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Shipping and Port Control (Cargo Handling) Regulations
[1978 Ed.
[Subsidiary] Employment of signallers.
43. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), where cargo is being loaded or unloaded by a fall at a hatchway, a signaller shall be employed, and where more than one fall is being worked at a hatchway, a separate signaller shall be employed to attend each fall.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in cases where a barge, lighter or other similar vessel is being loaded or unloaded if the driver of the crane or winch working the fall has a clear and unrestricted view of both of the holds where work is being carried on.
Duty to comply with this Part.
Unauthorized removal of fencing, etc.
Safe means of access to be used.
Prohibition on going upon beams.
PART V
MISCELLANEOUS PROHIBITIONS
44. It shall be the duty of all persons, whether owners, persons in charge of works or persons employed, to comply with this Part.
45. (1) No person shall, unless duly authorized or in case of necessity, remove or interfere with any fencing, gangway, gear, ladder, hatch covering, mark, stage or other thing whatsoever required by these regulations to be provided.
(2) If any thing specified in paragraph (1) is removed, it shall be restored at the end of the period during which its removal was necessary by the persons last engaged in the work that necessitated the removal.
46. Every person employed shall use the means of access provided in accordance with regulations 5, 6 and 7, and no person shall authorize or order another to use means of access other than those so provided.
47. No person shall go upon any beam used for hatch coverings for the purpose of adjusting the gear for lifting it on and off nor shall any person authorize or order another to do so.
Prohibition on use of appliances or gear.
Obligation of employers to comply with regulations.
PART VI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
48. No employer of persons employed in cargo handling shall require or allow any lifting appliance or lifting gear to be used by such persons which does not comply with Part III.
49. If the persons whose duty it is to comply with regulations 5, 6, 8 and 9 fail so to do, then it shall be the duty of the employers of the persons employed to comply with such regulations within the shortest time reasonably practicable after such failure.