Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations

PORT BY-LAWS - SECT 3

3. Interpretation

(1) In these By-laws, unless the contrary intention appears -

"authorised person" means -

(a) the Harbourmaster;

(b) an officer or employee of the Port Corporation; or

(c) a member of the Police Force;

"cargo", means goods, load or freight carried from one port to another, and includes baggage, other than the first cubic metre of accompanied baggage;

"container" means a sack, bag, box, case, carton, crate, drum, hide, package or thing used to contain cargo;

"day" means a period of 24 hours commencing at midnight;

"delivery office" means the delivery office, or the place used as a delivery office, on a wharf on to which goods are discharged;

"handle", in relation to cargo, includes all operations in or on a vessel or wharf in connection with the loading, unloading, stowing or restowing of cargo;

"inflammable liquid" means a liquid which has a true flash point of less than 61 degrees Celsius;

"intoxicating liquor" has the meaning of liquor in the Liquor Act as amended;

"lighter" means a ship, boat or other craft used for loading or unloading a vessel or carrying cargo within a port but not used in navigation;

"master" means a person, other than a pilot, in charge or command of a vessel, lighter or small craft;

"outside vessel" means a vessel passing through or trading in and beyond the Northern Territory of Australia;

"owner", in relation to goods, includes an owner, consignor, consignee or agent having the control or disposition of the goods;

"owner", in relation to a vessel, lighter or small craft includes an owner, part owner, or charterer and an agent of an owner, part owner or charterer;

"small craft" has the same meaning as in section 210(2) of the Marine Act ;

"ton by volume", in relation to cargo or goods, means a ton of 40 cubic feet by measurement;

"ton by weight", in relation to cargo or goods, means a ton of 2,240 pounds avoirdupois by weight;

"wharf" includes -

(a) premises that are -

(i) adjacent to the Port;

(ii) under the control of a Harbourmaster;

(iii) used in connection with the business of the port; and

(iv) a barge, landing steps, ramp or other place or area used for loading or unloading in the Port;

"tonne", in relation to cargo or goods, means tonne by weight or tonne by volume, whichever measurement yields the greater tonnage;

"tonne by volume", in relation to cargo or goods, means a volume of 1 cubic metre;

"tonne by weight", in relation to cargo or goods, means a tonne of 1,000 kilogrammes by weight;

"vehicle" means any mobile mechanical or non-mechanical contrivance supported on wheels or tracks or designed as a form of transport for persons or goods, and includes earth-moving and road building machinery whether drawn or propelled.

(2) In these By-laws, any reference to a Schedule shall be read as a reference to a Schedule to these By-laws, and any reference to a form shall be read as a reference to a form contained in the Schedule.

(3) For the purpose of calculating tonnes by volume of any cargo or goods, or cargo or goods as packed, that is or are not rectangular in shape, the volume of the cargo or goods shall be taken to be the space that it or they would occupy if the cargo or goods, or the cargo or goods as so packed, were, having regard to the shape, packed in the smallest possible rectangular container.