1969 Ed.]
Merchant Shipping (Minimum Passenger Space) Regulations.
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(9) No oil lamp or portable electric lamp shall be fitted.
26. (1) In every ship to which these regulations apply--- (a) a sufficient number of properly constructed, lighted and ventilated water-closets shall be installed for the separate use of male and female passengers, respectively, of each class of berthed passengers and unberthed passengers and each such water-closet shall be marked accordingly; and (b) a sufficient number of urinals shall be installed in the male water-closet compartments in addition to the number of single water-closet seats or positions required to be installed under sub-paragraph (a).
(2) In addition to the water-closet accommodation required to be installed for berthed passengers of each class and for the crew, there shall be installed in permanent steel deckhouses of at least 6 feet in clear height, or in some other similar arrangement approved by the Director, a sufficient number of permanent water-closets for the exclusive use of unberthed passengers, on the following scale-
For 50 passengers or less
For more than 50 passengers and less than 100
For every 100 additional passengers or part thereof
2 water-closets.
3 water-closets.
1 water-closet.
A urinal or additional water-closet shall be provided for every 100 passengers or part thereof.
(3) Such water-closets shall be adequately distributed, having regard to the position of each unberthed passenger space, and shall be situated neither in a between deck nor in a wholly enclosed superstructure.
(4) The entrance to every such water-closet shall, if it opens on to an open deck, be properly screened.
(5) Every water-closet shall be provided with adequate exhaust ventilation either directly to the open air or to another water-closet or urinal that is provided with exhaust ventilation directly to the open air.
(6) For the purposes of paragraph (5), the exhaust ventilation for a water-closet shall be adequate if it is-
(a) at least 194 square inches in area (5 inches in diameter); (b) provided with a cowl, mushroom or other equivalent protection; and
[Subsidiary]
Provision of water-closets.
1969 Ed.]
Merchant Shipping (Minimum Passenger Space) Regulations.
[CAP. 281
N 23
(9) No oil lamp or portable electric lamp shall be fitted.
26. (1) In every ship to which these regulations apply--- (a) a sufficient number of properly constructed, lighted and ventilated water-closets shall be installed for the separate use of male and female passengers, respectively, of each class of berthed passengers and unberthed passengers and each such water-closet shall be marked accordingly; and (b) a sufficient number of urinals shall be installed in the male water-closet compartments in addition to the number of single water-closet seats or positions required to be in- stalled under sub-paragraph (a).
(2) In addition to the water-closet accommodation required to be installed for berthed passengers of each class and for the crew, there shall be installed in permanent steel deckhouses of at least 6 feet in clear height, or in some other similar arrangement approved by the Director, a sufficient number of permanent water- closets for the exclusive use of unberthed passengers, on the following scale-
For 50 passengers or less
For more than 50 passengers and less than
100
For every 100 additional passengers or part
thereof
A urinal or additional water-closet shall be provided for every 100 passengers or part thereof.
2 water-closets.
3 water-closets.
I water-closet.
(3) Such water-closets shall be adequately distributed, having regard to the position of each unberthed passenger space, and shall be situated neither in a between deck nor in a wholly enclosed superstructure.
(4) The entrance to every such water-closet shall, if it opens on to an open deck, be properly screened.
(5) Every water-closet shall be provided with adequate exhaust ventilation either directly to the open air or to another water-closet or urinal that is provided with exhaust ventilation directly to the open air.
(6) For the purposes of paragraph (5), the exhaust ventilation for a water-closet shall be adequate if it is-
(a) at least 194 square inches in area (5 inches in diameter); (b) provided with a cowl, mushroom or other equivalent
protection; and
[Subsidiary]
Provision of water-closets.
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