Port Workers (Amendment) Regulations, 2012

L.N. 254 of 2012

PORT WORKERS ORDINANCE

(CAP. 171)

Port Workers (Amendment) Regulations, 2012

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 17 of the Port

Workers Ordinance, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and

Communications, in consultation with the Authority for Transport in

Malta, has made the following regulations

(1) The title of these regulations is the Port Workers

commencement.

(Amendment) Regulations, 2012 and they shall be read and construed

as one with the Port Workers Regulations, hereinafter referred to as

"the principal regulations".

(2) These regulations shall be deemed to have come into force

on the 1 st August, 2012.

The First Schedule to the principal regulations shall be

Substitutes the

First Schedule

substituted by the following

to the principal

" FIRST SCHEDULE

(Regulation 24)

Fees payable to Foremen

1. Foremen of Port Workers engaged in the supervision of the handling of cargo shall be

paid the following fees

Fee

Description

Є

To foremen engaged in the supervision of the handling of unitised

cargo

Loading of unitised cargo

Locally manufactured goods, per ton .............................................

0.29,9

Other unitised cargo, per ton .........................................................

0.32,9

Unloading of unitised cargo, per ton ..............................................

0.36,9

Loading and unloading of empty containers and trailers, per unit ..

2.00,0

To foremen engaged in the supervision of the handling of general

cargo, per ton ..................................................................................

0.39,9

To foremen engaged in the supervision of the handling of the

following bulk cargo

Wheat, per ton ...............................................................................

0.12,0

Barley, maize and corn, per ton ......................................................

0.16,0

Soya and alpha, per ton .................................................................

0.35,0

Pellets and seeds, per ton ................................................................

Cement, per ton ..............................................................................

Other bulk cargo, per ton ...............................................................

Handling of accompanied commercial vehicles with a cargo

capacity of more than 10 tons

Chassis cab trucks or trailers of 20ft, per unit .................................

Articulated trucks or trailers of 40ft, per unit ................................

Articulated trucks or trailers of over 40ft, per unit ........................

Empty accompanied commercial vehicles, per unit .......................

Shifting of cargo

Shifting of cargo, per ton ................................................................

Shifting and restowing of cargo, per ton ........................................

2. An order for foremen to start work may be placed at any time of the day

Provided that

(a) for night shift, an order in writing shall be placed by

noon of the previous day; and

(b) for Saturday or national or public holiday work, an

order in writing shall be placed by 1700 hours on the previous

evening, while for Sunday work it shall be placed by noon of the

previous Saturday

Provided further that

(i)

when work is required on a Saturday which

follows a national or public holiday, the order shall be

placed by noon of the said national or public holiday; and

(ii)

when work is required on a national or public

holiday which follows a Sunday or another national or

public holiday, the order shall be placed by noon of the

Sunday or of the said other national or public holiday, as

the case may be.

The cancellation of orders shall be governed by the following rules

(a) an order for night shift on a ship not yet in port may

be cancelled up to noon of the previous day;

(b) an order for work on a Saturday, a Sunday or a

national or public holiday may be cancelled up to the time limit

specified in paragraph 2 of this Schedule for the making of the

relative order;

(c) if an order for night shift or for Saturday, Sunday or

national or public holiday work is cancelled after the time limits

set out in sub-paragraph (a) or (b), the employer of port workers in

question shall pay a fee of €4.66 per foreman allocated to a ship or

operation together with any night shift, Sunday or national or

public holiday allowances, where applicable; and

(d) for the purposes of this paragraph an order is

cancelled when the employer notifies the foreman of his definite

intention not to employ the foremen ordered.

The following fees shall be paid in addition to the fees specified in paragraph 1 of this

Schedule to each foreman actually employed during night shift or Sundays or national

or public holidays

(a)

On night shift from Monday to Saturday ................... €11.65 per foreman

(b)

On Sundays and national or public holidays ..............

€23.29 per

foreman".

€0.36