S.I. No. 63/1965 - Docks (Safety, Health and Welfare) (Forms) Regulations, 1965.

1. In pursuance of Regulation 23 (3) the Minister for Industry and Commerce has exempted the following classes of gear from the requirements of the said Regulation as to annealing:—

(1) Chains made of malleable cast iron;

(2) Plate link chains;

(3) Chains, rings, hooks, shackles and swivels made of steel;

(4) Pitched chains;

(5) Rings, hooks, shackles and swivels permanently attached to pitched chains, pulley blocks or weighing machines;

(6) Hooks and swivels having screw-threaded parts or ball bearings or other case-hardened parts;

(7) Bordeaux connections,

subject to the conditions that such gear shall be thoroughly examined by a competent person once at least in every twelve months, and certificates in the prescribed form and containing the prescribed particulars with regard to such examinations shall be obtained and entered in or attached to the prescribed register before the gear to which the certificate refers is subsequently taken into use in connection with the processes.

2. For the purposes of this exemption thorough examination means a visual examination, supplemented if necessary by other means, carried out as carefully as the conditions permit, in order to arrive at a reliable conclusion as to the safety of the parts examined; and if necessary for the purpose, parts of the gear must be dismantled.

3. If the examination is made by a public official or by an employee of an association or firm undertaking such examinations, the certificate should be signed by a responsible officer of the public service association or firm, who should state his position therein, at heading (6) overleaf. In the case of a ship's officer, he should state his rank.

If the examination is made by a person working on his own account, he should sign the certificate after briefly stating his technical qualifications at heading (6) overleaf.

Under Regulation 25, a person will not be deemed to be a competent person if and in so far as the Minister for Industry and Commerce has given notice in writing that such person is in his opinion not technically qualified to carry out the tests or examinations required.

GIVEN under my official seal, this 31st day of March, 1965.

JOHN LYNCH,

Minister for Industry and Commerce.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of these Regulations is to prescribe the forms for use in connection with the Docks (Safety, Health and Welfare) Regulations, 1960.

5. The form contained in the Third Schedule to these Regulations is hereby prescribed, for the purposes of Regulation 26 of the Principal Regulations, as the form of certificate of the test and examination under paragraph (1) of Regulation 23 of the Principal Regulations of chains, rings, hooks, shackles, swivels and pulley blocks used in hoisting or lowering and the particulars specified in the form are hereby prescribed, for the purposes of the said Regulation 26, as the particulars of the test and examination aforesaid to be contained in the form.

6. The form contained in the Fourth Schedule to these Regulations is hereby prescribed, for the purposes of Regulation 26 of the Principal Regulations, as the form of certificate of annealing under paragraph (2) of Regulation 23 of the Principal Regulations and the particulars specified in the form are hereby prescirbed, for the purposes of the said Regulation 26, as the particulars of the annealing aforesaid to be contained in the form.

7. The form contained in the Fifth Schedule to these Regulations is hereby prescribed, for the purposes of Regulation 26 of the Principal Regulations, as the form of certificate of the test and examination under paragraph (1) of Regulation 24 of the Principal Regulations of wire rope and the particulars specified in the form are hereby prescribed, for the purposes of the said Regulation 26, as the particulars of the test and examination aforesaid to be contained in the form.

8. The form contained in the Sixth Schedule to these Regulations is hereby prescribed, for the purposes of the certificate of exemption made by the Minister for Industry and Commerce under paragraph (3) of Regulation 23 of the Principal Regulations on the 31st day of December, 1960, as the form of certificate of examination of the gear specified in the said certificate and the particulars specified in the form are hereby prescribed, for the purposes of the said certificate, as the particulars of the examination aforesaid to be contained in the form.

9. A register in the form of the register which, sealed with the seal of the Minister and dated the 31st day of March, 1965, is deposited in the Office of the Chief Inspector of Factories, Department of Industry and Commerce, Kildare Street, Dublin, is hereby prescribed as the form of register for the purposes of the said Regulation 26 and of the certificate of exemption made by the Minister for Industry and Commerce under paragraph (3) of Regulation 23 of the Principal Regulations on the 31st day of December, 1960.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

PART I

FORM D. R. 101.

Notice No................................................

DOCKS (SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE) REGULATIONS, 1960.

NOTICE to the owner, master or officer in charge of

(Name of Ship)............................................................ ........................................................

I hereby give notice that the processes of loading or unloading or coaling have been completed (*for the time being) at the hatches named below, and that the hatches in question have been

†(left fenced or covered as required by Regulation 41.

(taken into use by you or on your behalf.

Hatchway

Deck

Signature............................................................ ....................

Time............................................................ ............................

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Date............................................................ .............................

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*Delete if not required.

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†Delete whichever is not required.

PART II

FORM D. R. 101.

Notice No...........................................

DOCKS (SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE) REGULATIONS, 1960.

COPY OF NOTICE to the owner, master or officer in charge of

(Name of Ship)............................................................ ..........................................................

I hereby give notice that the processes of loading or unloading or coaling have been completed (*for the time being) at the hatches named below, and that the hatches in question have been

†(left fenced or covered as required by Regulation 41.

(taken into use by you or on your behalf.

Hatchway

Deck

Signature............................................................ ...........................

Time............................................................ ...................................

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Date............................................................ ....................................

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*Delete if not required.

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†Delete whichever is not required.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

On behalf of the owner of the above named ship I hereby acknowledge receipt of the notice as above.

Signature.........................................

Time....................................

Date..........................................

SECOND SCHEDULE

PART I

Test Certificate No............................................

FORM D. R. 102.

FACTORIES ACT, 1955

DOCKS (SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE) REGULATIONS, 1960

Regulations 22 (1) and 26 (1)

Form prescribed by the Minister for Industry and Commerce for

CERTIFICATE OF TEST AND EXAMINATION OF WINCHES, DERRICKS AND ACCESSORY GEAR, BEFORE BEING TAKEN INTO USE.

Situation and Description of Machinery and Gear with distinguishing number or mark (if any)

Angle to the horizontal of derrick boom while the load was applied

Proof load applied

Safe working load at the angle shown in col. 2

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(See Note A below)

(See Note B below)

Degrees

Tons

Tons

(5) Name and address of public service, association, firm or person making the test and examination.

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(6) POSITION of signatory in public service, association or firm named above,

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OR, QUALIFICATION, if the certificate is given by a person who made the test and examination on his own account,— see paragraph 3 overleaf.

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I certify that on the day of , 19, the above machinery together with its accessory gear was tested by a competent person in the manner set forth overleaf; that a careful examination of the said machinery and gear by a competent person after the test showed that it had withstood the proof load without injury or permanent deformation; and that the safe working load of the said machinery and gear is as shown in col. 4.

Signature...........................................................

Date...................................

NOTES

A. If the machinery is on a ship, the name of the ship must be stated. Sufficient particulars must be given to identify the gear. For example, in the case of a winch or derrick, the number of the hold, etc., should be shown.

B. As a rule, a derrick should be tested with the boom at the lowest position at which it is to be used.

NOTES

S.I. No. 63 of 1965.

DOCKS (SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE) (FORMS) REGULATIONS, 1965.

I, JOHN LYNCH, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 71

of the

Factories Act, 1955

(No. 10 of 1955), by virtue of the operation of section 86 of that Act and, in so far as the following regulations are made in exercise of powers conferred by the said section 71, after consultation with the Minister for Health, hereby make as special regulations, the following regulations

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Docks (Safety, Health and Welfare) (Forms) Regulations, 1965.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 7th day of April, 1965.