Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations

PORT BY-LAWS - SECT 11

The owner and the master of a vessel lying alongside a wharf shall ensure that -

(a) the vessel is provided immediately after it is berthed with a suitable and efficient gangway to the wharf;

(b) the gangway is fitted with -

(i) stanchions at least 3 feet high;

(ii) man ropes on each side;

(iii) cross battens to prevent slipping; and

(iv) a suitable net of sufficient size suspended beneath it in such a manner as to catch any person or thing falling from the gangway; and

(c) the sides of an accommodation ladder or gangway shall be of sufficient height and fitted with screens or netting to prevent persons falling over or between the stanchions or side ropes.