8 Restrictions on carriage of livestock

8.1 Livestock must not be carried or loaded for carriage on or in any part of a ship where the livestock, livestock fittings, livestock equipment or arrangements for the carriage of livestock would:

(a) obstruct access to any accommodation space or working space necessary for the safe running of the ship, or the means of egress from any hold or underdeck space; or
(b) interfere with life-saving or fire-fighting appliances; or
(c) interfere with the sounding of tanks or bilges; or
(d) interfere with the operation of closing appliances; or
(e) interfere with the operation of freeing ports; or
(f) interfere with the lighting or ventilation of other parts of the ship; or
(g) interfere with the proper navigation of the ship.

8.2 If the casing or bulkhead of an engine room, boiler room or heated fuel tank forms the boundary of a space in which livestock is to be carried, adequate measures must be taken to ensure that there is no resultant undesirable rise in temperature in the livestock space[9] above the ambient temperature of the space.

8.3 Subject to 8.4, livestock must not be carried in more than one tier on any deck.

8.4 Sheep, goats and pigs may be carried in more than one tier on any one deck subject to compliance with provisions 20, 21, 22, 30, 31 and 34 of this Part.

8.5 Livestock must not be carried over a hatchway unless the hatchway is protected against consequent damage and the hatchway covers are secured against movement.

8.6 Livestock must not be carried unless contained in pens, stalls or other similar fittings permitted by this Part.

8.7 Livestock must not be carried:

(a) within the same underdeck compartment as; or
(b) within 6 metres horizontally from; or
(c) otherwise in a position where the livestock might be affected by the spillage of;
dangerous goods to which the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code applies[\[10\]](#_ftn10).