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Furniture

and Stings id mess rooms.

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ratings of all departments in accordance with the provisions of pan- graph (6); and, in the case of any ship of less than three thousand tons, if a separate mess room is not provided for ratings of the catering department, messing accommodation shall be provided for them in mess rooms provided for other ratings.

(8) Apprentices shall be provided with a separate mess room, et with messing accommodation in the officers' mess room.

(9) The Director may exempt any passenger steamer from the requirements of this regulation to the extent that he is satisfied that compliance therewith is unreasonable or impracticable in the circum- stances.

21. (1) Every mess room forming part of the crew accommoda tion in a ship to which these regulations apply shall be provided with sufficient tables to allow a space of not less than twenty inches measured along the edge of a table, for each person likely to use the room at any one time, and cach table shall be not less than twenty-four inches widt if seats are provided on both sides of the table, or not less than fifteen inches wide if seats are provided only on one side of the table; and every table shall be so situated as to be readily accessible.

(2) Single chairs shall be provided in the mess room for each person using the room at any one time, such chairs being fitted with arm rests unless chairs with arm rests are available in a recreation room for the persons using such mess room :

Provided that settees may be substituted for chairs adjacent to a bulkhead or the ship's side, such settees being not less than fifteen inches wide and fitted with upholstered or padded seats covered with material impervious to dirt and moisture, and provided with comfortably shaped backs:

Provided that-

(a) if the mess room is appropriated to the use of officers of petty officers, whether or not together with other ratings, the backs of the scitces shall also be padded or upholstered and shall be covered with material impervious to dirt and moisture: and (b) in any mess room appropriated to the use of such crew mem

bers as are referred to in paragraph (2) of regulation 39, such seating accommodation as is required need not be of a single seat type nor need settees be provided with padded or up holstered seats or backs.

(3) Every mess room provided for persons who do not supply their own food shall be fitted with either-

(a) a storage locker or rack capable of holding sufficient mess utensils for all of the persons for whose accommodation such ress room is intended; or

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(b) a storage locker of dimensions not less than fifteen inches by fifteen inches by twelve inches for each of such persons, such locker being fitted with a lock or a hasp for a padlock: Provided that--

(i) such lockers or racks may be fitted in a pantry, store room or other suitable place outside the mess room if readily acces- sible therefrom; and

(i) no such lockers or racks need be provided in the case of such crew members as are referred to in paragraph (2) of regula- lion 39.

(4) Every mess room provided for persons who supply their own lood shall be fitted with not less than one storage locker for each person for whose accommodation the mess room is intended and every such locker shall—

(a) be designed to contain both food and mess utensils;

(b) bo of dimensions providing not less than twice the volume provided by the dimensions specified in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (3);

(c) be adequately ventilated;

(4) be made of metal or other suitable material;

(e) be fitted with a lock or hasp for a padlock; and

(f) be fixed at a height of not less than one foot above the floor: Provided that-

() such lockers may be fitted in a pantry, store room or other suitable place outside the mess room if readily accessible therefrom:

(i) no such locker shall be fitted in any sleeping room, not being

a sleeping room combined with a mess room; and

fill) no such lockers need be provided in the case of such crew members as are referred to in paragraph (2) of regulation 39. (3) In the case of crew members referred to in paragraph (2) of regulation 39, where a store room designed for the storage of food provided, being a store room allocated to and readily accessible from any mess room intended for the accommodation of such crew members, there shall be fitted therein not less than one locker for each such crew member: and every locker shall be-

(a) designed to contain food;

(b) suitably ventilated;

(c) of capacity not less than oue cubic fool;

(d) made of metal or other suitable material;