Cargo, Fumigation and Tackle Regulations — 300
300 (1) The following definitions apply in this Part. accommodation ladder means a means of access to and egress from a vessel that includes platforms on different levels with ladders between the platforms and that (a) is suspended by a supporting structure of chains or steel wire ropes from its lowest suspension point; (b) is hinged at its top; and (c) can be moved so that the lowest platform is accessible from shore. ( échelle de coupée ) cargo gear includes lifting appliances and forklift trucks. ( engins de manutention ) category 1 lifting appliance means (a) a crane, other than a mobile crane, installed on a vessel; or (b) a derrick, a derrick crane or an elevator. ( appareil de levage de catégorie 1 ) category 2 lifting appliance means a container crane, a rail-mounted or wharf crane with a safe working load of 10 tonnes or more, a sheerlegs or a shore-based shiploader. ( appareil de levage de catégorie 2 ) category 3 lifting appliance means a rail-mounted or wharf crane with a safe working load of less than 10 tonnes or grain loading equipment. ( appareil de levage de catégorie 3 ) category 4 lifting appliance means a mobile crane or any other mobile lifting-machine, other than a forklift truck, that has load radius restrictions similar to those of a mobile crane. ( appareil de levage de catégorie 4 ) category 5 lifting appliance means a vehicle ramp installed on a vessel or a continuous loading or unloading system or appliance. ( appareil de levage de catégorie 5 ) classification society means the American Bureau of Shipping, Bureau Veritas (Canada), Det norske Veritas, Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, Germanischer Lloyd or, in respect of a foreign vessel, any similar organization recognized by or under the laws of the state whose flag the vessel is entitled to fly. ( société de classification ) Convention 152 means the Convention Concerning Occupational Safety and Health in Dock Work, adopted by the International Labour Conference on June 25, 1979. ( Convention 152 ) expert person , in respect of a specified function, means a person who has the knowledge, training and experience to perform the function safely and properly. ( expert ) lifting appliance means a category 1 lifting appliance, a category 2 lifting appliance, a category 3 lifting appliance, a category 4 lifting appliance or a category 5 lifting appliance. ( appareil de levage ) loose gear means small cargo gear, such as rings, hooks, shackles, pulley blocks, links, swivels, chains, slings and wire pennants, that is not permanently attached to a lifting appliance or the vessel. It does not include wire rope, wire banding or flat steel strapping that unitizes cargo. ( engins mobiles ) main accessory gear means any cargo gear that is designed to be used with a lifting appliance, such as spreaders, container frames, probes, grabs, vacuum discs, friction clamps and heavy hooks. It does not include loose gear, wire rope, wire banding or flat steel strapping that unitizes cargo. ( engins accessoires principaux ) material includes cargo, equipment, fittings, fuel and ships’ stores. ( marchandises ) material handling means all or any part of the work of (a) moving or handling material that is performed on board a vessel; or (b) loading or unloading a vessel that is performed (i) on board a vessel, (ii) on a crib or structure that the vessel is alongside, or (iii) onshore in Canada, in an area within the scope of any lifting appliance or other equipment that is employed in the loading or unloading of a vessel and in the immediate approaches to such an area, other than in a shed or warehouse or any part of a wharf forward or aft of the vessel’s mooring lines. ( manutention de marchandises ) pulley block includes a single- or multiple-sheave block, but does not include a crane block specially constructed for use with a crane to which it is permanently attached. ( moufle ) restricted vessel means a vessel that is prevented from heeling by means such as fittings that secure