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PNG-1976-R-54781
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Title_of_text
Merchant Shipping (Safety) Regulations 1976 (S.I. No. 21 of 1976).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Papua New Guinea
Subjects (Classification)
Seafarers - Occupational safety and health and welfare
Adopted on (Date of text)
1976
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Regulates safety with respect to merchant shipping. Part One makes introductory provisions. Part Two governs required safety certificates for passenger ships and cargo ships. Part Three regulates surveys and inspections. Establishes requirements for ships to be surveyed with regard to equipment, hulls, load lines, machinery and radios. Part Four provides for Papua New Guinea safety certificates. Part Five provides for the implementation of safety and load line conventions. Part Six sets forth safety regulations which govern, inter alia, hulls, anchors and cables, ship side fittings, rudder and stearing gear, main and auxiliary machinery, pressure vessels, boiler feed systems, spare gear and tools, load lines, compasses, life-saving equipment, and signalling equipment. Sets safety requirements with regard to fires and fire services. Establishes requirements for radios. Governs the packing and stowage of dangerous goods. Makes requirements for safety on board and safe working practices.
Basic Text region
Basic text(s)
1975-09-04 (PNG-1980-L-77368)
Merchant Shipping Act (Chapter 242).
Repealing Text region
Repealing text(s)
2003-11-25 (PNG-2003-L-82402)
National Maritime Safety Authority Act 2003 (No. 11 of 2003).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Regulation on-line [as consolidated to November 2006]
Author
Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute (PacLII)
URL
http://www.paclii.org/pg/legis/consol_act/msr1976346/
Monograph region
Monograph title
Printed separately
Date
1980-01-24
Page range
pp. 203-264
Serial region
Serial title
Printed separately
Page range
65 p.