Sch 4Sleeping rooms

Schedule 4 Sleeping rooms

(paragraph 40(1)(b))

1 The sleeping rooms must be arranged and allocated:

(a) to separate watches; and

(b) to ensure that no seafarer working during the day shares a room with a watchkeeper.

2 A sleeping room must have, for each occupant, the following items:

(a) a mirror;

(b) a small cabinet for toiletries;

(c) a book rack;

(d) coat hooks;

(e) curtains or equivalent window coverings for side lights.

3 Furniture in a sleeping room must be made of a smooth, hard, material unlikely to warp or corrode.

4 There must not be any direct openings into sleeping rooms from any of the following areas:

(a) cargo spaces;

(b) machinery spaces;

(c) galleys;

(d) storerooms;

(e) drying rooms;

(f) communal sanitary areas.

5 Any part of a bulkhead separating the sleeping rooms must be:

(a) constructed of materials in accordance with Marine Order 15 (Construction — Fire prevention, fire detection and fire extinction) 2014; and

(b) watertight; and

(c) gastight.