Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01541:body:0:p14
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01541
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 32860–35410

the vessel.
       (5) The master of a vessel must ensure that safety netting is provided along the length of the accommodation ladder or gangway to protect users from falling between the vessel and the quayside.
       (6) If a means of access to a vessel is provided by a port authority or other person, the master of the vessel must ensure that any operational action necessary to ensure the safety of users is brought to the attention of:
(a) the person providing access; and
(b) any person requiring access to or from the vessel.
       (7) If access is provided between 2 adjacent vessels, the master of the vessel with the higher weather deck must ensure that the means of access between the vessels is safe.
       (8) The master of a vessel must ensure that the means of passage between the vessel's deck and the upper end of a gangway resting on a bulwark or side rail of the vessel is a ladder consisting of a set of substantial steps, with handrails, allowing a person to safely ascend to or from the top of the bulwark or side-rail.
Note   This is known as a bulwark ladder.
      (9) If the master of a vessel at anchor or at a mooring considers that the use of an accommodation ladder is impracticable, the master may provide a pilot ladder as a means of access to or from the vessel if the master ensures that only pilots and other persons required on the business of the vessel use the ladder.
       (10) However, for the purposes of subsection (9), the master may allow another person to use the ladder in an emergency.
      (11) The master of a vessel may allow a cargo access ramp to be used as a means of access to and from the vessel in the following circumstances:
(a) a non-slip surface is provided and marked for pedestrian use;
(b) the sides of the ramp have guard rails or equivalent arrangements to prevent pedestrians from falling from the ramp;
(c) either:
 (i) the pedestrian area is effectively and protectively separated from the vehicular area; or
 (ii) pedestrians are permitted to use the ramp only when the ramp is not in use by vehicles.
      (12) The master of a vessel must ensure that any safety net on the vessel:
(a) is secured in position at each corner, and at intermediate points if required, by secured lengths of framing rope; and
(b) has the corners of its mesh secured to prevent movement.

25 Access to vessels in port — responsibility of persons boarding or disembarking
       (1) A person boarding or leaving a vessel must use the means of access provided or identified by the master.
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