Western Australian Repealed Regulations Western Australian Repealed RegulationsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) This regulation
applies to every vessel —
(a) that
is carrying, has carried, or may carry any oil, inflammable liquid or liquid
derived from oil, shale or coal; and
(b) that
may be affected by any such vessel as is mentioned in paragraph (a).
(2) The master, owner
and agent of a vessel are severally responsible for the due performance and
observance of every regulation applying to that vessel and the responsibility
of one of them does not relieve any other of them of his responsibility.
(3) A person shall not
commit any act or permit the commission of any act of such a nature as to
cause an outbreak of fire or an explosion; and every person shall take every
reasonable precaution, whether expressly prescribed by this Part or not, to
prevent an outbreak of fire or an explosion.
(4) The Harbour
Master, may, at any time, inspect or examine any vessel that he reasonably
believes to have, or lately to have had, oil or inflammable liquid on board;
and a person shall not hinder or obstruct the Harbour Master in his inspection
or examination; and every person shall assist in any inspection or examination
and in the conduct of any inquiry made with regard thereto.
(5) It is the duty of
any person, being the master or owner of any vessel or being the owner,
occupier or person in charge of any oil terminal, depot, storage tank, oil
pipe line or any other apparatus or place used for the storage or handling of
oil or being the servant or agent of any of the foregoing persons and engaged
in or on any of the foregoing places or things, to prevent the escape, flow or
drainage of any oil, inflammable liquid or liquid derived from oil, shale, or
coal, directly or indirectly, into or upon any water, land or vessel in the
Port; and none of the persons in this subregulation mentioned shall permit or
suffer any escape, flow or drainage as there described.
(6) Oil in bulk or in
inflammable liquid shall not be loaded or unloaded in the Port, unless notice
of intention in that regard has first been given to, and a permit therefor
obtained from, the Harbour Master who may however, in the case of
intra-harbour traffic, dispense with the requirement of notice and issue a
permit to load and unload any oil or inflammable liquid, for a period of time
fixed by him.
(7) Heating, boiling
or burning of any pitch, tar, resin, turpentine, spirits, inflammable liquid,
oil refuse, rubbish or other combustible matter in or on any vessel is
prohibited; and the heating, boiling or burning of any such substance removed
from a vessel on any wharf or on any place, within 50 ft. of any wharf, is
prohibited, except in such place and in such manner as may be approved of by
the Harbour Master.
(8) Inflammable liquid
shall not be conveyed, loaded or unloaded on, into or from any vessel, unless
that inflammable liquid is contained in tanks, drums, tins or other containers
from which, in the opinion of the Harbour Master, the inflammable liquid
cannot escape, in the form of liquid or vapour.
(9) Except in the case
of vehicular ferries —
(a) a
person shall not ship or send in any vessel a motor driven vehicle, machine or
boat using inflammable liquid, unless the tanks thereof and all engine
connections are empty and free from that liquid or any vapour thereof;
(b) a
motor driven vehicle, machine or boat, shipped, or carried in a vessel, shall
not have stored, placed or packed therein any inflammable liquid, whether
enclosed in a separate container or otherwise; and
(c) the
master shall not knowingly receive or carry on board his vessel any
motor-driven vehicle, machine or boat in respect of which the requirements of
this subregulation have not been complied with.
(10) The Harbour
Master may, as shall appear to him expedient, in the interests of safety,
require any of the provisions of this Part to be complied with by the master
or owner of any vessel then anchored, moored or berthed within 100 feet of a
vessel loading, unloading; or carrying bulk oil or inflammable liquids; and
that master or owner shall comply with that requirement.
(11) The following
precautions shall be taken against injurious fumes and explosion in tanks on
vessels, that is to say —
(a)
until a certificate of test has been obtained, a person shall not bring or
permit to be brought near, or take into, any tank or part of a vessel that has
been used for the carriage of oil or inflammable liquid a naked light, fire,
or lamp (other than an approved electric lamp) or apparatus of any kind for
producing a light or spark, nor enter that tank, except for the purpose of
testing the atmosphere or for the necessary preliminary cleaning;
(b)
where the cargo last contained in any tank was inflammable liquid “group
A”, a fresh certificate of test shall be obtained, daily, before work is
commenced or continued therein; and where, during the course of work, any pipe
or joint in the tank is broken or any other risk arises of inflammable liquid
or vapour therefrom entering the tank, work therein shall be suspended, until
a further certificate of test has been obtained;
(c)
every certificate of test, or a true copy thereof, shall, immediately after
its receipt, be posted in a conspicuous place, where it may easily be read by
every person concerned therewith;
(d) in
connection with the preliminary cleaning of tanks —
(i)
all sludge deposit or residue in a tank shall first be
removed; and, where it is necessary for any person to be employed in the
cleaning of a tank which has contained inflammable liquid “group
A”, he shall be provided with suitable breathing apparatus, consisting
of a helmet or facepiece with all necessary connections by means of which he
may breathe outside air;
(ii)
a tank shall be thoroughly steamed by means of steam
jets, for such periods as will ensure the vaporization of all volatile oil or
inflammable liquid;
(iii)
after a tank has been steamed, all covers of manholes and
other openings therein shall be removed and the tank shall be thoroughly
ventilated, by mechanical or other efficient means, so as to ensure the
removal of all inflammable vapour; and the interior surfaces including covers
shall if any deposit remains thereon, be washed or scraped down with a wooden
or other suitable tool;
(iv)
any person in charge thereof shall take precautions that
matches or other means of producing fire or sparks are not carried by the men
who are employed in the cleaning of a tank; and
(v)
a person employed in the cleaning of a tank shall not
smoke in, or take matches or other means of producing fire or sparks into, the
tank; and
(e) such
further precautions as may be required by the Harbour Master.
(12) Where repairs are
being carried out on or in any tank in which there is a possibility of the
presence of inflammable or explosive fumes and in respect of which a
certificate of test is required under these regulations —
(a)
lamps other than approved electric lamps or approved safety lamps shall not be
used; and
(b) a
fire, naked light or heated rivet shall not be taken into any tank or
compartment, without the written authority of the person giving the
certificate of test that, as far as he is able to ascertain, work may be
undertaken without danger to the vessel or the men employed.