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having regard to the number of persons in the crew and to any shade provided for such spaces by overhanging decks; (/) there shall be no direct opening between the crew accom- modation (other than recreation deck spaces) and any space used as a store room for engine room stores or deck depan. ment stores, provided that the Director may exempt any ship of under five hundred tons from the requirement of this sub- paragraph to the extent that he is satisfied that compliance therewith is impracticable in the circumstances;
(m) there shall be no direct opening between the crew acoom- modation (other than recreation deck spaces) and spaces used
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parmanent coal bunkers,
(ii) oil fuel bunkers,
(ii) cargo or machinery spaces,
(iv) lamp rooms or paint rooms.
(V) store rooms not forming part of the crew accommoda tion (other than store rooms for engine room or deck depan ||| ment stores).
(vi) chain lockers, or
(vii) cofferdams,
except that there may be a direct opening between machinen spaces and sanitary accommodation and changing rooms pro- vided for the sole use of officers and ratings of the engine room department, provided that the Director may exempt any ship from the requirement of this sub-paragraph in so far as it relates to a direct opening between any passageway fomig part of the crew accommodation and any of the aforesaid spaces if the door is self-closing and gastight;
(a) subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of regulation 24. paragraph (6) of regulation 28 and paragraph (18) of regula tion 32 there shall be no direct opening between the crew accommodation (other than recreation dock spaces or passage- ways) and any sanitary accommodation, laundry or drying room (whether or not such sanitary accommodation, laundry or drying room forms part of the crew accommodation), pro- vided that nothing in this sub-paragraph shall prohibit direct openings between spaces forming part of sanitary accommoda. tion, or between spaces appropriated for use as laundries or drying rooms;
(o) any part of the crew accommodation which is adjacent to any part (other than the crown) of a tank in which oil may be carried in bulk shall be separated therefrom by a gastight steei
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division additional to the division which retains the oil, pro- vided that the Director may exempt any ship from the require- ment of this sub-paragraph if he is satisfied that the division which retains the oil is likely to remain oiltight under service conditions;
(p) if any part of the crew accommodation is situated on a deck which forms the crown of a space in which oil may be carried in bulk such deck shall be oiltight and no manholes or other openings to the oil tanks shall be situated in the crew accom- modation:
(g) if any part of the crew accommodation is situated on a deck forming the crown of a permanent coal bunker, such deck shall be gastight to the satisfaction of the Director and no cement shall be used for the purpose of rendering such deck gastight:
()the means of access to and egress from every part of the crew accommodation shall be so situated that in the event of fire in any lamp room or paint room in the ship. access to and egress from the crew accommodation will not be impeded.
11. (1) In every ship to which these regulations apply, other than Heating. a ship employed solely within the tropics or the Persian Gulf, all sleeping rooms, mess rooms, recreation rooms, sanitary accommodation, ofices, studies and hospitals forming part of the crew accommodation shall be provided with a heating system which shall be permanently installed and capable of ensuring that when the ventilation system provided for such rooms or accommodation in compliance with these regulations is working so as to furnish at least fifteen cubic feet of fresh air per minute for each person whom the room ar accommodation is designed to accommodate at one time and the temperature of the open air is 30°F, the temperature therein can be maintained at 67°F;
Provided that--
(at the temperature within a water closet shall not be required to be maintained at ntore than 10°F above the ambient tem- perature in the open air;
(6) if the temperature within any water closet is capable of being so maintained by heat derived from an adjoining compartment,
a heating system shall not be required to be provided in that water closet: and
(c) the Director may exempt from the requirements of this
paragraph-
any ship under five hundred tons; and
(ii) any ship intended to be engaged on a voyage to a place within the tropics or the Persian Gulf for the purpose of being employed solely in those areas.
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