No. 10 of 1899
MERCHANT SHIPPING
(2) Provision shall be made on all ships of Clauses 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10 in Group I for an electric or other system of lighting, sufficient to the satisfaction of the Government Marine Surveyor for all requirements of safety in the different parts of the ship, and particularly upon the decks on which the boats are stowed. On ships in which the boat deck is more than 30 feet above the waterline at the lightest sea-going draught, provision shall be made for the illumination from the ship of the boats when alongside and in process of or immediately after being launched. There must be a self contained source of power capable of supplying, when neces- sary, this safety lighting system, and placed in the upper · parts of the ship above the bulkhead deck.
(3) In ships of Classes 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10 in Group I the exit from every main compartment occupied by pas- sengers or crew shall be continuously lighted by an emer- gency lamp. The power for these emergency lamps shall be so arranged that they will be supplied from the source of power referred to in paragraph 2 of this regulation in the event of failure of the main generating plant.
(4) The requirement as to an independent lighting system shall not apply to ships of less than 1,000 tons gross tonnage.
Certificated Lifeboatmen.
97.-(1) The crew of every ship of Classes 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10 in Group I shall include, for each boat or life- raft carried as part of the statutory life-saving appliances, a number of certificated lifeboatmen not less than that specified in the following table :—
44
Prescribed complement of boat or life-raft.
Minimum Number
of certificated lifeboatmen.
Less than 41 persons From 41 to 61 persons From 62 to 85 persons Above 85 persons
OH LO
2
3
4
5