Western Australian Repealed Regulations Western Australian Repealed RegulationsThis legislation has been repealed.
Where a vessel is
loading or discharging explosives within the Port of
Fremantle —
(a) An
officer of the vessel shall be constantly and exclusively in charge of the
shipment, stowage, or discharge of such explosives.
(b) All
fires and lights on that vessel and on every vessel alongside of or attached
to it shall be completely extinguished and no smoking shall be allowed on
board any of those vessels.
(c) Men
working in the magazine of the vessel or boat must not have any matches,
fuses, knives, or hooks about their person, nor wear boots or shoes with any
iron or steel on them.
(d) All
exposed iron or steel in or near the place where any explosive is being passed
or handled must be covered over with tarpaulin or other suitable covering.
[(e) Deleted.]
(f) No
person shall be allowed to work aloft, or in those parts of the rigging which
may be near to the magazine.
(g)
Special care must be exercised in selecting the men to work the explosives to
see that they are perfectly sober.
(h) In
the event of any necessity arising for the stoppage of the loading or
discharging of any kind of explosive for any purpose or from any cause
whatever, it will devolve upon the officer in charge to take precautions that
the hatches of the vessel, as well as those of the licensed powder lighter
delivering or receiving, are put on and covered with tarpaulins, and that no
person is allowed to remain below in the magazine or hold during such
stoppage.
(i)
Paraffin, naphtha, petroleum, or other volatile oil must
not be used for any purposes whatever, unless approved by the Inspector, on
board a vessel after that vessel has on board more than 500 kilograms of any
explosives other than ammunition whilst the vessel is within the limits of
the Port of Fremantle.
[Regulation 223 amended by Gazettes
21 June 1974 p.2085; 17 March 1992 p.1226.]
[ 224. Repealed by
Gazette 17 March 1992 p.1226.]