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1. The Committee notes the information contained in the Government’s report. It notes with interest the adoption of the Ports (Operations and Safety) Regulations 2005 (G.N. No. 52 of 2005) which gives further effect to the Convention. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would continue to keep the Office informed of any new developments in this respect.
2. Part V of the report form. Application in practice. With reference to information provided by the Government in its report that 15 inspections of workplaces involved in dock work was carried out between 1 June 2001 and 31 May 2007, the Committee requests the Government to provide information on the outcome of these inspections, the violations noted and penalties imposed as regards issues covered by the Convention.
3. The Committee takes the opportunity to recall that the Governing Body of the ILO has invited parties to Convention No. 32 to consider ratification of Convention No. 152, which revised Convention No. 32 (GB.268/LILS/5(Rev.1), paragraphs 99–101). Such ratification would automatically entail an immediate denunciation of Convention No. 32. The Committee also wishes to bring to the Government’s attention an ILO code of practice in this area, Safety and health in ports, Geneva, 2005. This code of practice is available, inter alia, through the ILO’s web site by following the link, http://www.ilo.org/public/english/ protection/safework/cops/english/index.htm. The Government is requested to keep the Committee informed of any developments in this respect.
The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its report and the comments made by the Mauritius Employers’ Federation (MEF). The Committee notes that the MEF states that Mauritius has been fast developing during the last two decades and that this development has been accompanied by investment in the island’s infrastructure including port and harbour facilities and processes. It further indicates that the improvements brought about to the work performed on shore or on board ships regarding loading and unloading have greatly helped to enhance the protection against accidents in this sector of activity.
Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes from the Government’s report that the Maritime Occupational Safety Regulations have not been adopted yet. The Government further indicates that the Mauritius Port Authority is presently engaged in the revision of legislation regulating port safety. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would keep the Office informed of any developments in this regard and to provide a copy of any texts adopted.
The Committee notes from the Government's report that a draft document - the Maritime Occupational Safety Regulations - had been submitted by the Director of Shipping of the Ministry of Trade and Shipping to the State Law Office for legal clearance before enactment. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would supply a copy of this text when it is adopted.
The Committee takes note of the information provided by the Government in its last report. The Committee notes with satisfaction that Regulation 11 of the Docks Regulations 1937, whose complete text dated 1991 has been supplied by the Government with its report, prescribes the use of safe means of access to a ship which is alongside any other ship, vessel or boat, for persons employed having to pass from one to the other (Article 3 of the Convention).
1. Further to its previous comments the Committee notes with interest that sections 9, 43 and 45 of the Occupational Safety, Health and Welfare Act, 1988, gives effect to provisions of Article 3, paragraph 2 (means of access to a ship, lying alongside a quay or some other vessel, provided for the use of workers), Article 5, paragraph 5 (ladders to be used by the workers in the hold of a vessel), Article 17, paragraph 3 (posting of copies of Regulations), of the Convention.
2. Article 3, paragraphs 3 and 4. Regulation 10 of the Dock Regulations, 1937 mentioned by the Government in its report, foresees the use of a ship accommodation ladder or a gangway or a similar construction of a ship lying at a wharf or quay, whereas under indicated provisions of the Convention their use shall also be prescribed in case of a ship lying alongside some other vessel.
For many years, since 1966, the Government has been expressing the intention of amending the Dock Regulations, 1937, in order to give full effect to the Convention. In its reports of 1985 and 1987, the Government described certain stages of the process of amending the Dock Regulations. Now, in its last report, it does not refer to this draft. The Committee draws once again the Government's attention to the need to introduce amendments to the above-mentioned provisions and requests it to indicate in its next report any progress made in this respect.
For many years, the Government has been expressing the intention of amending the Dock Regulations of 1937 in order to give full effect to the Convention. The Committee notes, from the Government's reply to its previous observation, that no progress has yet been achieved in this connection. It is therefore bound to draw attention once again to the fact that no measures exist to apply Article 3, paragraphs 2 to 4 (safety of means of access to vessels), Article 5, paragraph 5 (provision of ladders in holds), and Article 17, paragraph 3 (posting of copies of Regulations), of the Convention. The Committee once again expresses the hope that the process of amending the Dock Regulations will be completed in the very near future and it trusts that the Government will indicate the progress achieved in this respect in its next report.