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1182:

Interpreta
tion clause.

c. 69, s. 7.]
ORDINANCE No. 8 of 1873.

Dangerous Goods.

2. In the construction of this Ordinance, if not inconsistent with the [29 & 30 Vic.,
context, the expression "Dangerous Goods" shall mean any of the goods or substances specified in sections 5 and 6, or which for the time being may be declared to be "Dangerous Goods" by an order of the Governor in Council under section 7; the expression "Warehouse Owner" shall include all persons or bodies of persons owning or managing any warehouse, store, quay, pier, or other premises in which goods are deposited; and the term "Carrier" shall include all persons or bodies of persons carrying goods or passengers for hire by land or water.

Repealing clause.
Saving clause.

Certain goods and articles
to be deemed
dangerous.

[29 & 30 V.,
c. 69, s. 1.]
Definition of petroleum.

[34 & 35 Vic.,
c. 105, s. 3.]
Application
of Ordinance to other substances.

[34 & 35 Vic.,
c. 105, s. 14.]

3. Ordinance No. 12 of 1872 is hereby repealed.

4. The provisions of this Ordinance shall not apply to Her Majesty's ships of war, or to the ships of war of any foreign nation, nor to any stores or depôts or other premises belonging to Her Majesty's Government, or to Her Majesty's military or naval authorities within the Colony.

5. The goods commonly known as Petroleum, Nitro-glycerine or Glonoine oil, Gun Cotton, Fulminating Mercury, Dynamite, Lithofracteur and Horsley's Patent Blasting Powder shall be deemed to be dangerous goods within the meaning of this Ordinance.

6. For the purposes of this Ordinance, the term "Petroleum" includes Kerosene oil, Rock oil, Rangoon oil, Burmah oil, oil made from petroleum, coal, schist, shale, peat, or other bituminous substance, and any products of petroleum, or any of the above mentioned oils.

7. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time to make, revoke, and vary orders declaring that any substances, other [34 & 35 Vic., than those enumerated in section 5, shall be deemed to be dangerous goods within the meaning of this Ordinance, and during the continuance of the order, this Ordinance shall apply to the substances specified therein, and shall be construed and have effect as if throughout it such substances had been included in the enumeration of dangerous goods contained in section 5, subject to the following qualifications:-

(1.) The quantity of any substance to which this Ordinance is directed by order of the Governor in Council to apply, which may be kept without a licence, shall be such quantity only as is specified in that behalf in such order, or if no such quantity is specified, no quantity may be kept without a licence;