Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations

PORT BY-LAWS - SECT 63

(1) The owner of a vessel from which goods are unloaded on to a wharf or into a lighter shall -

(a) cause a book, to be called the cargo location book, to be kept in the delivery office;

(b) forthwith after a consignment of goods is unloaded from the vessel or lighter on to the wharf, cause to be entered in the book, as far as possible in alphabetical order according to the first letter of the marks on the goods -

(i) the distinguishing marks or numbers of the goods, the number of the bill of lading relating to the goods or of the line on which the goods are entered in the manifest of the vessel and the number and type of packages comprising the goods;

(ii) the date or dates on which the consignment was unloaded;

(iii) the position on the wharf of the goods, the position being described by reference to the known divisions of the wharf; and

(iv) if a consignment is divided and stacked in different places, the position, described by reference to the known division of the wharf, of each part of the consignment; and

(c) permit -

(i) a consignee or agent of a consignee of goods unloaded from the vessel; or

(ii) the Harbourmaster,

to inspect the book during any hours during which the work of unloading is usually carried on.

(2) Where goods are unloaded on to 2 or more wharves from the same vessel, either directly or by means of a lighter, the owner of the vessel shall, unless the Harbourmaster otherwise permits, cause to be kept, entered up and made available a separate cargo location record book for each wharf on to which the goods are unloaded, and the provisions of these By-laws shall apply as if each separate cargo location record book were the cargo location record book.