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paint, enamel or other material being of good quality and white or light in colour.

(2) Lime wash or paint containing nitro-cellulose shall not be applied in the crew accommodation.

(3) The wooden parts of the furniture and fittings in the crew accommodation shall be finished externally with paint, varnish, polish or by other suitable means.

(4) All paint, varnish, polish or other finishes in the crew accom- modation shall be capable of being easily cleaned and shall be main- tained in good condition.

16. (1) Every sleeping room forming part of the crew accommo dation of a ship to which these regulations apply shall be marked inside the room with whichever of the markings specified in Part I d the Fourth Schedule is appropriate.

(2) Every space, other than a sleeping room or an open deck, forming part of the crew accommodation of such a ship shall be marked either inside the space or on or over the door to such space with whichever of the markings specified in Part II of the Fourth Scheduk is appropriate,

(3) All markings required by the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) shall be in clear characters and in a readily visible position on the ship's structure, every marking being cut into the structure or otherwise marked in an equally permanent manner.

(4) No space forming part of the crew accommodation of a ship to which these regulations apply shall be marked, whether inside of outside the space, with any marking which may be taken to indicate that the space is appropriated to the use of persons differing in number or description from the persons for whose use the space has been certified by a surveyor of ships.

17, (1) In every ship to which these regulations apply, unless the circumstances are such that no members of the crew are required to sleep on board, sleeping rooms shall be provided for the crew in accordance with the following provisions, that is to say, separate and appropriate sleeping rooms being provided wherever required by different national habits or customs of groups of persons in the crew. (2) (a) Each of the following classes of persons shall be provided with sleeping rooms separate from those provided for the other classes--

0) officers:

(ii) petty officers;

(ii) apprentices;

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(iv) ratings of the deck department, other than petty officers;

(v) ratings of the engine room department, other than petly officers:

(vi) ratings of the catering department, other than petty officers:

(vii) supercargo staff (consisting of compradores, cargo supervisors, tallymen, stevedores, winchmen and other persons not employed in working the ship whilst at sea including their catering staff), other than petty officers.

(b) The sleeping rooms of quartermasters and watchkeepers of the duck or engine room department shall, as far as is practi- cable, be on a separate deck, or in a separate alleyway from the mess rooms, sanitary accommodation and sleeping rooms of non-watchkeepers, and different watches of quartermasters or other deck or engine watchkeepers shall be provided with sleeping rooms separate from those of other watches: Provided that the Director may exempt from the requirement of this paragraph any ship to the extent that he is satisfied that compliance with the said requirement is unreasonable or impracticable by reason of the size of that ship.

(3) The maximum number of persons accommodated in sleeping toms shall be as follows-

[o] Officers in charge of a department, navigating and engineer

officers in charge of a watch, and first or only radio officers- one person per room.

(6) Other officers-wherever practicable one person per room, and

in no event more than two persons per room.

(c) Apprentices--wherever practicable not more than three persons per room, and in no event more than four persons per room.

(d) Chief steward, chief cook, chief cargo supervisors and petty officers of the deck, engine or catering department-wherever practicable one person per room, and in no event more than two persons per room.

(i) Watchkeepers of the deck and engine departments, other than quartermasters-wherever practicable two or three persons per room, and in no event more than four persons per room;

(ii) Quartermasters-two persons per room. Day-working ratings of all departments other than supercargo staff as defined in sub-paragraph (2XaXvii)-wherever practi-