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Under The Merchant Shipping (Means of Access) Regulations, what are the master’s obligations with respect to providing safety equipment for use at the ship’s point of access?

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(1) a life-buoy with self-activating light and separate safety line attached to a quoit or similar device is ready for use at the point of access aboard the ship; (2) an adequate number of safety nets is carried on board or is otherwise readily available; and (3) when access equipment is in use and there is a risk of a person falling from it or from the ship or quay immediately adjacent to the equipment, a safety net is rigged.

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