# The Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations 1987, Regulation 27: Emergency arrangements at berths


(1) The berth operator shall ensure that at all times when a vessel loading, carrying or unloading a dangerous substance is at the berth and at any other time when there are risks from dangerous substances—
(a) means of rapid communication with the emergency services are available; and
(b) adequate means of escape from that berth are provided for use in an emergency.
(2) Subject to paragraph (5), as soon as practicable after the berthing of a vessel which is carrying or is to be loaded with any dangerous substance, and before the loading or unloading of that substance begins, the berth operator shall notify the master of that vessel of emergency arrangements at the berth and the means by which the alarm can be raised, and shall provide him with a written notice of the signals to be used in an emergency and of the arrangements for summoning the emergency services.
(3) The operator of any berth where any dangerous substance is being loaded on board or unloaded from a vessel in bulk or where any such substance is stored in bulk before loading or after unloading, shall ensure that such information is immediately available to the emergency services as will enable them to know–
(a) the identity, quantity and location of each such substance which is for the time being on the berth; and
(b) the nature of the dangers to which each such substance may give rise and the emergency action that should be taken.
(4) Subject to paragraph (5), the operator of any berth where any dangerous substance other than in bulk is being loaded on board or unloaded from a vessel or where any such substance is stored before loading or after unloading, shall ensure that such information is immediately available to the emergency services as will enable them to know the identity, quantity and location of each such substance which is for the time being on the berth.
(5) Paragraphs (2) and (4) shall apply to any quantity of explosives and to 25 kilograms or more of one or more dangerous substances.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/37/regulation/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-substances-in-harbour-areas-regulations-1987/regulation-27
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