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(d) so arranged as to discharge overside or into one or more enclosed tanks capable of being emptied by a mechanically operated suction pump; and
(e) situated in a room allocated for use only for the purpose of
laundering:
Provided that such troughs or facilities may be situated in the crew's washing accommodation if in the opinion of the Director provision of a separate room is unreasonable or impracticable in the circumstances.
(2) In every ship to which these regulations apply there shall be provided one or more separate rooms allocated solely to the drying of the crew's clothes, and every such room shall be—
(a) fitted with racks or rods and afford sufficient space to dry all of the clothes likely to require drying at any one time baving regard to the number of persons in the crew and the duration of the voyages upon which the ship is intended to be engaged; (6) be capable of being heated independently of the healing of any
other space in the ship;
(c) fitted with means of exhaust ventilation independent of the exhaust ventilation of any other space in the ship unless such ventilation is provided by a trunked mechanical ventilation system.
Provided that in ships of under live hundred tons drying cabinets or other suitable facilities may be substituted for a separate drying room.
(3) In every ship to which these regulations apply adequately ventilated compartments or lockers shall be provided for hanging oil- skins and working clothes used by the crew, separate compartments of lockers being provided for officers and ratings. Every such compart ment or locker shall be situated outside the sleeping rooms of the crew and in a position readily accessible therefrom:
Provided that the Director may exempt any ship of under five hundred tons from any of the requirements of this paragraph.
28. (1) In every ship to which these regulations apply each of the following classes of persons shall be provided with water closets separare. from those provided for the other classes—
(a) officers and apprentices:
(b) petty officers:
(c) ratings other than petty officers;
(d) supercargo staff ratings other than petty officers, as defined in
sub-paragraph (2XaXvii) of regulation 17:
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Provided that the Director may, in relation to any ship, permit any combination of the foregoing classes to be treated as one class for the purposes of this regulation if he is satisfied that the circumstances so require.
(2) (a) Subject to the proviso to paragraph (1), one water closet shall be provided for every eight persons in each of the classes as aforesaid and each of such classes shall be provided with one water closet; and one additional water closet shall be provided for any of such classes in which the total number of persons exceeds by four or more a multiple of eight:
Provided that--
() in determining the number of water closets required by this sub-paragraph no account shall be taken of
(a) any private water closet; or
(b) the persons to the use of whom a private water closet
is appropriated;
(ii) if the number of persons in any class exceeds one hundred, the number of water closets provided for that class shall be the greater of the following-
(a) thirteeu, or
(b) ten, together with four per cent of the number of persons in excess of one hundred, calculated to the next following whole number.
(b) In addition to the water closets required by sub-paragraph (a), there shall be provided such number of water closets, if any. as is required to increase the total number of water closets provided for the crew to the following-
In ships of 500 tons but under 800 tons
In ships of 800 tons but under 3,000 tons In ships of 3,000 tons or over .............
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(c) In determining the number of water closets required by this
paragraph-
(i) no account shall be taken of any water closet which forms part of a permanent hospital; and
(ii) a water closet shall be deemed to be private if it is appropriated to the exclusive use of not more than four persons. (3) The water closets shall be situated close to the sleeping rooms of the persons for whom they are provided, and in particular a water closet shall be situated close to the sleeping room of any radio officer in the crew if such sleeping room is in a position remote from other skeping rooms.
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