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CAP. 281]
Merchant Shipping (Minimum Passenger Space) Regulations.
[1969 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
Deck sheathing and floors.
shall be constructed of steel and shall be gastight and, where required, suitably insulated, and shall be watertight to such height as is necessary to prevent the passage of water from such adjoining space into the passenger space; and, in particular, any bulkhead separating sanitary accommodation from any space allocated for the accommodation of passengers shall, except in doorways, be watertight to a height of at least 9 inches above the floor of the sanitary accommodation.
(7) The provisions of paragraph (6) shall not apply to any bulkhead that separates-
(a) sanitary accommodation from other sanitary accommodation;
(b) a laundry room from a drying room or from another laundry or drying room;
(c) a galley from another galley or a pantry;
(d) a cold store room from another cold store room; or (e) sanitary accommodation appropriated for the use of a berthed passenger from the cabin of a berthed passenger from which it may be entered directly.
7. (1) In every ship to which these regulations apply, every deck forming the crown of any of the compartments or spaces allocated for the accommodation of passengers, other than as exercise space, and exposed to the weather shall be constructed of steel or other metal.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the upper side of every such deck shall, where it is exposed to the weather, be sheathed to the satisfaction of the Director.
(3) The upper side of a deck forming the crown of any space or compartment above the uppermost between deck which is allocated for the use of passengers shall not be required to be sheathed if it forms neither part of a weather deck included in the space allocated as exercise space for passengers nor part of a deck to which passengers require access and if it is fitted on the undersides with insulating material to the satisfaction of the Director so as to avoid absorption of water, condensation, transmission of noise and the harbouring of dirt and vermin.
(4) All weather decks forming any part of the space allocated as exercise space for passengers and all decks to which passengers require access shall be sheathed to the satisfaction of the Director.
(5) Any deck not exposed to the weather upon which any space has been allocated for the carriage of unberthed passengers shall be sheathed to the satisfaction of the Director and shall be fitted with proper gutterways to facilitate cleaning.