NORFOLK ISLAND MARKING OF WEIGHT ON HEAVY PACKAGES ACT 1932 [Consolidated as at 1 August 2002 on the authority of the Administrator and in accordance with the Enactments Reprinting Act 1980] ________ TABLE OF PROVISIONS 1. Short title 2. Weight to be shown on certain packages NORFOLK ISLAND Marking of Weight on Heavy Packages Act 1932 _______________________________________________________________________ An Act relating to the Marking of the Weight on heavy Packages transported by Vessels Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Marking of Weight on Heavy Packages Act 1932. Weight to be shown on certain packages 2. (1) Any consignor who consigns within the Territory for transport by sea any package or article of cargo of a gross weight of 2 tonnes or over, shall mark prominently upon the package or article, or upon a label securely attached to it, in legible and durable characters of not less than 3 centimetres in height, a statement of its approximate gross weight set out in tonnes and kilograms; Provided that in the case of a package or article of cargo which, by reason of its nature, the place of shipment, or the absence of machinery for weighing articles of the weight or size of the package or article of cargo, it is not practicable to weigh, but which is of a weight of over 2 tonnes, the consignor shall mark the gross weight approximately, within a limit of 0.5 tonne, as "Over 2 tonnes but under 2.5 tonnes" or as the case may be. Penalty: 5 penalty units. (2) The master of a ship who permits to be loaded on board the ship any package or article of cargo of a weight of 2 tonnes or over which has not been prominently legibly and durably marked in accordance with this Act shall be guilty of an offence. Penalty: 3 penalty units. (3) The master of any ship shall arrange for some competent person to give to the workers actually employed in unloading from such ship any package or article of cargo which has been loaded outside the Territory and which is not marked in the manner which would apply if the package or article was consigned within the Territory for transport by sea, verbal advice as to the approximate weight of each such package or article about to be so unloaded. Penalty: 3 penalty units. _______________________________________________________________________ NOTES The Marking of Weight on Heavy Packages Act 1932 as shown in this consolidation comprises Act No. 5 of 1932 and amendments as indicated in the Tables below. Enactment Number and year Date of commencement Application saving or transitional provision Marking of Weight on Heavy Packages Act 1932 5, 1932 12.10.32 Ordinances Revision (Decimal Currency) Act 1980 31, 1980 15.1.81 13, 2000 25.5.00 Marking of Weight on Heavy Packages (Amendment) Act 2000 ________ Table of Amendments ad = added or inserted am = amended rep = repealed rs = repealed and substituted Provisions affected How affected 2 am 31, 1980; 13, 2000 © Norfolk Island Government 2002 The Copyright Act 1968 of the Commonwealth of Australia permits certain reproduction and publication of this legislation. For reproduction or publication beyond that permitted by the Act, written permission must be sought from the Legislative Draftsperson, Administration of Norfolk Island, Norfolk Island, South Pacific 2899.