Section 62 - Marine Order 43 (Cargo and cargo handling — livestock) 2018 - Cattle — design of pens and passageways

62Cattle — design of pens and passageways

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62 Cattle — design of pens and passageways

(1) The dimensions of a pen for cattle and adjacent passageways must comply with Table 6.

Table 6 — Cattle — design of pens and passageways

Item	Detail of design	Dimension
1	Maximum breadth of pen	4.5 m
2	Minimum breadth of pen	2.1 m
3	Minimum length of pen	2.3 m
4	Maximum clear floor area within penNote see subsection (2)	21 m2
5	Maximum height of top edge of lowest rail above pen floor between pens	600 mm
6	Maximum height of top edge of lowest rail above pen floor in boundaries of pen other than between pens	300 mm
7	Maximum distance between 2 adjacent rails of pen (but see subsection (4) for cattle fed or watered from outside the pen)	300 mm
8	Maximum distance between top rail and overhead structure of the vessel in open structures above the weather deck, where pen rails form the outer perimeter containment	300 mm
9	Minimum clear height within pen:
	(a) if a mechanical ventilation system is provided in accordance with section 35	1.8 m
	(b) in any other case	2.3 m
10	Minimum width of adjacent passageway, measured clear between rails, if pens are on both sides of the passageway and cattle are loaded and discharged through the pens	1 m
11	Minimum width of adjacent passageway, measured clear of any fixed structures, receptacles or other obstructions, if pens are on both sides of the passageway and cattle are loaded and discharged through the pens	0.7 m
12	Minimum width of adjacent passageway, measured clear of any fixed structures, receptacles or other obstructions, if pens are on both sides of the passageway and cattle are loaded and discharged through the passageway	1 m

Note Subsections 49(3) and (4) provide minimum width for passageways where pens are on 1 side only of the passageway.