Western Australian Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

ESPERANCE PORT AUTHORITY REGULATIONS 1969 - REG 122

122 .         Interpretation

                In this Part, the following expressions shall have the meanings assigned to them, that is to say — 

        “approved electric lamp” means an electric lamp approved by the Director of Navigation, Commonwealth of Australia, the British Board of Trade or the American Bureau of Standards, at the time of the making of these regulations;

        “approved safety lamp” means a safety lamp approved by the Director of Navigation, Commonwealth of Australia, the British Board of Trade or the American Bureau of Standards, at the time of the making of these regulations;

        “battened down” includes any method of securely closing, to make gas-tight as far as practicable any hatchway;

        “cargo” includes bunker coal;

        “certificate of test” means a certificate of test, in the prescribed form, given by a competent analyst in respect of a tank or any other part of a vessel that has been carrying oil or inflammable liquids, certifying that he has carried out a test, in an adequate and suitable manner, for the presence of inflammable vapour and has found the tank or other part to be free therefrom;

        “competent analyst” means a member of the Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain and Ireland or of the Australian Chemical Institute, with special knowledge of inflammable liquids and oils, or any other competent person approved by the Port Authority;

        “fire” means fire of every description and includes means of ignition;

        “flashing point” means the true flashing point of a liquid, as obtained by Abel’s close test apparatus or by any apparatus that has been established by Act of Parliament for the purpose of determining the true flashing point of inflammable liquids;

        “hatchway” means any opening into a hold, not being an opening protected to prevent communication of fire;

        “hold” , when applied to a vessel, means any hold between deck, shelter deck, tank, or other covered place where cargo or fuel may be stowed;

        “in bulk” , with respect to oil and inflammable liquids, means such as are conveyed in quantities exceeding 90 gallons in any one container and are intended to be transferred by pipe line or hose;

        “inflammable liquid” includes any oil, liquid or spirit having a true flashing point of less than 150° Fahrenheit, and also any substance that the Governor, by proclamation, declares to be inflammable liquid;

        “inflammable liquid ‘group A’ ” , means any inflammable liquid that has a true flashing point of less than 73° Fahrenheit;

        “inflammable liquid ‘group B’ ” , means any inflammable liquid that has a true flashing point of not less than 73° Fahrenheit;

        “oil” means oil of any description, having a true flashing point of not less than 150° Fahrenheit;

        “tank” means any tank, compartment, or space which contains or has contained any oil or inflammable liquid, or any sludge deposit or residue therefrom;

        “tank ship” means a vessel specially fitted with tanks and used wholly, or mainly, for the conveyance of oils or inflammable liquids;

        “wire gauze” means a gauze made of copper or brass wire of not less than 0.014 inch diameter (28 Birmingham Wire Gauge) and having not less than 28 meshes to the lineal inch.