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MARINE & PORTS AUTHORITY (FIRE PREVENTION) REGULATIONS 1967

SR&O 30 / 1967

[made under the Marine Board Act 1962 and brought into operation on 9 September 1967]

1 In these Regulations “dangerous commodity” includes petroleum, rock oil, Rangoon oil, Burmah oil, benzine, petrol, naptha, gasoline and any oil made from petroleum, coal, schist, shale, peat, or any bituminous substance, and every product of petroleum and of the above-mentioned substances, and also includes gunpowder, nitroglycerine, cordite and all other explosives, but does not include the refined products of petroleum which will not give off an inflammable vapour at a temperature of less than 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

Permission to carry dangerous cargo into port

2 Any ship whose cargo consists either in whole or in part of any dangerous commodity shall not be permitted by the master or person in charge thereof to enter the ports of Bermuda except with the previous permission of the Minister, who shall first consult with the Chief Fire Officer appointed under the provisions of the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service Act 1982 as regards fire safety measures.

[Regulation 2 amended by 2014 : 33 s. 55 effective 1 January 2018]

MARINE & PORTS AUTHORITY (FIRE PREVENTION) REGULATIONS 1967

Must hoist red flag

3 The master or person in charge of a ship having on board any dangerous commodity shall ensure that, after entering the ports of Bermuda and while any such dangerous commodity is on board, there shall be hoisted and kept hoisted in some conspicuous place in such ship, a red flag not less than three feet square.

No naked lights during unloading

4 The master and agent of any ship loading or unloading any dangerous commodity, either alongside any dock or from or into any other ship or boat in the ports of Bermuda, shall ensure that there are no fires or naked lights on such ship and that there is no smoking on board or near to such ship.

Prompt removal of dangerous commodity from dock

5 The master and agent of any ship discharging any dangerous commodity on to any dock in the ports of Bermuda shall ensure that the dangerous commodity so discharged is forthwith removed from that dock.

Watchmen

6 The Minister, who shall first consult with the Chief Fire Officer appointed under the provisions of the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service Act 1982 as regards fire safety measures may require the master or agent of any ship in the ports of Bermuda having on board any dangerous commodity to employ at the expense of the master or agent one or more watchmen approved by the Minister and the master or agent to whom such direction is given shall comply therewith.

[Regulation 6 amended by 2014 : 33 s. 55 effective 1 January 2018]

Permission to unload at night

7 No dangerous commodity shall, without the previous permission of the Minister, who shall first consult with the Chief Fire Officer appointed under the provisions of the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service Act 1982 as regards fire safety measures be discharged from or loaded on board any ship in the ports of Bermuda by any person between sunset and sunrise.

[Regulation 7 amended by 2014 : 33 s. 55 effective 1 January 2018]

Offences

8 Any person who contravenes any provisions of these Regulations commits an offence: Punishment on summary conviction: imprisonment for 3 months or a fine of $360 or both such imprisonment and fine.

[Amended by:

1970 : 32

2014 : 33]