Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1980 No. 248 NAVIGATION (SURVEY) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 2

2. Regulation 11 of the Navigation (Survey) Regulations is repealed and the
following regulations are substituted: Survey of hull, rudder, &c., of certain
ships

"11. (1) Except in the case of-

   (a)  a prescribed ship; or

   (b)  a small ship a survey of which the surveyor is satisfied can be
        carried out in an efficient manner while the ship is laid over on a
        beach or bank left dry at low tide, a survey of the outside of the
        bottom of the hull of a ship and of its rudder or rudders, propeller
        or propellers, shafts and underwater fittings shall be carried out
        while the ship is in dry-dock or on a slip.



"(2) A survey of a rudder, or of the outside of the bottom of the hull, of a
ship shall be carried out after the rudder and the bottom of the hull have
been cleaned and before they are painted.

Survey of hull, rudder, &c., of prescribed ship

"11A. (1) Subject to sub-regulation (5), a survey of the outside of the bottom
of the hull of a prescribed ship and of its rudder or rudders, propeller or
propellers, shafts and underwater fittings may be carried out while the ship
is in water.



"(2) Where, after surveying in accordance with sub-regulation (1) a part of a
prescribed ship referred to in that sub-regulation, a surveyor reports that it
is necessary, in order to ascertain the condition of the part, that the part
should be surveyed while the ship is out of water, the Minister may direct in
writing that a survey of the part be carried out while the ship is out of
water.



"(3) Where the Minister gives a direction in respect of a prescribed ship
under sub-regulation (2), the ship shall be surveyed in accordance with the
direction.



"(4) Subject to sub-regulation (5), a survey in accordance with sub-
regulation (1) or (3) of a part of a prescribed ship referred to in
sub-regulation (1) shall be carried out once in every period of 30 months.



"(5) Where a screw shaft or a tube shaft of a prescribed ship is of special
construction, the Minister may direct that the shaft be surveyed in such
manner as the Minister specifies and within such period, being a period longer
than the period specified in sub-regulation (4), as the Minister specifies.".