Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

NAVIGATION (CONSTRUCTION) REGULATIONS 1968 - REG 4

(1)

In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

(a)

passenger space;

(b)

crew space;

(c)

office space;

(d)

pantry space other than main pantry space; and

(e)

other similar space other than service space or open space on deck.

"breadth", in relation to a ship, means the extreme width from outside of frame to outside of frame at or below the ship's deepest subdivision load water-line.

"bulkhead deck", in relation to a ship, means the deck of the ship determined by the Authority to be, for the purposes of these Regulations, the bulkhead deck of the ship.

"cargo ship" has the same meaning as in Part IV of the Act.

"cargo space "means the space used for cargo including cargo oil tanks and trunks to such spaces.

"Class I ship" means:

(a)

a passenger ship registered in Australia that is engaged, whether regularly or intermittently, on international voyages; or

(b)

a passenger ship that is engaged, whether regularly or intermittently, in carrying passengers from Australia on international voyages.

"control station "includes:

(a)

a radiotelegraph room; or

(b)

any other enclosed space which houses:

(i)

a compass, a direction-finder, radar equipment, a steering wheel or other similar equipment used in navigation;

(ii)

a central indicator connected with a system for the detection of fire or smoke; or

(iii)

an emergency generator.

"criterion numeral", in relation to a ship, means the criterion numeral of the ship determined in accordance with such of the provisions of the First Schedule as apply to the ship.

"deepest subdivision load line", in relation to a ship, means the deepest subdivision load line marked on the ship in accordance with regulation 66 of these Regulations.

"deepest subdivision load water-line", in relation to a ship, means the load water-line that corresponds to the greatest draught determined in accordance with such of the provisions of the First Schedule as apply to the ship.

"draught", in relation to a ship, means the vertical distance from the moulded base line amidships to a subdivision load water-line.

"factor of subdivision", in relation to a ship or portion of a ship, means the factor of subdivision for the ship or that portion of the ship, as the case may be, determined in accordance with such of the provisions of the First Schedule as apply to that ship or that portion of the ship, as the case may be.

"floodable length", in relation to a point along the length of a ship at a draught, means the maximum portion of the length of the ship having its centre at that point which, at that draught, under the assumption that the ship has no list, and under such of the assumptions of permeability set out in the First Schedule as are applicable to that portion, can be flooded without submerging any part of the margin line of the ship.

"Group A cargo ship" means a cargo ship the keel of which was laid before 20 March 1968.

"Group A passenger ship "means a passenger ship the keel of which was laid before 20 March 1968.

"Group B cargo ship" means a cargo ship the keel of which was laid during the prescribed period.

"Group B passenger ship" means:

(a)

a passenger ship the keel of which was laid during the prescribed period; or

(b)

a ship that was converted during the prescribed period for service as a passenger ship.

"international voyage "has the same meaning as in Part IV (other than Division 5 of that Part) of the Act.

"machinery space", in relation to a ship, means:

(a) if the Authority has defined the spaces of the ship that are to be regarded for the purpose of these Regulations as the machinery space of the ship — the spaces so defined; or

(b) if the Authority has not so defined the spaces — the space extending from the moulded base line to the margin line of the ship and between the extreme main transverse watertight bulkheads of the ship which bound the spaces appropriated to the main and auxiliary propelling machinery, the boilers, if any, serving the needs of propulsion and the permanent coal bunkers, if any, of the ship;

and, for the purposes of Parts V and VIII of these Regulations, also includes spaces which are occupied by refrigerating machinery, boilers not serving the needs of propulsion, pumps, engineers' work shops, generators, ventilation or air conditioning machinery, or oil-filling stations and other machinery used in the service of the ship, and trunkways leading to those spaces.

"main vertical zone", in relation to a ship, means one of the main vertical zones into which the hull, superstructure and deck-houses of the ship are divided in accordance with regulation 132 of these Regulations.

"margin line", in relation to a ship, means a line drawn at least three inches below the upper surface of the bulkhead deck at the side of the ship and assumed for the purpose of determining the floodable length of the ship.

"naval architect "means the Assistant Manager, Ship Structures, in the Authority.

"passenger ship" has the same meaning as in Part IV of the Act.

"passenger space" means:

(a)

space provided for the accommodation and use of passengers other than service space; and

(b)

in Part II and in the First Schedule includes space, provided below the margin line, for the accommodation and use of the crew.

"prescribed period "means the period commencing on 20 March 1968 and ending at the expiration of 24 May 1980.

"public space" includes a hall, a dining room, a bar room, a smoke room, a lounge room, a recreation room, a children's nursery and a library.

"radiotelegraph room "means the radiotelegraph room provided in a ship in accordance with Marine Orders, Part 26 (Equipment — Communication), as in force from time to time.

"service space" includes galleys, main pantries, laundries, store rooms, paint rooms, baggage rooms, mail rooms, bullion rooms, carpenters' workshops, plumbers' workshops and any trunkway leading to such a space.

"subdivision load water-line", in relation to a ship, means a water-line assumed in determining the subdivision of the ship in accordance with these Regulations.

"the Act "means the Navigation Act 1912-1967 .

"watertight", in relation to a structure in a ship, means capable of preventing the passage of water through the structure in any direction under a head of water up to the margin line of the ship.

"watertight door" means a door that complies with the requirements of Division 8 of Part II of these Regulations.

"weathertight", in relation to a structure, means capable of preventing the passage of sea water through the structure in ordinary sea conditions.

(2) In Parts II to VII (inclusive) of these Regulations, a reference to a ship is a reference to a passenger ship to which those Parts apply.

(3)

A reference in these Regulations to a Schedule by number shall be read as a reference to the Schedule so numbered to these Regulations.

(4)

A reference in these Regulations to Marine Orders is a reference to orders made under the Navigation (Orders) Regulations as in force from time to time.