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Merchant Shipping (Minimum Passenger Space) Regulations.
[1969 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
Spaces for passengers.
of is carried out, furnish to the Director for his approval a plan of the proposed alteration.
(4) Any plan furnished to the Director pursuant to paragraph (3) shall comply with the requirements prescribed in paragraph (2),
5. (1) In every ship to which these regulations apply the compartments and spaces allocated for the accommodation of passengers shall, subject to paragraph (2), be situated in-
(a) the uppermost between deck; or
(b) the between deck next below the uppermost between deck; or
(c) detached superstructures or properly permanently constructed steel deckhouses above the uppermost between deck.
(2) Unberthed passengers shall not be carried upon the deck next below one deck of which only the floor is at any time below the summer load line marked on the ship in accordance with the provisions of the Load Line Rules for the time being in operation in Hong Kong.
(3) For the purposes of this regulation-
(a) a shelter between deck, if exempted under the tonnage rules in operation in the country in which the ship is registered, shall be deemed to be the uppermost between deck; and
(b) a partial shelter deck at the end of a detached superstructure shall be deemed to be a space in a detached superstructure for the purpose of the carriage of unberthed passengers, whether in bunks or not, if all of the side openings therein can be closed by permanent means of closing appliance so as to render such space reasonably weathertight and to the satisfaction of the Director.
(4) A hospital in a ship shall not be used as accommodation for any person other than-
(a) a passenger who is sick; or
(b) a member of the crew who is sick,
and a dispensary in a ship shall not be used as a sleeping place for any person.
(5) No stores or goods of any description other than such medical stores and medicines as are required to be carried on board a ship pursuant to the Merchant Shipping Medical Scales shall be stowed in any hospital or dispensary.