the surveys. 32. (1) Whenever possible, such survey shall be made and Times appointed for such declaration transmitted within thirty days after the expiration of the certificate on last survey granted, as hereinafter mentioned. 2.) If the owner of any such steamship as aforesaid is unable Exceptional cases. to have the same surveyed within such thirty days as aforesaid, either by reason of such steamship being absent from the jurisdiction during the whole of such period, or by reason of such steamship or the machinery thereof being under repair, or of such steamship being laid up in dock, or for any other reason satisfactory to the Chief Harbour Master, then the owner of such steamship shall have the same surveyed as aforesaid as soon thereafter as possible, and shall transmit such declarations to the Chief Harbour Master within fourteen days after the date thereof, together with a statement of the reasons which have prevented the survey of such steamship at the time herein before prescribed. (3.) The owner of every such steamship in respect of which Penalty. such declarations have not been transmitted at the times and in the manner herein before directed shall, except in any case in which the survey of such steamship has been prevented as hereinbefore provided, forfeit the sum of ten shillings for every day that the transmission of such declarations is delayed, and such sum shall be paid upon the issue of the certificate hereinafter mentioned, together with the fee hereinafter prescribed, unless the Chief Harbour Master thinks fit in any case to remit such forfeiture or any part thereof. certificates. 33. (1.) Upon the receipt of such declarations the Chief Harbour Chief Harbour Master shall register the same, and, if satisfied that this part of this Master to issue Act has been complied with, shall transmit to the master or owner of the steamship to which the declarations refer a certificate of such compliance, signed by the Chief Harbour Master or person duly appointed to act for him. distinguished. (2.) (a.) Where, according to the declaration of the surveyor, Certificates to be (b.) Where, according to such sea-going certificate." is adapted for limited coasting voyages, the certifi- cate. (c.) Where, according to such declaration, the steamship (3.) Where any steamship is constructed to carry passengers, Chief Harbour the Chief Harbour Master shall, to prevent overcrowding, insert in the Master may limit certificate the number of passengers, whether deck or number of passengers, Local limits. Chief Harbour Master to transmit lists. Chief Harbour nise certain certificates, passengers, which such steamship is constructed to carry, or is authorised to carry by the Merchant Shipping Act. (4.) Every certificate shall set out the local limits, if any, within which the steamship is to ply. (5.) The Chief Harbour Master shall transmit lists of the steamships in respect of which certificates have been issued to the officers of customs in all ports within the jurisdiction, and such officers shall cause such lists to be put up in a conspicuous place in the custom house at each port. 34. (1.) The Chief Harbour Master may accept and recognise Master may recog- all unexpired certificates in legal operation issued under any Act or Statute in force in the United Kingdom or in any British possession to any steamship trading to or from any port within the jurisdiction, and the acceptance of any such certificate shall be as valid and effectual for all purposes as if such certificate had been issued under this Act. or may reject them. Power of Chief (2.) The Chief Harbour Master may disallow and reject any such certificate whenever, in his opinion, the acceptance thereof would be attended with risk or uncertainty, and any certificate so disallowed and rejected shall, for and within the jurisdiction, be and be deemed to be a cancelled certificate. 35. .) The Chief Harbour Master may revoke and cancel any Harbour Master to certificate where he has reason to believe- cancel certificates. Chief Harbour (a.) that any declaration of the sufficiency and good condition of the hull or machinery of any steamship has been fraudulently or erroneously made; or (b.) that such certificate has otherwise been issued upon false or erroneous information; or (c.) that since the making of any declaration of the sufficiency and good condition of the hull or machinery of any steamship, such hull or machinery has sustained any injury, or is otherwise insufficient, and whether such certificate was granted under this Act or any heretofore in force. Act (2.) In every such case the Chief Harbour Master may Master may require require the owner to have the hull or machinery of the steamship in question again surveyed, and to transmit a further declaration of the sufficiency and good condition thereof, before he re-issues any certificate or grants a fresh one in lieu thereof. (3.) The Chief Harbour Master may at any time revoke any certificate for the purpose of inserting in any certificate to be granted in in lieu thereof the number of passengers which the steamship to which such certificate relates is constructed to carry or is authorised to carry as aforesaid. cates to continue in 36. No certificate of any steamship shall be held to be in force How long certififor the purposes of this Act for more than six months; and no force. certificate shall be in force after notice by the Chief Harbour Master to the owner or master of the vessel to which the same relates that he has revoked the same: Provided that, if any such steamship has been absent from the jurisdiction for the whole of the thirty days next before the expiration of the certificate last granted in respect of such steamship, such last certificate (if not expressly cancelled or revoked) shall continue in force till twenty-one days after the return of such steamship to the jurisdiction. 37. The owner of every steamship requiring a certificate under Fees to be paid for this Act shall pay for every certificate granted by the Chief Harbour certificates. Master such sum as the Chief Harbour Master appoints, not exceeding the sums following, that is to say:— (1.) Where the tonnage of such steamship does not exceed fifty (2.) Where such tonnage exceeds fifty tons and does not exceed (3.) Where such tonnage exceeds one hundred tons and does (4.) Where such tonnage exceeds three hundred tons, an conspicuous part 38. The owner or master of any steamship shall forthwith, on Copy of certificate receipt of any such certificate as aforesaid, cause the same, or a true to be placed in copy thereof in distinct and legible characters, to be exhibited in of steamship. some conspicuous part of the said steamship so long as such certificate is in force, under a penalty not excceding ten pounds. voyage without 39. (1.) No steamship. the owner or master of which has not Steamship not to received from the Chief Harbour Master a valid and unexpired proceed on her certificate as herein before provided, shall proceed to sea or upon certificate. any voyage or excursion. (2.) If any steamship proceeds to sea or on any such voyage or excursion without having such certificate or a true copy thereof so exhibited as aforesaid, the owner or master shall, for every such offence, incur the following penalties, namely, the owner a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds, and the master a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds. 40. Penalty on owner, etc., for carrying more passengers than specified in certificate. Surveyors to make returns of the build, 40. (1) No steamship shall carry a greater number of passengers, whether deck or other passengers, than the numbers stated in the certificate. (2.) The owner or master of any steamship on board which there is found a greater number of such passengers than the numbers thereof specified in such certificate shall incur a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds, and a further penalty of five shillings for every passenger over and above such specified number. Division 3.-- Duties of surveyors, 41. (1.) Engineer and shipwright surveyors shall make such reetc., of steamships. turns to the Chief Harbour Master with respect to the build, dimensions, draft, burden, rate of sailing. room for fuel, and the nature and particulars of machinery of the steamships surveyed by them, as the Chief Harbour Master requires. Owners,masters,and engineers to give information, Penalty. Surveyors to act under direction of the Chief Harbour to go on board (2.) Every owner, master, and engineer of any such steamship shall, on demand, give to such surveyors all such information and assistance within his power as may be required by such surveyors for the purpose of such returns. (3.) Every such owner, master, and engineer who, on being applied to for that purpose, wilfully refuses or neglects to give such information or assistance shall incur a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds. 42. (1.) The said surveyors shall execute their duties under the direction of the Chief Harbour Master, and in the execution of such Master to be allowed duties they may go on board any steamship at all reasonable times to inspect the same or any part thereof, or any of the machinery, boats, equipments, or articles on board thereof to which the provisions of this part of this Act or any of the regulations to be made by virtue thereof apply, not unnecessarily detaining or delaying such steamship from proceeding on any voyage. steamships to inspect. Chief Harbour Master may require steamship to be docked. Penalty. Penalty on sur or receiving fees unlawfully. (2.) If in consequence of any accident to any such steamship or for any other reason he considers it necessary, the Chief Harbour Master may require such steamship to be taken into dock or placed on a slip or on any other convenient place to be surveyed. (3.) Whosoever obstructs or hinders any such surveyor in going on board any such steamship, or otherwise impedes him in the execution of his duty, shall incur a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds. (4) Every surveyor or other officer who demands or receives veyors demanding directly or indirectly from the owner or master of any steamship surveyed by him under the provisions hereof any fee or remuneration whatsoever for or in respect of such survey, r otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Act, shall incur a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds. Division Division 4.-Duties of owners. 43. (1.) No steamship liable to survey by the provisions of this Steamships to carry Act shall go to sea, or steam upon any navigable waters within the safety-valves out of jurisdiction, without having two safety-valves upon each boiler, one and to be deemed a of which shall be out of the control and interference of the engineer, machinery. necessary part of except only for the purpose of opening the same and keeping it free; and such safety-valve shall be deemed to be a necessary part of the machinery upon the sufficiency of which the engineer-surveyor is to report as herein provided. (2.) If any such steamship goes to sea, or steams upon such navigable waters, without having such safety-valves upon each boiler in manner aforesaid, the owner thereof shall incur a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds. 44. (1.) No steamship shall go to sea unless provided with a No steamship to hose adapted for the purpose of extinguishing fire in any part of proceed to sea without being provided such steamship and capable of being connected with her engines, with hose and nor, if carrying passengers, without being provided with the following signals. means of making signals of distress, that is to say, twelve blue lights or twelve port fires and one cannon with ammunition for at least twelve charges, or with such other means of making signals as shall be approved by the Chief Harbour Master. (2.) If any steamship goes to sea or steams upon any navigable waters within the jurisdiction in contravention of any provision of this section, the owner thereof shall incur a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds. Harbour Master. 45. Whenever any steamship has sustained or caused any Accidents to be reaccident occasioning loss of life or any serious injury to any person, ported to Chief or has received any material damage affecting her seaworthiness or efficiency, either in her hull or in any part of her machinery, the owner or master of such steamship shall, within twenty-four hours after the happening of such accident or damage, or as soon thereafter as possible, transmit through the post to the Chief Harbour Master, by letter signed by such master, a report of such accident or damage and the probable occasion thereof, stating the name of such steamship, the port to which she belongs, and the place where she is. If such master neglects so to do, he shall for such offence incur a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds. 46. If the owner of a steamship has reason to believe that such steamship has been wholly lost, he shall with all possible despatch send notice thereof to the Chief Harbour Master. If such owner neglects so to do within a reasonable time, he shall for such offence incur a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds. Division Notice to be given of apprehended loss of steamships. |