22Livestock structures, connections and equipment — construction and maintenance

22 Livestock structures, connections and equipment — construction and maintenance

(1) Any structure, connection to the vessel or equipment that is for the carriage of livestock must be constructed and maintained to at least the standard that applies to comparable structures, connections to the vessel and equipment surveyed by the vessel’s classification society.

(2) Livestock structures must be manufactured, assembled and positioned to protect livestock from injury, avoidable suffering and exposure to weather and sea.

(3) Livestock structures, including livestock decks and containment structures, but not including arrangements for the carriage of livestock, must be constructed of non-combustible materials.

(4) The expression non-combustible material has the same meaning as in Regulation 3 of Chapter II-2 of SOLAS.