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Marine Order 32 (Cargo handling equipment) 2016
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19 Determination and marking
(1) The master may permit the use of an article of material handling equipment for loading or unloading a vessel only if:
(a) a competent person, having regard to the design, strength, material of construction and proposed use of the article has determined the safe working load of the article; and
(b) the safe working load is marked on the article in a way that is durable and readily visible.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to fibre rope, nets or slings.