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Offeness and penalties.

Interpreta-

tion.

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Substance

Whether permitted on unberthed

passenger vessels

Quantity for which

Label

licence not

Incompatible substances

required

Sodium Metal

Not permitted

H

Acids, chlorine.

Sodium Monoxide

Not

H

Acids,

permitted

Sodium Phosphide

Not

H

Acids.

permitted

Zinc Powder or Dust

Separate

H

Acids, caustic alkalia.

Zinc Phosphide

Not permitted

H

Acids.

301. (1) The licensee of any store or place containing any category 6 dangerous goods in respect of which any of the provisions of regula- tion 283, 284, 285, 286, 290, 291, 292, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299 or 300(4) is contravened shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of ene thousand dollars.

(2) The owner and the person in charge of any vehicle or vessel in which any of the provisions of regulation 300(1) or 300(4) is con- travened shall each be guilty of an offence and liable to a fiue of one thousand dollars.

(3) The owner of any container or article in respect of which any of the provisions of regulation 287, 288, 293 or 294 is contravened shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of one thousand dollars.

(4) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of regula tion 289 shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of on thousand dollars.

(5) Any person over the age of fifteen years who contravenes the provisions of regulation 299 shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of five hundred dollars.

PART VIII.

CATEGORY 7 DANGEROUS GOODS (STRONG SUPPORTERS OF COMBUSTION).

302. In this Part-

"celluloid" includes raw celluloid and celluloid scrap, dust, shavings and pieces and substances containing nitrated cellulose or other nitrated products;

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"curematograph film" means any film containing celluloid which is intended for use in a cinematograph or other similar apparatus; "container" except where a particular type of container is mentioned means any drum, barrel, carboy, bottle, tin, can or other receptacle used for the conveyance or storage of any category 7 dangerous goods:

"film" means nitrated film, whether washed, scrap or waste;

"store" when used as a noun means a place which is used for the

storage of any category 7 dangerous goods.

Conveyance and storage of celluloid, film and cinematograph film.

33. No store containing celluloid, film or cinematograph film shall Means of be so situated that a fire occurring therein aright interfere with the escape in means of escape from the building of which the store forms part or from any adjoining building.

event of fire.

MM. Any store containing celluloid, film or cinematograph film and Store form- forming part of a building shall be either

(a) separated from all other parts of the building by fre-resisting

partitions, ceilings, floors and self-closing doorst or

(b) so situated and constructed that a fire occurring therein would not under moral conditions spread to other parts of the building.

ing part of a building.

MS. (1) Any store containing celluloid in excess of eighty pounds Construction weight or cinematograph film in excess of eighty pounds in weight of store, etc. or twenty reels whichever is the less or film shall-

(a) be constructed throughout of fire-resisting material in such manner as to prevent, as far as is reasonably practicable, any fire occurring in the store from spreading to other parts of the premises or to other premises and any fire occurring outside the store from reaching the contents thereof;

(b) be provided with a ceiling, a floor and walls which are solid

throughout and--

() if of brick, at least eight and a half inches thick; or (ii) if of reinforced concrete, at least six inches thick;

(c) be efficiently ventilated, each ventilator being screened in- ternally with double fine brass wire gauze, having a mesh of Dol less than twenty-eight to one linear inch;

(d) be provided with an explosion hatch, two feet square, co- structed on the roof of the store, and fitted with a spring