SAFEGUARDS 56J
covering, life-saving means or appliances, lights, marks, stages or
other things whatsoever required by these Regulations to be
provided. If removed, such things shall be restored at the end
of the period during which their removal was neecssary by the
persons last engaged in the work that necessitated such removal
The fencing required by the Regulations shall not be removed
except to the extent and for the period reasonably necessary for
carrying on the work of the dock or ship, or for repairing any fencing.
If removed it shall be restored forthwith at the end of that period
by the persons engaged in the work that necessitated its removal.
Every person employed, shall use the means of access provided in
accordance with the Regulations, and no person shall authorise or
order another to use means of access other than those provided in
accordance therewith.
No person shall go upon the fore and aft beams or thwartship
beams for the purpose of adjusting the gear for lifting them on
and off nor shall any person authorise or order another to do so.
LIFTING GEAR.
(a) All lifting machinery shall have been tested and examined by
a competent person in the manner set out in the Schedule to these
Regulations before being taken into use.
(6) (i.) All derricks and permanent attachments, including bridle
chains, to the derrick, mast and deck, used in hoisting or lowering
shall be inspected once in every twelve months and be thoroughly
examined once at least in every four years.
(ii.) All other lifting machinery shall be thoroughly examined once
at least every twelve months.
(iii.) For the purposes of this Regulation thorough examination
means a visual examination, supplemented if necessary by other
means such as a hammer test, carried out as carefully as the
conditions permit, in order to arrive at a reliable conclusion as to
the safety of the parts examined ; and if necessary for the purpose,
parts of the machines and gear must be dismantled.
(a) No chain, ring, hook, shackle, swivel or pulley block shall be
used in hoisting or lowering unless it has been tested and examined
by a competent person in the manner set out in the Schedule to
these Regulations.