Merchant Shipping Carriage Livestock Regulations 1961

These regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Livestock) Regulations, 1961, and shall come into force on the first day of April, 1961.

Interpretation.

“tongkang” includes any boat, barge, lighter or other vessel, propelled by oars only or by sail only or by oars and sail;

“cattle” includes horned cattle, deer, horses, ponies, mules and asses, and for the purposes of these rules three pigs (not being enclosed in baskets) or four sheep or four goats shall be deemed to be equivalent to one head of cattle.

When cattle are carried on board a vessel for a voyage which on an average takes more than eight hours, the

Master shall cause to be provided for such cattle a sufficient amount of food and water, and proper accommodation for the storage of foods so that the same shall not be unduly exposed to the weather at sea.

Cattle and all other livestock shall be protected against injury and against unnecessary suffering from undue exposure to the weather by proper awnings, permanent or otherwise, to the satisfaction of the Port Officer and shall not be carried on iron decks unless such iron decks are overlaid with wood or some other suitable covering.

Fencing of fittings.

Ship’s fittings likely to cause injury or unnecessary suffering shall be properly and securely fenced off.

Slinging of cattle.

The Master of a vessel shall destroy or cause to be destroyed forthwith any animal that is maimed or seriously injured, or has sustained a broken limb.

Baskets for pigs.

Baskets in which pigs are carried shall not be stacked in such manner as to cause injury or suffering to the pigs.

Carriage of poultry.

Poultry shall not be carried in baskets or crates in such manner as to cause them injury or unnecessary suffering.

All parts of the vessel on which cattle are carried shall be sufficiently be suitably ventilated.

Cattle attendants.

When cattle are carried attendants to the number of one to every twenty head of cattle carried shall be provided in addition to the crew. Proper accommodation shall be provided for these attendants, and they shall be required to sign the ship articles.

Horses, ponies, mules, asses and other animals shall, if the Port Officer so requires, be carried in single pens or boxes of suitable dimensions, and such pens shall be padded to the satisfaction of the Port Officer.

When cattle are carried within the limits of any port pens need not be fitted, but the vessel shall be of such a character as in the opinion of the Port Officer sufficiently precludes risk or injury or of unnecessary suffering to the cattle.

Carriage of cattle outside port limits.

When cattle are carried in a tongkang beyond the limits of a port they shall be carried in pens of a substantial character and suitable size fitted to the satisfaction of the Port Officer, and the cattle shall be separately and securely tied by the head by ropes passed through eye bolts in the pen frames, and shall not be crowded together in such a way as to cause injury or discomfort. The provisions of paragraph (3) of Regulation 12 shall apply to such pens.

For Reference Only

Subsidiary Legislation 3 of 4

Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Livestock) Regulations 1961

(Rule 6 (3))

ABCD

AFED } = Ropes 9 feet in length (each)

BF

CE

} = Round Wooden Stretchers

BCEF

= Canvas Belly-Band 3 feet in length and 2½ feet in width

A

D

} = Iron eye or thimble

Dated at Jesselton, this 13th day of March, 1961.

M. PIKE,

Clerk of Executive Council.

8th October 2008

For Reference Only

Subsidiary Legislation 4 of 4

Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Livestock) Regulations 1961