1964_MERCHANT_SHIPPING_(MINIMUM_PASSENGER_SPACE)_REGULATIONS — Page 21

1969 Ed.]

Merchant Shipping (Minimum Passenger Space) Regulations.

[CAP. 281

N 21

[Subsidiary]

24. (1) In every ship to which these regulations apply, every space allocated for the accommodation of berthed or unberthed passengers shall be properly lighted by natural light.

(2) The natural lighting of any berthed or unberthed passenger cabin, dining or recreation room, sanitary accommodation, galley, hospital, entrance or exit lobby shall be deemed to be proper for the purposes of this regulation if it is sufficient to enable an ordinary newspaper to be read by a person of normal vision at any point in the space, being a point available for free movement, during day- time and in clear weather.

(3) The natural lighting of any unberthed passenger accom- modation in between decks, bridge spaces and superstructures shall be deemed to be proper for the purposes of this regulation if the provisions made for the direct admission of natural light amounts to at least I square inch for every 24 square feet of the gross passenger

area.

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3), natural lighting shall, as far as possible, be evenly distributed; and, in any space where longitudinal bulkheads such as machinery.casings exclude natural light, the measure of illumination required in the way thereof shall be determined proportionately.

(5) Any side scuttle fitted below the bulkhead deck shall be at least 10 inches in diameter and shall be fitted in accordance with the provisions of the Merchant Shipping (Passenger SF Construction) Rules from time to time in operation in Hong Kong.

25. (1) In every ship to which these regulations apply other than-

(a) any ship engaged exclusively in the river trade area; and (b) any ship of less than 1,000 tons gross engaged in the

eastern trade area,

all electrical equipment and installation, including the emergency source of electric power, shall be fitted in accordance with the provisions of the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction) Rules from time to time in operation in Hong Kong.

(2) The exit from every main compartment occupied by passengers shall be continuously lighted by an emergency electric lamp, operated from the ship's main generating plant and so arranged that power may also be supplied from the emergency source of power.

(3) An electric lighting system shall be-

(a) provided throughout the ship and, in particular, upon every deck from which lifeboats or liferafts are embarked;

Natural lighting.

Electrical fittings, artificial and emergency lighting.