Deck sheathing and Boors.
(f) a chain locker; or
(g) a cofferdamı,
shall be constructed of steel and shall be gaslight and, where required, suitably insulated and, where necessary, watertight, to protect the passenger space.
(6) Subject to paragraph (7), any bulkhead that separates any space allocated for the accommodation of passengers, other than as exercise space, from—–
(a) an isolation hospital;
(b) sanitary accommodation;
(c) a laundry or drying room;
(d) galley: or
(e) cold store room,
shall be constructed of steel and shall be gastight and, where required, suitably insulated, and shall be watertight to such height as is necessary to prevent the passage of water from such adjoin- ing space into the passenger space; and, in particular, any bulk- head separating sanitary accommodation from any space allocated for the accommodation of passengers shall, except in doorways, be watertight to a height of at least 9 inches above the floor of the sanitary accommodation.
(7) The provisions of paragraph (6) shall not apply to any bulkhead that separates-
(a) sanitary accommodation from other sanitary accommo-
dation:
(6) a laundry room from a drying room or from another
laundry or drying room;
(c) a galley from another galley or a pantry;
(d) a cold store room from another cold store room; or (e) sanitary accommodation appropriated for the use of a berthed passenger from the cabin of a berthed passenger from which it may be entered directly.
7. (1) In every ship to which these regulations apply, every deck forming the crown of any of the compartments or spaces allocated for the accommodation of passengers, other than as exercise space, and exposed to the weather shall be constructed of steel or other metal.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the upper side of every such deck sball, where it is exposed to the weather, be sheathed to the satisfaction of the Director.
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(3) The upper side of a deck forming the crown of any space or compartment above the uppermost between deck which is allocated for the use of passengers shall not be required to be sheathed if it forms neither part of a weather deck included in the space allocated as exercise space for passengers nor part of a deck to which passengers require access and if it is fitted on the under- sides with insulating material to the satisfaction of the Director so as to avoid absorption of water, condensation, transmission of noise and the harbouring of dirt and vermin.
(4) All weather decks forming any part of the space allocated as exercise space for passengers and all decks to which passengers require access shall be sheathed to the satisfaction of the Director.
(5) Any deck not exposed to the weather upon which any space has been allocated for the carriage of unberthed passengers shall be sheathed to the satisfaction of the Director and shall be fitted with proper gutterways to facilitate cleaning.
(6) No passenger shall be carried on a dock forming the crown of an oil fuct space unless-
(a) the dock is thoroughly oiltight;
(b) within the space or compartment allocated as accom- modation for passengers, there is no manhole or opening to the oil space,
(c) the deck is covered by a non-inflammable composition, impervious to oil and of a thickness approved by the Director, and
(d) the space or compartment is well ventilated.
(7) Where sheathing or flooring is required otherwise than on deck forming the crown of an oil fuel space it shall consist of-
(a) wood of at least 24 inches in thickness, properly laid
and caulked; or
(b) a material approved by the Director in substitution for wood, of a thickness determined by the Director and laid to the satisfaction of the Director.
(8) Where the sheathing or flooring laid on any metal deck in a compartment or space allocated as accommodation for passengers consists of any material other than wood, such sheathing or flooring shall consist of a material approved by the Director and so laid that the joinings of such material with the bulkheads, other than where gutterways are fitted, shall be rounded in a manner that will avoid crevices in the sheathing or flooring: and in the case of berthed passenger accommodation other than sanitary accommodation, galleys and laundries allocated for the
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