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MERCHANT SHIPPING ORDINANCE, 1953.

MERCHANT SHIPPING (ExplosIVES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1954-

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 84 and 111 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1953, and of every other power him enabling, the Governor in Council has made the following regulations-

1. These regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping Citation. (Explosives) (Amendment) Regulations, 1954-

"Packages

to conform with

Provisions

of G.N.

and

113/53).

2. Regulation ro of the Merchant Shipping (Explosives) Rescission Regulations, 1953, is rescinded and replaced by the following-

replace 10. (1) All explosives delivered at the Depot for ment of

regulation storage shall be packed in packages which conform in 10. all respects with the provisions relating to packing (G.N.A. No. 286 at contained in the Dangerous Goods Regulations, 1940,

or any enactment made in substitution therefor.

(2) Government shall not be responsible for damage by explosion or arising from defective or improper packing."

1940. Damage.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

9th March, 1954-

Clerk of Councils.

Explanatory Note.

(This Note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general purport).

As the packing of explosives is governed by the Dangerous Goods Regulations, 1940 TG.N. Na 238/40), the present regulation 10 of the Merchant Shipping (Explosives) Regulations, 1953, ia considered to be in conflict with the provisions dealing with packing in the first-named regulations. The purpose of the amendment" is to remove the conflict.

(Secretariat 17/3231/53)