Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations

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PORT BY-LAWS - SECT 4

Smoking and sleeping on wharves, &c.

4. Smoking and sleeping on wharves, &c.

(1) Where a Harbourmaster is satisfied that to reduce the risk of fire or explosion, smoking should be prohibited within an area on or under a wharf, he may by notice prohibit smoking in that area.

(2) A notice under clause (1) -

(a) shall indicate the area;

(b) shall state that smoking is prohibited in the area; and

(c) shall be displayed in or near the area, within which smoking is prohibited.

(3) A person shall not smoke or expose a naked flame in an area indicated by a notice under clause (2).

(4) A person shall not sleep on or under a wharf except in an area approved in writing by the Harbourmaster.

(5) A person engaged in handling cargo in or on a vessel or wharf shall not carry or have in his possession any matches or any material or appliance for producing ignition other than safety matches or a small cigarette lighter of a kind ordinarily carried by persons who smoke.



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