Standard of survivability
- You must ensure your ship meets the standard of survivability Any Person
UK Statutory Instrument
1998
United Kingdom
The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction: Ships of Classes III to VI (A)) Regulations 1998
At a glance
What's here
5 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Employer 2
- Any Person 2
- Landlord 1
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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.
Stability in the damaged condition
- Ensure your ship has sufficient intact stability to withstand flooding of compartments Landlord
General
- Protect ship and persons from electrical hazards Employer
Boiler feed systems
- Provide safe and reliable boiler feed systems with backups Employer
Oil systems for lubricating, heating, cooling and control
- Provide adequate oil pump and comply with flammable oil storage rules Any Person
Browse 73 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Citation and commencement
Interpretation
Application
These Regulations do not apply to— (a) any passenger ship...
(1) The amendments made to these Regulations by regulation 3(4)...
Exemptions for certain Classes of ships and individual ships
Approved standards
Structural strength
Construction of watertight bulkheads
Watertight subdivision
Peak and machinery space bulkheads, shaft tunnels
Weatherdeck
Partial subdivision above the bulkhead deck
Openings in watertight bulkheads
Openings in the shell plating below the bulkhead deck
Side and other openings above the bulkhead deck
Interpretations
Closure of hull openings and openings in watertight bulkheads
Marking of valves, doors and mechanisms
Drills and inspections
Notices
Entries to be recorded
Application and interpretation
Closure of main loading doors
Supervision and reporting of closure
Closure of weathertight doors in bulkheads
Opening of doors in an emergency
Entries in a record book
Listing of loading and unloading berths
Written instructions regarding the opening of weathertight doors
Compliance with written instructions
Intact stability standard
Inclining and stability information
Loading and stability assessment of ro-ro passenger ships of Classes III, IV and V
Draught marks
Subdivision load lines
Freeboard marking
Exhibition of damage control plans
Sounding pipes
General
Number and type of bilge pumps
Requirements for bilge pumps and bilge suctions
Requirement for bilge alarms
Main source of electrical power and main switchboards: ships of Class III
Lighting systems
Emergency source of electrical power and emergency switchboards: ships of Class III
General precautions against shock, fire and other hazards
Electrical equipment in hazardous areas and spaces
General
Machinery
Means of manoeuvring and going astern
Boilers and other pressure vessels
Steam pipe systems
Air pressure systems
Cooling systems
Oil fuel installations
Machinery controls
Steering gear
Ventilation systems in machinery spaces
Protection against noise Requirements for ships constructed on or after 1st September 1984
Guardrails and stanchions
Anchor handling equipment, anchors and chain cables
Hawsers and warps
Gas welding, flame cutting and domestic fuel installations
The use of asbestos
Application
Access opening indicator lights
Supplementary emergency lighting
Television surveillance
Alternative construction, equipment and machinery
Penalties
Power to detain
Invalid stability information
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