W.A. Marine (Life Saving Appliances, Fire Appliances and Miscellaneous Equipment) Regulations 1983

Western Australia

Western Australian Marine Act 1982

1.Citation

These regulations may be cited as the W.A. Marine (Life Saving Appliances, Fire Appliances and Miscellaneous Equipment) Regulations 1983 1.

2.Commencement

These regulations shall come into operation on 1 July 1983.

3.Interpretation

In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires —

Authority means the chief executive officer;

Code means the Uniform Shipping Laws Code adopted by the Marine and Ports Council of Australia and published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 11 May 1981.

[Regulation 3 amended in Gazette 11 Aug 1992 p. 3978.]

4.Application of Sections 10, 11, and 13 of Code

(1)Subject to subregulations (2) and (3), the provisions of Sections 10, 11, and 13 of the Code are incorporated in these regulations and shall extend and apply to and in respect of all vessels and voyages to which the Act applies.

(2)The incorporation and application of Section 11 of the Code by subregulation (1) is subject to the following modifications —

(a)in each of those portions of Part 2 which set out scales of fire fighting equipment for vessels of classes 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 2A, 2B, 2C, 3A, 3B and 3C, under the heading “Fixed Fire Extinguishing Installation — Machinery Space” in each case, there shall be substituted
“12.5 metres” in the column headed “Size” for “10 metres”;

(b)after Item 1.5 of Appendix E to Part 3, the following sub‑item is inserted —

“1.6Automatic means shall be provided for giving audible warning to persons within a working space when fire smothering gas of a manually operated system is about to be released into the space. Where an emergency power system is required to be fitted then the audible alarm shall be connected to both power systems. ”;

(d) Item 1.1 of Appendix G to Part 3 shall be deleted;

(e) in Items 2.1.2, 2.1.3, and 2.2 of Appendix G to Part 3, for “10 metres in length” there shall be substituted in each case —

“5 metres in length ”;

(f) in Item 2.2 of Appendix G to Part 3, “other than vessels of Classes 1A and 2A” shall be deleted;

(g) at the end of Item 2.5 of Appendix G to Part 3, there shall be inserted —

“Where only one extinguisher is required in a space, it may be of the dry powder type. ”.

(3)The incorporation and application of Section 13 of the Code by subregulation (1) is subject to the following modifications —

(a) clause 3 shall be deleted;

(b) in that portion of Part 3 which relates to vessels of
Class IC, there shall be inserted after “All lengths . . . Signalling light” the following —

“All lengths . . . International code flags NC ”;

(c) in that portion of Part 3 which relates to vessels of Class 2C, there shall be inserted after “All lengths . . . Signalling light” the following —

“All lengths . . . International code flags NC ”;

(d) in that portion of Part 3 which relates to vessels
of Class 3A, there shall be inserted after “35 metres and over . . . 1 set of international code flags” the following —

“ Less than 35 metres . . . International code flags NC ”;

(e)after Item 3.1 of Part I of Appendix B to Part 4, the following sub‑item is inserted —

“3.2Notwithstanding sub‑item 1 of this Item, a seagoing fishing vessel less than 10 metres in length licensed to operate not more than 5 nautical miles offshore may, instead of a magnetic steering compass as required by that sub‑item, carry a fixed or hand‑held compass of a type approved by the Authority and, if the vessel travels in convoy with, or under tow by, a vessel fitted with such a magnetic steering compass, may carry such a fixed or hand‑held compass where the vessel is required to proceed more than 5 nautical miles offshore to reach its base of operations. ”;

(f)Item 6 of Part I of Appendix B to Part 4 shall be deleted;

(g)Item 4 of Appendix M to Part 4 shall be deleted; and

(h)Item 5 of Appendix N to Part 4 shall be deleted.

5.Construction of Code

In the construction of the Code as incorporated in these regulations, words and expressions defined in Section 1 of the Code shall, unless otherwise provided by the Act or these regulations, have the meanings assigned in that Section.

6.Classification of vessels

For the purposes of these regulations, vessels shall be classified in the manner provided by clause 6 of Section 1 of the Code.

[7.Omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(f).]

Notes

1This is a compilation of the W.A. Marine (Life Saving Appliances, Fire Appliances and Miscellaneous Equipment) Regulations 1983 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table.

Compilation table

Citation	Gazettal	Commencement
W.A. Marine (Life Saving Appliances, Fire Appliances and Miscellaneous Equipment) Regulations 1983	1 Jul 1983 p. 2180‑1	1 Jul 1983 (see r. 2)
W.A. Marine Amendment Regulations 1992 Pt. 8	11 Aug 1992 p. 3976-80	11 Aug 1992
Reprint of the W.A. Marine (Life Saving Appliances, Fire Appliances and Miscellaneous Equipment) Regulations 1983 as at 25 Jan 2002 (includes amendment listed above)