Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019C00887:reg:11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019C00887
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 11
Character Range: 50338–52929

11    Distance from top or bottom end of ramp to first foot batten                       ≤100 mm           ≤200 mm                  ≤200 mm

54 Additional requirements for moving cattle between decks
       A ramp for moving cattle between decks must have a personnel ramp beside it that:
(a) is more than 500mm wide; and
(b) has a guard rail 1m high on the side away from the cattle ramp; and
(c) has access at each deck to avoid personnel having to cross the cattle race; and
(d) has foot battens or a non-skid surface.

55 Means of closing livestock access to pens or stalls
       The means of closing livestock access to a pen or stall must:
(a) maintain continuity of strength and the alignment of the adjoining boundary; and
(b) be secured against accidental lifting or removal.
Note   The means could be a sliding or swinging gate or portable rails.

56 Protection of pens or stalls on exposed decks
       If pens or stalls are on an exposed deck, the uppermost pens or stalls on each deck must be fitted with a roof that:
(a) ensures compliance with the minimum clear height requirement of pens or stalls for the species to be carried; and
(b) is waterproof; and
(c) extends at least 450 mm beyond the deck area occupied by:
 (i)  the pens or stalls; or
 (ii) any protective sheathing this Order requires the pens or stalls to have.

57 Protection of pens or stalls from sea spray and seawater
       Any pens or stalls for livestock that are at the forward end of a livestock structure, on or above the uppermost continuous deck, and their feeding and watering equipment, must be:
(a) screened effectively from sea spray; and
(b) protected, in any sea condition, from seawater entering any part of the pens, stalls or feeding and watering equipment.
Note 1   Subsections 68(4) and (5) give particular protection measures for horses.
Note 2   Compliance with this requirement could change a deck from an open deck to one that is enclosed or partially enclosed. This could change the ventilation requirements of the space.
Division 11 Species requirements
Subdivision 11.1 Sheep, pigs and goats

58 Sheep, pigs and goats — design of pens
       (1)The construction of pens for sheep, pigs and goats, other than open structures above the weather deck where pen rails or gates form the outer perimeter containment, must comply with Table 4.

Table 4 — Sheep pigs goats — design of pens
Item  Detail of design                                                                                                                                                                     Dimension