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procedures.
Note   Oxygen depletion is likely in a space containing large amounts of vegetable matter.

47 Records of emptying fodder tanks
       (1)The master of the vessel must keep records with details of the emptying of fodder tanks.
Penalty: 50 penalty units
       (2)An offence against subsection (1) is a strict liability offence.
       (3)A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty: 50 penalty units.
Division 9 Access — people and livestock

48 Livestock spaces — means of egress and access
       (1)If access for a person to a livestock space is combined with a ramp used for moving livestock between decks, the access for people must be separated from the livestock ramp by protective fencing.
       (2)In a vessel, there must be at least 2 exits from each space where livestock is carried.
       (3)The exits must be widely separated and give access to an open deck.
       (4)If a person uses access on a ramp that is used for loading livestock onto the vessel:
(a) there must be protective fencing separating the person access from the livestock access that :
 (i) is at least 1 m high; and
 (ii) has an intermediate horizontal rail at least 500 mm and less than 600 mm above the walking surface; and
(b) the passageway must be at least 550 mm wide and be fitted with treads at a suitable stepping distance.

49 Access to or near pens
       (1)A pen, stall or similar structure for the containment of livestock must have a means of access for people, with a secure closing arrangement.
       (2)The closing arrangement must have a structural strength that corresponds to the strength of the part of the pen, stall or structure to which it connects.
       (3)If, for the safe and proper operation of the vessel, access is required between the side of the vessel and a pen, stall or similar structure, there must be a passageway that is at least 750 mm wide between the vessel's rail or bulwark and the rails of the pen, stall or structure.
       (4)However, the passageway width may be reduced to less than 750 mm, but no less than 550 mm, by obstructions outside the pen rails such as receptacles, pipework or other objects for the provision of livestock services.

50 Minimum height of passageways and walkways
       A passageway or walkway in a livestock area must have a clear height of at least:
(a) in a vessel that was engaged in carrying livestock from Australia before 1 July 1983 —1.8 m; or
(b) in any other vessel —2.0 m.

51 Access points, passageways and walkways must be kept clear
       (1)The master of a vessel must ensure that access points or exits mentioned in