Mess rooms.
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(/) curtains fitted to each side scuttle, unless the side scuttle is
fitted with blinds or jalousies;
(m) a bookcase in any room which accommodates a chief officer. chief engineer or second engineer, or in the case of a passenger steamer a first radio officer: and
(0) a bookcase or book rack in any room which accommodates other officers than those specified in sub-paragraph (m): Provided that the Director may exempt any ship of under four hundred tons from any of the requirements of sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (k) to (n) inclusive, to the extent that he is satisfied that compliant therewith is unreasonable or impracticable in the circumstances.
(5) Any of the equipment referred to in sub-paragraphs (6), (c), (d), (02) and (n) of paragraph (4) may be provided in a day room available for the sole use of the officers concerned, instead of in their sleeping room, and any of the equipment referred to in sub-paragraphs. (e) to (5) inclusive may be provided in washing accommodation appro. priated for the exclusive use of one officer instead of in the sleeping room of that officer.
(6) Sleeping rooms for apprentices shall so far as is reasonable and practicable in the circumstances be provided with the equipment (other than a bookcase) specified in paragraph (4):
Provided that any of the equipment referred to in sub-paragraphs (h), (c) and (d) of that paragraph may be provided in a study for the sols use of the apprentices instead of in their sleeping rooms.
(7) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this regulation, all lockers, wardrobes, tables, desks, the un-upholstered parts of chairs and settees and similar furnishings provided in compliance with this regulation shall be made of polished hardwood, rust-proof metal or other smooth and impervious material not likely to crack, warp or become corroded and all forniture provided in sleeping rooms shall be so made as not to be likely to harbour vermin and any furnitore installed under beds shall be readily removable for cleaning purposes
20. (1) In every ship to which these regulations apply, unles the circumstances are such that no members of the crew are required to mess on board, mess rooms shall be provided for the crew and shall be of such dimensions as will be sufficient to accommodate the greatest number of persons likely to use them at any one time; and separate and appropriate mess rooms shall be provided wherever required by the different national habits and customs of groups of persons in the
Crew:
Provided that in the case of such crew members as are referred to in paragraph (2) of regulation 39, the dimensions of the mess rooUTES shall be such as will be sufficient to accommodate in two sittings ali the persons entitled to use such mess rooms.
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(2) No mess room shall be combined with a sleeping room: Provided that-
(a) the Director may exempt any ship of under three hundred toas from the provisions of this paragraph if he is satisfied that compliance therewith is unreasonable or impracticable in the circumstances, and
(b) in ships wherein supercargo staff within the meaning of sub- paragraph (2)(a)(vii) of regulation 17 are carried, messing facil- ities may be provided within sleeping accommodation in the form of adequate tables, seats and equipment sufficient to accommodate in two sittings all persons entitled to use such accommodation.
(3) In every ship of five hundred tons or over the mess rooms provided for ratings shall be separated from those provided for the master of the ship or for officers.
(4) lo every ship of one thousand tons or over a single mess room shall be provided for all officers in the ship:
Provided that the officers may be accommodated in separate mess rooms if their sleeping rooms are in widely separated portions of the ship.
(5) In every ship of one thousand tons or over each of the follow- ing classes of ratings shall be provided with mess rooms separate from those provided for other classes-
(d) petty officers of the deck department;
(b) petty officers of the engine room department;
(c) other ratings of the deck department;
(d) other ratings of the engine room department.
(6) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (1) the Director may permit the provision in any ship of combined mess rooms as follows-
[4) for petty officers of the deck and engine room departments; (6) for petty officers and other ratings of the same department; (c) for all ratings (other than petty officers) of the deck and engine
room departments:
Provided that, subject as aforesaid, the Director may permit the provision in any ship of a single mess room for all petty officers and other ratings of all departments if he is satisfied that such an arrange. ment is preferable by reason of the size of that ship and the number of the intended crew.
(7) In every ship of three thousand tons or over, mess rooms shall be provided for ratings of the catering department which shall be separated from those provided for ratings of other departments, unless the Director permits a combined mess room for petty officers and other
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