Dock Work Regulation Act 1976

PART I Work which may be Classified

General port work

1 Handling cargo. This includes any movement of cargo by means of man-power, machinery or lighterage ; it also includes stuffing and stripping containers.

2 Loading and unloading cargo.

3 Work in connection with the storage or warehousing of cargo.

4 Sorting, checking and recording cargo ; recording the time spent in handling, loading or unloading cargo.

5 Executing minor repairs to containers, crates, boxes, pallets or other articles used for packing or loading and unloading cargo.

6 Preparing ships for the receipt or discharge of cargo.

7 Making ships ready for departure after loading or discharging cargo.

Supplementary definitions

8 For the purposes of this Schedule, the following definitions apply—

(a) " cargo" means goods which are, or are to be, or have been, loaded as cargo in a ship (whether or not in containers) and

(i) does not include a passenger's personal baggage carried on board by him.

(ii) includes anything which has been taken on board a ship from the sea or the sea-bed with a view to its being discharged to shore ;

(b) goods which are to be, or have been, loaded as cargo in a ship are " cargo " at all times when they are within a definable dock area ; and

(c) "ship" means a sea-going ship capable of carrying cargo (but not including any in whose case cargo-carrying is an abnormal or exceptional use).