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1978 Ed.]

Shipping and Port Control (Cargo Handling) Regulations

[CAP. 313

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[Subsidiary]

L.N. 287/78.

SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL (CARGO HANDLING)

REGULATIONS

(Cap. 313, section 80)

[29th December, 1978.]

PART I

PRELIMINARY

1. (1) These regulations may be cited as the Shipping and Port Control (Cargo Handling) Regulations.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), these regulations shall come into operation on the 29th December 1978.

(3) Regulations 19(1), 20, 21(1) and (3), 22(1)(b), 23, 24, 25 and 51 shall come into operation on the 1st July 1979.

Citation and commencement.

2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires Interpretation.

"competent examiner" means a person who, by reason of his

qualifications, training and experience, is competent to carry out any test or examination of a lifting appliance or lifting gear for the purposes of these regulations;

"competent person" means a person who, by reason of his training and practical experience, is competent to perform an inspection or other duty required to be carried out by a competent person for the purposes of these regulations;

“hatch” means an opening in a deck used for the purpose of loading

or unloading a vessel or for trimming, or for ventilation;

"hatchway” means the whole space within the square of the hatches,

from the top deck to the bottom of the hold;

"owner", in relation to a lifting appliance or lifting gear, includes the lessee or hirer thereof, and any overseer, foreman or other person in charge or having the control or management of the lifting appliance or lifting gear;

"person employed" means a person employed in cargo handling;

"pulley block" means a pulley, block, gin or similar gear, other than a crane block specially constructed for use with a crane to which it is permanently attached;

"register" means a register, in the specified form, of lifting appliances

and lifting gear;

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