Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019C00887:reg:6:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019C00887
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 3/6)
Character Range: 76479–79033

camels is to be carried:
(a) there must be stalls or pens that:
 (i) can safely contain the livestock for the time of the voyage; and
 (ii) are constructed appropriately for the size, other characteristics and needs of the livestock; and
 (iii) have arrangements to adequately feed, water and tend the livestock; and
(b) other measures for the safety of the livestock, and of people near the livestock, must be taken, in conformity with the requirements for the species mentioned in this Order; and
(c) there must be appropriate hospital pens or stalls.
       (2)The arrangements mentioned in subsection (1) must be approved by AMSA before the livestock is loaded onto the vessel.
Division 12 Hospital pens

73 Hospital pens
       (1)A hospital pen must:
(a) be constructed to the same standard as a pen for the species of livestock for which it is provided; and
(b) be clearly identified as a hospital pen.
       (2)Animals that are individually penned or stalled may be disregarded when calculating the number or area of hospital pens.
       (3)If a deck is divided into separate compartments by watertight doors, a hospital pen must be provided in each compartment of the deck for each species carried in the compartment.

74 Sheep, pigs and goats — hospital pens
       (1)There must be hospital pens equal in area to at least 0.25% of the pen area used for the carriage of sheep, pigs or goats.
       (2)There must be a hospital pen on each deck on which sheep, pigs or goats is carried.
       (3)AMSA may approve a hospital pen with a length and width not in accordance with Table 4, if no side of the pen is less than 1.5 m long.

75 Cattle — hospital pens
       (1)There must be hospital pens equal in area to at least 1% of the pen area used for the carriage of cattle.
       (2)There must be a hospital pen on each deck on which cattle are carried.
       (3)However, if the pen area for the carriage of cattle on a deck is less than 500 m2, the hospital pens may be sited on an adjacent deck above or below if:
(a) they are easily accessible to cattle transferred from the other deck; and
(b) the transfer is not through a watertight opening; and
(c) the area of the hospital pens is at least 1% of the total pen area available for the carriage of cattle on all the decks they serve.
       (4)AMSA may approve a hospital pen with a length and breadth not in accordance with Table 6, if no side of the pen is less than 1.5 m long.
Division 13 Carriage of livestock in portable equipment

76 Application of this Order to use of portable