1969 Ed.]
Merchant Shipping (Minimum Passenger Space) Regulations.
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situated so that in the event of a fire in any cargo space, storage space, lamp room, galley or machinery space, such fire will not prevent the escape of passengers from any such space or compartment.
(6) Every hatchway within any space allocated for the accommodation of unberthed passengers shall be guarded by portable stanchions of a height of not less than 42 inches, spaced at suitable intervals and fitted with chains, or equivalent, and so spaced that the vertical distance in between does not exceed 12 inches, the lowest line of same being not more than 9 inches from the deck or by other similar means when any such hatchway is open for the purpose of working cargo or for any other purpose.
(7) Any ventilator trunk to a cargo space or tank shall be constructed of steel or other suitable material and shall, if it passes through any space or compartment allocated for the accommodation of passengers, be gastight and suitably insulated.
(8) Any ventilator trunk used for the natural or mechanical ventilation of any space or compartment allocated for the accommodation of passengers shall not be used for the ventilation of any space other than space or compartments used exclusively for the accommodation of passengers or crew.
9. (1) Sanitary accommodation shall be so arranged as to prevent, as far as possible, any effluvia from such sanitary accommodation penetrating into any space or compartment allocated for the accommodation of passengers.
(2) In the case of any trunked ventilation system used to provide ventilation for sanitary accommodation in addition to passenger accommodation, each trunk leading to the sanitary accommodation shall be fitted with apparatus to prevent the dissemination of effluvia from the sanitary accommodation to other spaces when the ventilation system is not in use.
(3) In no case shall a natural ventilation trunk be used to provide ventilation common to both passenger accommodation and sanitary accommodation.
10. (1) Where livestock are carried on a ship to which these regulations apply, such arrangements as are approved by the Director shall be made for separating the spaces in which the livestock are carried from any space allocated for the accommodation of passengers.
(2) Except where livestock are carried on an exposed deck, close fitting partitions and separate ventilation systems shall be fitted to prevent effluvia escaping from any space in which livestock are carried to passenger accommodation.
[Subsidiary]
Ventilation of sanitary accommodation.
Provision for spaces in which livestock may be carried.
1969 Ed.]
Merchant Shipping (Minimum Passenger Space) Regulations.
[CAP. 281
NII
situated so that in the event of a fire in any cargo space, storage space, lamp room, galley or machinery space, such fire will not prevent the escape of passengers from any such space or com- partment.
(6) Every hatchway within any space allocated for the accom- modation of unberthed passengers shall be guarded by portable stanchions of a height of not less than 42 inches, spaced at suitable intervals and fitted with chains, or equivalent, and so spaced that the vertical distance in between does not exceed 12 inches, the lowest line of same being not more than 9 inches from the deck or by other similar means when any such hatchway is open for the purpose of working cargo or for any other purpose.
(7) Any ventilator trunk to a cargo space or tank shall be constructed of steel or other suitable material and shall, if it passes through any space or compartment allocated for the accommoda- tion of passengers, be gastight and suitably insulated.
(8) Any ventilator trunk used for the natural or mechanical ventilation of any space or compartment allocated for the accom- modation of passengers shall not be used for the ventilation of any space other than space or compartments used exclusively for the accommodation of passengers or crew.
9. (1) Sanitary accommodation shall be so arranged as to prevent, as far as possible, any effluvia from such sanitary accom- modation penetrating into any space or compartment allocated for the accommodation of passengers.
(2) In the case of any trunked ventilation system used to provide ventilation for sanitary accommodation in addition to passenger accommodation, each trunk leading to the sanitary accommodation shall be fitted with apparatus to prevent the dis- semination of effluvia from the sanitary accommodation to other spaces when the ventilation system is not in use.
(3) In no case shall a natural ventilation trunk be used to provide ventilation common to both passenger accommodation and sanitary accommodation.
10. (1) Where livestock are carried on a ship to which these regulations apply, such arrangements as are approved by the Director shall be made for separating the spaces in which the livestock are carried from any space allocated for the accommoda- tion of passengers.
(2) Except where livestock are carried on an exposed deck, close fitting partitions and separate ventilation systems shall be fitted to prevent effluvia escaping from any space in which livestock are carried to passenger accommodation.
[Subsidiary]
Ventilation of sanitary accommoda- tion.
Provision for spaces in which livestock may be carried.
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