil.

(2) Where a word or phrase used in these Regulations is defined in section 187A of the Act, that word or phrase so used has, unless the contrary intention appears, the meaning given it in that section.

(3)

In these Regulations, a reference to the tonnage of a ship shall be read as a reference to the gross registered tonnage of the ship.

(4)

For the purposes of these Regulations, a ship shall be deemed to have reached a stage of construction similar to the laying of a keel when:

(a)

construction identifiable with the particular ship has begun; and

(b)

a portion of the ship, having a mass of not less than:

(i)

50 tonnes; or

(ii)

one per cent of the estimated mass of all structural material of the ship as proposed to be completed;

whichever is the lesser, has been fabricated and finally assembled.