Western Australian Repealed Regulations Western Australian Repealed RegulationsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) The provisions of
this regulation shall be observed by the master, owner and agent of every
vessel upon which inflammable liquid in any quantity exceeding 400 gallons is
conveyed, loaded or unloaded, within the Port.
(2) The master, owner
or agent of the vessel shall give at least 24 hours notice to the Harbour
Master of the intention to convey, load or unload inflammable liquid, within
the Port and of the quantity of inflammable liquid to be conveyed, loaded or
unloaded.
(3) While within the
Port, there shall be displayed on the vessel, at the masthead or other
conspicuous place, but not less than 20 feet above the deck, so as to be
clear of all obstructions and clearly visible in all directions, a red flag of
not less than 3 feet square, with a white circular centre 6 inches in
diameter, by day and a red light of a design approved by the Harbour Master,
by night; but if the vessel is a barge that cannot reasonably comply with the
foregoing requirements, then the master or owner of that barge shall display
in a conspicuous position above the deck a red flag of metal, not less than 18
inches square, with a white circular centre 6 inches in diameter, by day, and
an all round red light of a design approved by the Harbour Master, by night.
(4) A copy of these
regulations shall be obtained and placed in such a prominent part of the
vessel as to be seen and read by the officers and crew.
(5) A person, other
than those actually engaged in the work of loading or unloading inflammable
liquid, shall not be allowed on the vessel, without the permission of the
master.
(6) A person shall not
smoke in or on the vessel during the loading or unloading of inflammable
liquid.
(7) A locomotive in
which steam is generated by combustion in open fires shall not enter or be
permitted to enter on railway tracks within 50 feet of any vessel carrying
inflammable liquid.
(8) Immediately a
vessel carrying inflammable liquid has been berthed, a steel wire hawser,
sufficiently strong to enable the vessel thereby to be hauled away from the
wharf, shall be placed over both the fore and aft ends of the vessel, and
those hawsers shall be maintained there, during the whole of the time the
vessel remains alongside the wharf.
(9) Except with the
permission of the Harbour Master, a vessel shall not be berthed alongside any
wharf, unless it is ready to discharge and to continue discharging, and
arrangements have been made by the consignee immediately to receive, the
inflammable liquid.
(10) A responsible
officer of the vessel shall be on duty, day and night, and be responsible for
giving effect to these regulations.
(11) All inspections
necessitated by the requirements of this Part, other than during the ordinary
working hours of the Port, whether carried out aboard the vessel or ashore,
shall be at the expense of the master, owner or agent of the vessel.
(12) Inflammable
liquid shall not be loaded or unloaded on or from the vessel, during the hours
between sunset and sunrise, unless a permit in writing therefor shall first
have been obtained, in each instance, from the Harbour Master; and all the
conditions of such permit shall be duly observed.
(13) Approved fire
extinguishers and other approved material shall be provided and so distributed
about the vessel as to be available for dealing with any inflammable liquid
that may be spilled or ignited.
(14) An iron or steel
hammer or other instrument capable of causing a spark shall not be used for
the purpose of opening or closing hatches or tank lids of the vessel and,
except with the written approval of the Harbour Master, chipping, scraping or
hammering of iron or steel on the vessel is prohibited when any hold that
contains, or has recently contained, inflammable liquid is open, or while
there is any inflammable liquid on deck.
(15) A vessel (other
than a self-propelled vessel) carrying inflammable liquid shall not be
navigated, except in tow of, or attended by, an efficient tug propelled by
mechanical power, and not more than 2 such vessels shall be towed together at
any one time, either abreast or in train; and a vessel (other than a
self-propelled vessel) carrying inflammable liquid shall not be towed
alongside a tug, unless with the permission in writing of, and then upon such
conditions as shall have been imposed by, the Harbour Master.
(16) A tank used for
conveyance of inflammable liquid on a vessel shall, as far as practicable and
applicable —
(a) be
solidly constructed of steel and shall not exceed a capacity approved by
the Harbour Master;
(b) be
firmly attached to strongly constructed supports;
(c) be
efficiently screened from any engine on the vessel, by a fire-resisting shield
placed at least 6 inches from the tank and carried up above the tank and down
below it, and so that the exhaust of the engine shall be wholly in front of
that shield, where the engine is in front of the tank, or wholly behind that
shield, where the engine is behind the tank;
(d) have
all vent pipes vacuum relief valves effectively protected by wire gauze;
(e) be
provided with effective earthing to prevent accumulation of static
electricity;
(f) have
the bottom end of each fill pipe carried down near to the bottom of the tank
to form a liquid seal;
(g) have
all fill pipes, dip pipes and other openings of the tank fitted with screw
caps, bolted covers of other means of closing, gastight, at all times when
those fill pipes, dip pipes or other openings are not in use for filling or
dipping;
(h) have
all vent pipes properly protected at the outlets by wire gauze and have the
outlets not less than 12 feet above deck and made weather-proof; and
(i)
not be filled with inflammable liquid to more than 95% of
its capacity and be marked in a permanent manner to indicate the level at
which that percentage of its capacity is occupied.
(17) Without prejudice
to the provisions of regulation 123 the Port Authority may, at the expense of
the owner of any vessel, employ watchmen to guard the vessel and the wharf at
which it is moored, during the whole of the time that any inflammable fluid
remains in or upon the vessel; and those watchmen shall thereupon be empowered
to enforce any of these regulations made, and any instruction of the Harbour
Master given, to ensure the general safety of the Port and the immunity of
persons and property from the danger of accident.