UK Statutory Instrument SI 1998/2515 United Kingdom

The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction: Ships of Classes III to VI (A)) Regulations 1998

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Employer2 Any Person2 Landlord1

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Employer — also bound by 682 other Acts
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Housing Act 1985 55 duties
Housing Act 1996 30 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.032 Standard of survivability Regulated
  • You must ensure your ship meets the standard of survivabilityAny Person
s.033 Stability in the damaged condition Regulated
  • Ensure your ship has sufficient intact stability to withstand flooding of compartmentsLandlord
s.043 General Regulated
  • Protect ship and persons from electrical hazardsEmployer
s.053 Boiler feed systems Regulated
  • Provide safe and reliable boiler feed systems with backupsEmployer
s.058 Oil systems for lubricating, heating, cooling and control Regulated
  • Provide adequate oil pump and comply with flammable oil storage rulesAny Person
73 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Interpretation
s.003 Application
s.003 These Regulations do not apply to— (a) any passenger ship...
s.003 (1) The amendments made to these Regulations by regulation 3(4)...
s.004 Exemptions for certain Classes of ships and individual ships
s.005 Approved standards
s.006 Structural strength
s.007 Construction of watertight bulkheads
s.008 Watertight subdivision
s.009 Peak and machinery space bulkheads, shaft tunnels
s.010 Weatherdeck
s.011 Partial subdivision above the bulkhead deck
s.012 Openings in watertight bulkheads
s.013 Openings in the shell plating below the bulkhead deck
s.014 Side and other openings above the bulkhead deck
s.015 Interpretations
s.016 Closure of hull openings and openings in watertight bulkheads
s.017 Marking of valves, doors and mechanisms
s.018 Drills and inspections
s.019 Notices
s.020 Entries to be recorded
s.021 Application and interpretation
s.022 Closure of main loading doors
s.023 Supervision and reporting of closure
s.024 Closure of weathertight doors in bulkheads
s.025 Opening of doors in an emergency
s.026 Entries in a record book
s.027 Listing of loading and unloading berths
s.028 Written instructions regarding the opening of weathertight doors
s.029 Compliance with written instructions
s.030 Intact stability standard
s.031 Inclining and stability information
s.034 Loading and stability assessment of ro-ro passenger ships of Classes III, IV and V
s.035 Draught marks
s.036 Subdivision load lines
s.037 Freeboard marking
s.038 Exhibition of damage control plans
s.039 Sounding pipes
s.040 General
s.041 Number and type of bilge pumps
s.042 Requirements for bilge pumps and bilge suctions
s.042 Requirement for bilge alarms
s.044 Main source of electrical power and main switchboards: ships of Class III
s.045 Lighting systems
s.046 Emergency source of electrical power and emergency switchboards: ships of Class III
s.047 General precautions against shock, fire and other hazards
s.048 Electrical equipment in hazardous areas and spaces
s.049 General
s.050 Machinery
s.051 Means of manoeuvring and going astern
s.052 Boilers and other pressure vessels
s.054 Steam pipe systems
s.055 Air pressure systems
s.056 Cooling systems
s.057 Oil fuel installations
s.059 Machinery controls
s.060 Steering gear
s.061 Ventilation systems in machinery spaces
s.062 Protection against noise Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984
s.063 Guardrails and stanchions
s.064 Anchor handling equipment, anchors and chain cables
s.065 Hawsers and warps
s.066 Gas welding, flame cutting and domestic fuel installations
s.067 The use of asbestos
s.068 Application
s.069 Access opening indicator lights
s.070 Supplementary emergency lighting
s.071 Television surveillance
s.072 Alternative construction, equipment and machinery
s.073 Penalties
s.074 Power to detain
s.075 Invalid stability information

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