Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019C00887:front:0:p9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019C00887
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 20368–23250

arrangements for the carriage of livestock must not:
(a) obstruct access to:
 (i)  an accommodation space; or
 (ii) a working space necessary for the safe operation of the vessel; or
 (iii) the means of egress from a hold or underdeck space; or
(b) interfere with:
 (i) life-saving or fire-fighting appliances or equipment; or
 (ii) sounding of tanks or bilges; or
 (iii) operation of closing appliances; or
 (iv) operation of freeing ports; or
 (v) lighting or ventilation of other parts of the vessel; or
 (vi) safe and efficient navigation of the vessel.
       (2)If the casing or bulkhead of any engine room, boiler room or heated fuel tank forms the boundary of a space in which livestock is to be carried, measures must be taken to ensure that there is no significant rise in temperature above the ambient temperature of the livestock space.
Example of a significant rise
If the ambient temperature is expected to be more than 22°C, an increase of 3°C would be considered significant.
Note   Adequate measures may include insulation of the bulkhead or other boundary of the space.
       (3)Livestock may be carried over a hatchway only if the hatchway is protected from damage and the hatchway covers are secured to prevent movement.

20 Dangerous goods on vessel
       If dangerous goods are on a vessel, livestock must not be held:
(a) within 6 m horizontally of the dangerous goods; or
(b) in the same underdeck compartment as the dangerous goods; or
(c) in any position where they could be affected by spillage or leakage of the goods.

21 Carrying livestock in more than 1 tier
       (1)On a vessel, livestock must not be carried on more than 1 tier.
       (2)However, for a vessel constructed, or converted, for the carriage of livestock before 1 July 2018, livestock may be carried on more than 1 tier:
(a) until 31 December 2019; and
(b) only if the livestock is sheep, pigs or goats.

22 Livestock structures, connections and equipment — construction and maintenance
       (1)Any structure, connection to the vessel or equipment that is for the carriage of livestock must be constructed and maintained to at least the standard that applies to comparable structures, connections to the vessel and equipment surveyed by the vessel's classification society.
       (2)Livestock structures must be manufactured, assembled and positioned to protect livestock from injury, avoidable suffering and exposure to weather and sea.
       (3)Livestock structures, including livestock decks and containment structures, but not including arrangements for the carriage of livestock, must be constructed of non-combustible materials.
       (4)The expression non-combustible material has the same meaning as in Regulation 3 of Chapter II-2 of SOLAS.
Division 5 Australian certificate for the carriage of livestock

23 Certificate required
       (1)A vessel that is permanently