95Requirements for port facility operators—loading and unloading

95 Requirements for port facility operators—loading and unloading

95 Requirements for port facility operators—loading and unloading

(1) This section applies to a port facility operator handling restricted chemicals that are Class 5.1 dangerous goods.

(2) A port operator facility must ensure that the following requirements are complied with at the berth at which the chemicals are to be loaded or unloaded from a ship—

(a) appropriate fire fighting facilities and water are made immediately available at the berth, with fire hoses being primed and laid out ready for immediate use,

(b) the berth is thoroughly cleaned to ensure that it is free of substances that may contaminate the chemicals, oils and combustible dust or debris,

(c) oils, combustible cargoes or other dangerous cargoes are excluded from the area in which the chemicals are to be handled,

(d) if the chemicals being handled are in loose bulk—the quantity of chemicals handled must not exceed a quantity that can be removed within 1 hour with the available transport,

(e) traffic movement is controlled in the area in which the chemicals are being handled,

(f) only packages and containers that are in good order and condition are received in the area in which the chemicals are being handled,

(g) following the removal of the chemicals from the berth, the berth is cleaned to ensure that it is free of residue of the chemicals.

(3) If chemicals have been carried into port by a ship, the port facility operator must ensure that the chemicals are unloaded from the ship as soon as practicable after the ship has berthed.

(4) If chemicals are loaded on to a ship, the port facility operator must ensure that the ship departs as soon as practicable after the chemicals are loaded.

Maximum penalty (subsections (2)–(4))—300 penalty units for a corporation and 60 penalty units for an individual.