Skip to content

Section 2

of Merchant Shipping Floating Logs And Timber Rafts Regulations 196

State Subsidiary LegislationIn forceProvision 2 of 6

Section 2

(1)

Except with the previous permission in writing of the Port Officer, no logs or timber shall lie afloat unattended within the limits of any port except alongside a vessel loading such logs or timber, or within a properly constructed log enclosure approved by the Port Officer.

(2)

Log enclosures shall –

(a)

be situated clear of all wharves, mooring buoys, special anchorages, harbour channels and their approaches;

(b)

consist of at least 6 inch diameter piles driven securely at intervals of not more than 50 feet with a boom of floating logs between them securely attached to each vertical pile by wire or chain cable, or such other suitable scheme approved by the Port Officer;

(c)

be maintained to the satisfaction of the Port Officer.

(3)

This regulation shall not apply to the port of Bakapit.