Explosives Regulations, 1960
GN No. 71 of 1960
Regulations
made by the Governor in Council under section 27 of the
Explosives Ordinance 1959.
Provided that no fees shall
be payable by
or on behalf of any Government Department in respect
of any application, certificate, licence, permit or other
document
issued under the provisions of the Ordinance and of these
Regulations, so long as such application relates to,
and such certificate, licence, permit or other document is
used
solely on Government business and is distinctly endorsed
to that effect by the Director.
The Agents of a ship
shall
give written notice of intention to load, discharge,
tranship, or handle explosives to the Harbour Master and
to the Comptroller
not less than 48 hours before any such explosive shall
be loaded, discharged, transhipped or handled.
Every
such written
notice shall state in detail the quantities and nature
of the explosives to be landed, transhipped or loaded.
The master
of any ship arriving in Mauritius with explosives
on board shall give immediate notice thereof to the Pilot
who will
come on board his ship.
All ships having explosives
on board shall, while within the limits of the harbour,
display
where
it can be seen a red flag not less than three
feet by square by day and a red light visible all round
the horizon
from
sunset to sunrise.
Every lighter and every boat
having on board any explosives shall by day carry at
the
bow
and the
stern a red flag not less than three feet square
on
a staff not less than six feet above the deck.
When having on board
any explosives, lighter or boat shall carry
no other cargo.
The discharge, loading, transhipment
or handling of
explosives
shall only take place at a quay or mooring
berth
assigned for that purpose by the Harbour Master.
The Harbour
Master, or any officer appointed by him, shall
be empowered to
order the removal of any ship having explosives on board
from any berth or quay to any other berth or quay in the
harbour, or from the harbour and other harbour
to the open sea, at any time of the day or night. All expenses
attendant on such removal shall be recovered from the
owner,
or Master, or Agent of the ship.
The Master of a ship
having explosives on board, or loading
or discharging such explosives,
shall be responsible for taking all necessary
precautions on board his ship. The Master of a ship shall
be responsible
for ensuring that the following special
precautions are taken on board his ship during the time
when any explosives
are
on board:—
(a) chipping or scaling or
any operation liable to cause a spark is not to be carried
out
(b)welding
of any kind on the ship is forbidden
(c)no repairs are to be carried
out in any compartment containing explosives.
While explosives arc being
loaded or discharged by a ship, no other cargo shall be
loaded
or
discharged by
that ship.
Explosives shall not be discharged,
loaded or handled within the limits of the harbour
except during the hours
between
sunrise and sunset.
When the
loading or discharge of explosives has been commenced,
such
loading or discharge
shall be
continued
with all due speed and diligence,
and, should it be impracticable to complete the loading
or discharge
before sunset on
any one day, all holds shall
be securely fastened down immediately
such loading or discharge is
discontinued and all the same precautions taken as though
the ship
were fully
loaded
or bulk had not been broken.
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