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[Subsidiary]

Offences and penalties.

IN249/44

L.N. 95'74.

CAP. 295] Dangerous Goods (General) Regulations

[1983 Ed.

177. Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of regulation 175 or 176 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $2,000 and imprisonment for 1 month.

$5,000

Interpretation.

(Cap. 295, sub. leg.)

L.N. 2/76.

PART XIA

DANGEROUS GOODS IN FREIGHT CONTAINERS

177A. In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires-

"approved container terminal" means an approved container terminal specified in the Third Schedule to the Dangerous Goods (Shipping) Regulations;

"Blue Book" means the edition of the Report of the Standing Advisory Committee on the Carriage of Dangerous Goods in Ships dated the 27th January 1966 from time to time in use in the United Kingdom as amended from time to time, and published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London;

"container base" means an area, within a container terminal, in which

(a) freight containers are packed or unpacked; and

(b) freight containers are stacked prior to delivery to, or subsequent to receipt from, a container terminal;

"container terminal" means any wharf comprising one or more berths for ships, where cargo is handled in freight containers loaded on or discharged from vessels specially designed or converted for that purpose, and also means a container base;

"container terminal operator" means any person owning or managing an approved container terminal and any servant or agent of such person;

"freight container" means any rigid or collapsible case or receptacle of rectangular shape--

(a) having an internal volume of not less than 1 cubic metre;

(b) specifically constructed for permanent and continuous use as an adjunct to cargo handling;

(c) fitted with devices permitting its transfer from one mode of transport to another; and

(d) used for enclosing and transporting a number of packages of cargo or bulk material;

"handle" includes all operations connected with loading, unloading, discharging, stacking, stowing or restowing of dangerous goods or other cargo;