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CAP. 281]
Merchant Shipping (Fire Appliances) Regulations.
[1969 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
(S.I. 1965/1106.)
(Cap. 281, sub. leg.)
Application of the Rules.
"oil fuel unit" means the equipment used for the preparation of oil fuel for delivery to the oil burners of an oil-fired boiler and includes the oil pressure pumps, filters and heaters;
"passenger space" means space provided for the use of passengers;
"passenger steamer" means a steamer carrying more than 12 passengers;
"Rules" means the Merchant Shipping (Fire Appliances) Rules 1965, made by the Board of Trade and in operation from time to time in the United Kingdom;
"sailing ship" includes a ship provided with sufficient sail area for navigation under sails alone, whether or not fitted with mechanical means of propulsion;
"service space" includes galleys, main pantries, laundries, store rooms, paint rooms, baggage rooms, mail rooms, bullion rooms, carpenters' and plumbers' workshops, and trunkways leading to such space;
"settling tank" means an oil storage tank having a heating surface of not less than 2 square feet per ton of oil capacity;
"Simla Rule Ship" means a ship of Class A, B, C, D, E or F as defined in the Merchant Shipping (Life Saving Appliances) Regulations;
"tanker" means a cargo ship constructed or adapted for the carriage in bulk of liquid cargoes of an inflammable nature;
"tons", in relation to the tonnage of a ship, means gross tons.
3. (1) Subject to the provisions of these regulations and to such consequential modifications as may be necessary to give effect to such provisions, the Rules shall apply in the case of a ship to which these regulations apply in the manner hereinafter specified:
Provided that in the case of existing Simla Rule Ships which do not already comply with the Rules as modified by these regulations, compliance shall be deemed sufficient if such improvements as are reasonable and practicable are made with a view to providing substantial compliance with the general principles of the Rules as so modified.
(2) In so far as the Rules are applied to a ship to which these regulations apply, references to the Board of Trade shall be construed as references to the Director of Marine.
(3) These regulations apply to British ships registered in Hong Kong and to other ships while they are within any port of Hong Kong.