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[接上页] (Enacted 1991) Cap 369AH reg 7 Portable and rope ladders The employer and the master shall ensure that- (a) a portable ladder is used for the purpose of access to the ship only where no safer means of access is reasonably practicable; (b) a rope ladder is used only for the purpose of access between a ship with high freeboard and a ship with low freeboard or between a ship and a boat if no safer means of access is reasonably practicable; (c) any rope ladder used for the purpose of access to a ship complies with the specifications contained in section 2.6 of the Code,provided that the requirements of this regulation shall not affect the requirements of the Merchant Shipping (Safety)(Pilot Ladders and Hoists) Regulations (Cap 369 sub. leg.) (Enacted 1991) Cap 369AH reg 8 Lifebuoys The employer and the master shall ensure that- (a) a life-buoy with a self-activating light; and (b) a separate safety line attached to a quoit or similar device,are provided ready for use at the point of access aboard the ship. (Enacted 1991) Cap 369AH reg 9 Safety nets (1) The employer and master shall ensure that an adequate number of safety nets is carried on the ship or is otherwise readily available. (2) The master shall ensure that where access equipment is in use and there is a risk of a person falling from that access equipment or from the ship or from the quayside immediately adjacent to the access equipment, a safety net is mounted in order to minimise the risk of injury. (Enacted 1991) Cap 369AH reg 10 Use of equipment Where access equipment is provided in accordance with these regulations any person boarding or leaving the ship shall use that equipment except in emergencies. (Enacted 1991) Cap 369AH reg 11 Penalties (1) Contravention of regulation 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 by an employer shall be an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding $10000 or on conviction on indictment by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 year or such fine, or both. (2) Contravention of regulation 4, 7, 8 or 9 by a master shall be an offence punishable only on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding $5000. (3) Contravention of regulation 10 shall be an offence punishable only on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding $2000. (4) It shall be a defence for a person charged in respect of a contravention of regulation 4(1) or (2) or 9(2) to show that the requirements of the relevant regulation were complied with so far as was reasonably practicable. (5) It shall be a defence for a person charged under these regulations to show that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence. (Enacted 1991) Cap 369AH reg 12 Detention Where the Director is satisfied that a ship, other than a Hong Kong ship, which is detained pursuant to section 117 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety) Ordinance (Cap 369) does not comply with the safety requirements of these regulations, he may send a report to the government of the country in which the ship is registered and a copy thereof to the Director-General of the International Labour Office. (Enacted 1991) |