Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations64. Sorting and stacking of cargo
(1) A person who places goods, which are inwards cargo, on a wharf for removal shall cause those goods to be sorted and stacked on the wharf in their separate consignments in such a manner as to give easy access to each consignment and to permit of its speedy removal from the wharf.
(2) Notwithstanding clause (1) a person may cause consignments of under 5 tonnes by volume to be stacked together in one stack if the consignments are stacked so that each consignment can be readily identified and removed.
(3) A person shall not -
(a) take delivery of any goods in a stack except from the face of the stack; or
(b) disarrange a stack.
(4) The owner of a vessel from which goods have been unloaded on to a wharf, either directly or by means of a lighter, shall cause to be kept open, during business hours and any other hours which the Harbourmaster specifies in a direction to the owner, all parts of the wharf which it is necessary to keep open for the purpose of permitting the goods to be removed from the wharf.