The Docks Regulations 1988

includes egress from;

means any lock gate or other gate which can close off the entrance to the dock or part of the dock from the sea or other waterway but does not include any gate on land which controls access by vehicles or pedestrians;

means— (a) the loading or unloading of goods on or from a ship at dock premises;

means any dock, wharf, quay, jetty or other place at which ships load or unload goods or embark or disembark passengers, together with neighbouring land or water which is used or occupied, or intended to be used or occupied, for those or incidental activities, and any part of a ship when used for those or incidental activities;

means a container as defined in regulation 2 of the Freight Containers (Safety Convention) Regulations 1984;

includes— (a) animals, (b) pallets and freight containers, (c) waste, (d) solid ballast, and (e) vehicles which are being transported as cargo;

means a ship’s hatch;

includes hatch covers, hatch beams and attached fixtures and fittings;

means any stationary or mobile appliance (and every part thereof including attachments used for anchoring, fixing or supporting that appliance but not including vehicle coupling arrangements) which is used on dock premises for the purpose of suspending, raising or lowering loads or moving them from one position to another whilst suspended and includes lift trucks;

means any gear by means of which a load can be attached to a lifting appliance and which does not form an integral part of that appliance or load but does not include pallets, one-trip slings, pre-slung cargo slings and freight containers;

means any lifting appliance or lifting gear;

means maintained in an efficient state, in efficient working order and in good repair;

means a sling which has not previously been used for lifting any other load and is fitted to the load at the commencement of the journey and intended to be disposed of at the destination of that journey;

means any description of vessel when used solely for sport or recreation, other than for carrying fare paying passengers;

means a sling which was in position round the goods before they were handled in the course of dock operations;

means the Health and Safety at Work etc.

includes all lift trucks, locomotives and rolling-stock, and trailers and semi-trailers and other mechanical plant which moves on wheels, tracks, skids or any combination thereof;

means any description of craft used for the transport of goods or passengers or the storage of goods or the accommodation of passengers on water, whether used in navigation or not;

means— (a) sanitary conveniences;