This legislation has been repealed.
The provisions of this
regulation shall be observed for the maintenance and operation of every
pipeline and its ancilliary appliances in the Port, that is to
say —
(a)
every underground pipeline, between any wharf or jetty and a place of storage,
shall be examined at intervals not exceeding 3 years and a certificate shall
be given to the Port Authority showing —
(i)
that the pipeline has been examined and whether that
examination was by visual, pressure or metal thickness test; and
(ii)
if such is the case, that the pipeline is in good order
and condition;
(b)
every pipeline and its fittings shall be inspected, prior to each occasion of
its use, and shall, at least once in every 3 months, be tested under working
conditions to a pressure of at least 25% in excess of the maximum pressure
under which it is intended ordinarily to operate to ensure certainty of
operation;
(c)
every valve or ancilliary appliance used in pumping operations shall, before
each occasion of pumping, be inspected to ensure certainty of operation;
(d)
every flexible hose to be used in connection with any pipeline to which this
Part applies shall —
(i)
be of approved quality with a safe working pressure of at
least 100 pounds per square inch;
(ii)
be fitted with Turk’s Heads of hemp or sisal rope
or with other approved means of protection, at intervals of 3 feet of its
length;
(iii)
have incorporated in the hose a metallic plate on which
shall be engraved the number and the safe working pressure of the hose and the
owner’s name except that the Port Authority may approve any alternative
method by which those particulars shall be exhibited;
(iv)
be fitted with 44/.012 copper wire mechanically connected
to the metallic fittings at either end in such manner as to ensure electrical
connection between any vessel and the pipeline to which the hose is connected,
except that the Port Authority may approve any alternative method by which
that connection is assured;
(v)
be properly and adequately supported to prevent chafing
or kinking during pumping operations; and
(vi)
be tested under working conditions to at least 25% in
excess of the maximum working pressure under which it is intended to be
operated, at least once in every 6 months, and the result of every such test
shall be recorded in a register that may be examined by the Port Authority
when it so requires and, in any event, a report of those tests shall be
provided to the Port Authority in January and July in each year;
(e)
every pipeline used for the transmission of any liquid derived from petroleum,
coal or shale, having a flash point of not less than 150° Fahrenheit,
shall —
(i)
be provided with a drip-tray or a drum of a type approved
by the Port Authority at the seaward end of that pipeline; and
(ii)
be maintained in good condition and free from leakage;
and every precaution shall be taken to prevent any liquid escaping into water
of the Port;
(f)
every pipeline, valve, hose or ancillary appliance used for the transmission
of inflammable liquids, having a flash point of less than 150°
Fahrenheit, shall —
(i)
be maintained free from leakages and gas-tight;
(ii)
be tested at intervals of not less than 12 months, to
ensure that it is properly bonded and earthed as may be required by the Port
Authority; and
(iii)
unless otherwise authorized by the Port Authority, be
freed of all flammable liquid and have any hose disconnected from the shore
pipeline, upon the completion of any operation of loading or discharging;
(g) the
velocity of flow of liquid in any pipeline shall be restricted to that of 3
feet of the narrowest bore of that pipeline, per second —
(i)
for a period of 30 minutes after pumping has commenced or
recommenced or for a period sufficient to clear the pipeline twice, whichever
is the longer, in either case where the liquid has a flash point of less than
150° Fahrenheit or the pipeline has been cleared by water; or
(ii)
until the fill pipe is covered where the liquid is being
pumped into empty tanks;
(h) at
any time during which liquid derived from petroleum, shale or coal is being
pumped to or from any vessel in the Port —
(i)
the pipeline then in use shall be continuously patrolled
throughout the whole of its length, to ensure the detection of any leakage
from it;
(ii)
every terminal valve then in use on the wharf or jetty
and any control valve in use in that vessel shall, in each case, be manned by
a person competent to close the valve whenever emergency or expediency may
require;
(iii)
a boat, barge or other small craft shall not be moored or
remain nearer than 50 feet of that vessel and the master of the vessel shall
maintain a lookout to ensure compliance with the provisions of this
subparagraph;
(iv)
a naked light, matches or other means of ignition shall
not be brought within 50 feet of any terminal valve then in use and any torch
or other artificial light used within that distance shall be of flame-proof
construction, except that the Port Authority may approve any alternative type
of light which shall, in any event, be mounted at least 25 feet above the
level of the wharf or jetty;
(v)
a watchman or watchmen approved by the Port Authority
shall be stationed at that vessel, as the Harbour Master may require;
(vi)
both at the time of, and during any period in which
preparation is being made for, that pumping, the master or a representative of
the master of that vessel and a representative of the owner of the
installation to or from which the liquid is being, or is to be, pumped shall
be present at the point of discharge or intake; and each of those persons
shall ensure that sufficient firefighting equipment of a type approved by the
Port Authority is there present available and capable of dealing with any
outbreak of fire that may occur within the ambit of his own operations; and
(vii)
the master of that vessel shall ensure that a sufficient
complement of officers and men is in the vessel to enable the pumping
operations to be efficiently carried out and, if the circumstances should
require, to remove the vessel from its mooring;
(i)
pumping operations shall not be commenced in the Port,
except with the approval of, and subject to any conditions imposed by the Port
Authority, and where, in the opinion of the Port Authority, it is not in the
interest of safety that pumping be continued, the Port Authority may order it
to be discontinued and every person shall comply with that order;
(j)
whenever pumping operations are temporarily suspended, the valve on the vessel
and on the shore pipeline, then in use, shall be closed; and
(k) on
the completion of pumping operations, every pipeline, outside the storage
installation used for the transmission of inflammable liquids having a flash
point of less than 150° Fahrenheit shall be cleared of that liquid by
flushing with water and thereupon be kept filled with water, but the Authority
may exempt a person from compliance with the requirements of this paragraph,
in the case of an underwater pipeline that was used for the transmission of
any crude oil having a flash point of not less than 73° Fahrenheit.