Boiler feed systems
- Ensure boiler feed systems are safe, redundant, and properly maintained Employer
UK Statutory Instrument
1997
United Kingdom
The Merchant Shipping (Cargo Ship Construction) Regulations 1997
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What's here
2 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
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- Any Person 1
- Employer 1
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- Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 2003 50 duties
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Periodically unattended machinery spaces Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st May 1981
- Comply with Schedule 9 for periodically unattended machinery spaces Any Person
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Interpretation
Exemptions
Application
Approved standards
Structural strength
Peak and machinery space bulkheads and stern tubes Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984
Construction and testing of watertight bulkheads, decks and inner bottoms Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984
Construction and testing of watertight decks, trunks, tunnels, duct keels and ventilators Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984
Watertight doors
Tests of watertight doors Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984
Ballast and bilge pumping and drainage arrangements
Openings in the shell plating below the freeboard deck Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st July 1998
Interpretation
Application
Subdivision indices
Stability information
Openings in watertight bulkheads and internal decks
External openings
Requirements for ships (other than tankers) constructed on or after 1st February 1992
Requirements for dry cargo ships constructed on or after 1st February 1992
General
Location and separation of spaces
Cargo tank ventilation Requirements for tankers constructed on or after 1st September 1984
Ventilation of pump rooms and other enclosed spaces Requirements for tankers constructed on or after 25th May 1980
Inerting, ventilation and gas measurement Requirements for tankers constructed on or after 1st October 1994
Access to spaces in the cargo tank area of oil tankers Requirements for oil tankers constructed on or after 1st October 1994
General
Machinery
Means of manoeuvring and going astern
Boilers and other pressure vessels
Steam pipe systems
Air pressure systems
Cooling water systems
Oil and gaseous fuel installations
Lubricating and other oil systems
Remote control of propulsion machinery from the navigation bridge
Steering gear
Ventilating systems in machinery spaces Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984
Protection against noise Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984
Communication between navigating bridge and machinery space
Engineers’ alarm Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984
Spare gear
Closing of openings Requirements for tankers constructed on or after 25th May 1980 and to other ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984.
General
Main source of electrical power and main switchboard
Lighting systems Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984
Emergency and transitional sources of electrical power and emergency switchboards
Location and construction of cables Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984
General precautions against shock, fire and other hazards Requirements for ships constructed on or after 26th May 1965
Electrical equipment in hazardous areas and spaces Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984
Anchors, anchor handling equipment and chain cables
Emergency towing arrangements
Safe access to tanker bows
Corrosion prevention of seawater ballast tanks Requirements for oil tankers and bulk carriers constructed on or after 1st July 1998
Combustible gas indicators
Materials used in construction Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984
Gas welding, flame cutting and domestic gaseous fuel installations Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984
Alternative construction, equipment and machinery
Penalties
Power to detain
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