Navigation (Construction of Passenger Ships) Regulations
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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
Jurisdiction
Commonwealth
Act Number
45 of 1959
Collection
legislative instrument
Plain English Summary
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This legislation sets mandatory construction and equipment safety standards for passenger ships in Australia (international, short international and coastal trade), covering watertight subdivision, damage stability, bilge pumping, electrical backup, fire protection, machinery/boilers, and oil fuel safety.
It matters because engineers must use the included technical tables and formulas to size bulkheads, pumps, power supplies and other systems so ships remain watertight, stable and safe in emergencies.
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Current sections
Direct links to the current provisions in Navigation (Construction of Passenger Ships) Regulations.
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Div 2
Peak and Machinery Space Bulkheads, &c.
Division 2.—Peak and Machinery Space Bulkheads, &c.
Collision bulkhead.
8.—(1.) A ship shall be provided with a collision bulkhead.
(2.) The collision bulkhead shall be watertight up to the bulkhead deck.
(3.) The distance between the collision bulkhead and the ship’s forward perpendicular shall be not less than five per centum of the length of the ship and not more than ten feet plus five per centum of the length of the ship.
(4.) If the ship has a forward superstructure, the collision bulkhead shall be extended to the deck next above the bulkhead deck.
(5.) Where an extension of the collision bulkhead is required by the last preceding sub-regulation—
(a) the extension shall be weathertight; and
(b) if the extension is not fitted directly over the bulkhead below—
(i) the distance between the extension and the ship’s forward perpendicular shall be not less than five per centum of the length of the ship; and
(ii) the part of the bulkhead deck which forms the step shall be made weathertight.
(6.) The plating and stiffeners of the extension required by sub-regulation (4.) of this regulation shall be constructed in accordance with the provisions of the Third Schedule as if the extension formed part of a bulkhead immediately below the bulkhead deck.
Afterpeak and machinery space bulkheads.
9.—(1.) A ship shall be provided with a watertight afterpeak bulkhead and with watertight bulkheads dividing the space appropriated to the main and auxiliary propelling machinery, the boilers, if any, and the permanent coal bunkers, if any, from other spaces.
(2.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, the bulkheads referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation shall be watertight up to the bulkhead deck.
(3.) The afterpeak bulkhead may be stopped below the bulkhead deck if the safety of the ship is not thereby impaired.
Stern gland and stern tube compartments.
10.—(1.) The stern gland of a ship shall be situated in a watertight shaft tunnel or other watertight space separate from the stern tube compartment and of such a volume that, if the tunnel or space is flooded, the margin line will not be submerged.
(2.) The stern tube of a ship shall be enclosed in a watertight compartment the volume of which shall be the smallest compatible with the proper design of the ship.
Div 3
Double Bottoms.
Division 3.—Double Bottoms.
Double bottoms.
11.—(1.) A ship the length of which is two hundred feet or more but less than two hundred and forty-nine feet shall be fitted with a watertight double bottom extending from the machinery space to, or to as near as is practicable to, the collision bulkhead.
(2.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, a ship the length of which is two hundred and forty-nine feet or more shall be fitted with a watertight double bottom extending from, or from as near as is practicable to, the collision bulkhead to, or to as near as is practicable to, the afterpeak bulkhead.
(3.) The last preceding sub-regulation does not require a double bottom to be fitted in the machinery space of a ship the length of which is less than three hundred and thirty feet.
Inner bottom of double bottom.
12.—(1.) The inner bottom of a double bottom fitted to a ship in pursuance of the last preceding regulation shall be continued out to the sides of the ship in such a manner as to protect the ship to the turn of the bilge.
(2.) The inner bottom shall be deemed to comply with the last preceding sub-regulation if the line of intersection of the outer edge of the margin plate of the inner bottom with the shell plating of the ship is not lower at any point than a horizontal plane passing through the point of intersection of the frame line amidships with a line inclined at an angle of twenty-five degrees to the base line amidships and cutting that base line at a point one half of the ship’s moulded breadth from the middle line.
Well not to be constructed in double bottom.
13.—(1.) Subject to sub-regulation (3.) of this regulation, a well shall not be constructed in a double bottom fitted to a ship in pursuance of this Division unless the Minister exempts the ship from the requirements of this sub-regulation.
(2.) The Minister shall not exempt a ship from the requirements of the last preceding sub-regulation unless he is satisfied that the protection given to the ship by the double bottom will not be diminished by reason of the exemption.
(3.) A well may be constructed in the double bottom of a ship for the purposes of drainage if the well—
(a) is not larger, and does not extend downwards further, than is necessary for that purpose;
(b) is not, at any point, less than eighteen inches from the inner edge of the margin plate of the inner bottom; and
(c) not being a well which is constructed at the after end of a shaft tunnel, is not, at any point, less than eighteen inches from the outer bottom.
Double bottom not required.
Nothing in this Division requires a double bottom to be fitted in a part of a ship immediately beneath a watertight compartment used exclusively for the carriage of liquids if, in the event of bottom or side damage to that part of the ship, the safety of the ship will not be impaired by reason of the absence of the double bottom.
Exemption from requirement to fit double bottom.
Where—
(a) portion of a Class II. ship or a Class III. ship is sub-divided by application of a factor of sub-division not exceeding .5;
(b) this Division requires a double bottom to be fitted in that portion of the ship; and
(c) the Minister is satisfied that the fitting of a double bottom in that portion of the ship would not be compatible with the design and proper working of the ship,
the Minister may exempt the ship from the provisions of this Division insofar as those provisions require a double bottom to be fitted in that portion of the ship.
Div 4
Stability in Damaged Condition.
Division 4.—Stability in Damaged Condition.
Intact stability.
16.—(1.) A ship shall be so constructed as to provide sufficient intact stability in all service conditions—
(a) to enable the ship to withstand the final flooding of any one of the main compartments into which the ship is sub-divided in accordance with regulation 7 of these Regulations;
(b) if two adjacent main compartments of the ship are separated by a bulkhead which is stepped—to enable the ship to withstand the final flooding of those compartments; and
(c) if the ship’s factor of sub-division is .5 or less—to enable the ship to withstand the final flooding of any two of the main compartments which are adjacent to each other.
(2.) For the purposes of the last preceding sub-regulation, the sufficiency of the intact stability of a ship shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Second Schedule.
Unsymmetrical flooding.
17.—(1.) So far as is practicable, a ship shall be so constructed as to keep at a minimum unsymmetrical flooding when the ship is in a damaged condition.
(2.) If cross-flooding fittings are provided in a ship, the fittings and the maximum heel of the ship before equalization shall be such as will not endanger the safety of the ship.
(3.) If the margin line of a ship may become submerged during the flooding assumed for the purposes of the calculation referred to in the Second Schedule, the construction of the ship shall be such that it will be possible to ensure—
(a) that the maximum angle of heel during any stage of the flooding will not be such as will endanger the safety of the ship; and
(b) that the margin line will not be submerged in the final stage of flooding.
Information as to cross-flooding fittings and stability to be carried on ships.
The master or owner of a ship shall not take the ship to sea, or permit the ship to be taken to sea, unless there is provided on the ship for the use of the master, in writing—
(a) information as to the use of any cross-flooding fittings provided in the ship;
(b) such information as is necessary for the maintenance of sufficient intact stability under service conditions to enable the ship to withstand damage to the extent specified in the Second Schedule; and
(c) information as to the conditions of stability on which the calculations of heel have been based, together with the information that excessive heeling might result should the ship sustain damage under less favorable conditions.
Div 5
Construction of Watertight Bulkheads, &c.
Division 5.—Construction of Watertight Bulkheads, &c.
Construction of watertight bulkheads, &c.
Where, by these Regulations, a bulkhead or other portion of the internal structure of a ship is required to be watertight, the construction of the bulkhead or other portion of the ship shall comply with such of the requirements specified in the Third Schedule as are applicable to the bulkhead or other portion of the ship.
Tanks for storing liquids to be adequately constructed.
A tank forming part of the structure of a ship and intended for storing oil fuel or other liquids shall be of a design and construction adequate for that purpose.
Div 6
Openings in Watertight Bulkheads, &c.
Division 6.—Openings in Watertight Bulkheads, &c.
Openings in watertight bulkheads and other structures.
The number of openings in a watertight bulkhead, or other internal structure that is required by these Regulations to be watertight, in a ship shall be the minimum compatible with the design and proper working of the ship.
Watertight bulkheads not to be pierced by trunkways.
So far as is practicable, a watertight bulkhead shall not be pierced by a trunkway installed in connexion with a ventilation, forced draught or refrigeration system.
Doorways in watertight bulkheads.
23.—(1.) The number of doorways (other than bunker or tunnel doorways) which pierce a watertight bulkhead in the machinery space of a ship shall not exceed one.
(2.) Where a watertight bulkhead in the machinery space of a ship is pierced by a doorway, the doorway shall be placed so that the sill of the doorway is as high as possible in the ship.
Certain openings in watertight bulkheads not to be made.
A watertight bulkhead outside the machinery space of a ship shall not be pierced by an opening which may be closed only by a portable bolted plate or plates.
Doorways, &c., In collision bulkheads, &c.
25.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, a doorway, manhole or access opening shall not be fitted—
(a) in the collision bulkhead of a ship below the margin line; or
(b) in any other watertight bulkhead which divides a cargo space from another cargo space or from a permanent or reserve bunker in the ship.
(2.) The Minister may approve of a bulkhead referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation which divides two between-deck cargo spaces being fitted with doorways if he is satisfied that—
(a) the doorways are necessary for the proper working of the ship;
(b) the distance of the outboard vertical edge of each doorway from the shell plating of the ship is not less than one-fifth of the breadth of the ship, measured at right angles to the centre line of the ship at the level of the deepest subdivision load water-line, from the shell plating of the ship; and
(c) the doorways are fitted so that the sills of the doorways are as high as possible in the ship.
Tunnels passing through watertight bulkheads.
26.—(1.) Where a tunnel in a ship, other than a tunnel running beneath the inner bottom, if any, of the ship, passes through a watertight bulkhead, the tunnel shall be watertight.
(2.) Where a tunnel required by the last preceding sub-regulation to be watertight is intended for use as a passage at sea—
(a) the means of access at one end of the tunnel shall be through a watertight trunkway extending to a height sufficient to permit access above the margin line; and
(b) the means of access at the other end of the tunnel shall be through a watertight door.
(3.) A tunnel shall not extend through the first watertight bulkhead abaft the collision bulkhead.
Div 7
Means of Closing Openings in Watertight Bulkheads, &c.
Division 7.—Means of Closing Openings in Watertight Bulkheads, &c.
All openings in watertight bulkheads to be closed by means of watertight doors, &c.
An opening in a bulkhead or other structure required by these Regulations to be watertight shall be provided with a watertight door or other watertight covering by means of which the opening may be closed and made watertight.
Sliding doors to be fitted.
28.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, a door fitted to an opening referred to in the last preceding regulation shall be a sliding door.
(2.) In the case of a Class I. ship, a hinged door may be fitted to an opening—
(a) in a bulkhead, not being a collision bulkhead, which divides one between-deck cargo space from another between-deck cargo space; or
(b) in a bulkhead or other structure in a passenger space, crew space or working space above a deck the underside of which at its lowest point is at least seven feet above the deepest sub-division load water-line.
(3.) A hinged door referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation shall be fitted with catches capable of being operated from each side of the bulkhead in which the door is fitted.
Div 8
Construction of Watertight Doors.
Division 8.—Construction of Watertight Doors.
Construction and fitting of watertight doors generally.
A watertight door shall be of such design, material and construction as will maintain the integrity of the watertight bulkhead in which it is fitted.
Material of watertight doors.
30.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, a watertight door, and the frame of a watertight door, shall be made of cast steel, mild steel or cast iron.
(2.) A watertight door, and the frame of a watertight door, which gives direct access to a space which may contain bunker coal shall not be made of cast iron.
Securing of watertight doors.
A watertight door shall be secured by means other than bolts and shall be closed by means other than gravity or a dropping weight.
Rubbing faces to be fitted to watertight doors.
32.—(1.) A sliding watertight door, or the frame of a sliding watertight door, shall be fitted with rubbing faces of brass or similar material.
(2.) If the width of the rubbing faces is less than one inch, the rubbing faces shall be fitted in recesses.
Screw gear on watertight doors.
If a screw gear is used for operating a sliding watertight door, the nut in which the screw works shall be made of a suitable non-corrodible metal.
Frame of watertight doors.
34.—(1.) The frame of a watertight door shall be properly fitted to the bulkhead in which the door is situated and the jointing material between the frame and the bulkhead shall be of a type which will not deteriorate or be injured when subject to heat.
(2.) The frame of a vertically sliding watertight door shall be so constructed—
(a) that there is no groove in the bottom of the frame in which dirt may lodge; and
(b) if the frame is of skeleton form—that dirt cannot lodge in the frame.
Vertically sliding watertight doors.
35.—(1.) The bottom edge of a vertically sliding watertight door shall be tapered or bevelled.
(2.) A vertically sliding watertight door which is operated by power shall be so constructed and fitted that, if the power supply ceases when the door is raised, the door will not drop.
Horizontally sliding watertight doors.
36.—(1.) A horizontally sliding watertight door shall be so installed as to prevent its moving if the ship rolls and, if necessary, a clip or other suitable device shall be provided to prevent the door from so moving.
(2.) A clip or device referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation shall not interfere with the closing of the door when the door is required to be closed.
Coal-bunker watertight doors.
A watertight door which is a coal-bunker door shall be provided with screens or other devices to prevent coal from interfering with the closing of the door.
Div 9
Means of Operating Sliding Watertight Doors.
Division 9.—Means of Operating Sliding Watertight Doors.
Certain doors to be operated by power.
38.—(1.) Where a Class I. ship is fitted with six or more sliding bulkhead watertight doors or has a criterion numeral exceeding thirty, all sliding bulkhead watertight doors, and all tunnel doors, in the ship shall be operated by power and shall be capable of being simultaneously closed from a central control situated on the bridge of the ship.
(2.) The last preceding sub-regulation does not apply to a ship if—
(a) there is only one sliding bulkhead watertight door, and only one tunnel door, in the ship; and
(b) both of those doors are in the machinery space of the ship.
(3.) In this regulation, “sliding bulkhead watertight door” means a sliding watertight door (other than a door at the entrance of a tunnel)—
(a) which is fitted in a bulkhead;
(b) which is in a position which may require it to be opened at sea; and
(c) the sill of which is below the deepest sub-division load waterline of the ship.
(4.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, all sliding watertight doors in a Class II. ship or Class III. ship required by paragraph 11 of the First Schedule to have a factor of sub-division of .5 or less shall be operated by power and shall be capable of being simultaneously closed from a central control situated on the bridge of the ship.
(5.) The last preceding sub-regulation does not apply to a ship if there is only one sliding watertight door in the ship and that door is in the machinery space of the ship.
(6.) A sliding watertight door which—
(a) is fitted between bunkers in the between decks of a ship below the bulkhead deck; and
(b) may be required to be opened at sea for the purpose of trimming coal,
shall be operated by power.
(7.) Where, in a ship—
(a) a trunkway which is part of a refrigeration, ventilation or forced draught system is carried through more than one transverse watertight bulkhead;
(b) the sill of an opening by which the trunkway is carried through such a bulkhead is less than seven feet above the deepest sub-division load water-line of the ship; and
(c) a sliding door is fitted to that opening,
that sliding door shall be operated by power.
Control of sliding watertight doors operated by power.
39.—(1.) Where a sliding watertight door in a ship is required by these Regulations to be operated by power from a central control on the bridge of the ship—
(a) the door shall also be capable of being operated by power at the door itself;
(b) the door shall close automatically if opened at the door itself after being closed from the central control;
(c) the door shall be capable of being kept closed at the door itself notwithstanding that an attempt may be made to open the door from the central control; and
(d) handles for controlling the power system which operates the door shall be provided at both sides of the bulkhead in which the door is situated and shall be so placed that a person is able to hold both handles in the open position simultaneously.
(2.) Where a ship is fitted with sliding watertight doors required by these Regulations to be operated by power—
(a) the ship shall be provided with at least two sources of power for opening and closing those doors;
(b) each of those sources of power shall be capable of operating all those doors simultaneously;
(c) an indicator shall be fitted on the bridge of the ship to show whether sufficient power is available for operating the doors;
(d) the fluid, if any, used for the purpose of operating the doors shall be incapable of freezing at temperatures likely to be encountered on the voyages on which the ship is, or will be, engaged; and
(e) each of those doors shall be provided with gear by which the door can be operated by hand both at the door itself and at an accessible position above the bulkhead deck of the ship, being gear which, at the position above the bulkhead deck, is operated with an all-round crank motion.
Control of sliding watertight doors not operated by power.
40.—(1.) Where a sliding watertight door in a ship is not required by these Regulations to be operated by power, the door shall be provided with gear by which the door can be operated by hand both at the door itself and at an accessible position above the bulkhead deck, being gear which is operated by an all-round crank motion.
(2.) Where a sliding watertight door is in a machinery space of a ship the gear by which the door can be operated by hand shall be situated outside the machinery space unless there is no position outside that space in which the controls can be placed without interfering with the efficiency of that gear.
Div 10
Watertight Doors—Signals and Communications.
Division 10.—Watertight Doors—Signals and Communications.
Watertight doors—signals.
41.—(1.) Each sliding watertight door in a ship shall be connected with an indicator at each position at which the door may be operated, other than at the door itself, showing whether the door is open or closed.
(2.) A control of a sliding watertight door in a ship, being a control which operates the door by power, shall be connected to a warning device which, upon any movement of the control to close the door, will give an audible warning at the door in sufficient time before the closing of the door to enable the movement of persons and articles away from the door.
(3.) If a watertight door on a ship is not capable of being operated from a central control, there shall be installed in the ship a telegraph, telephone or other means of communication by means of which an order to close the door may be promptly communicated from the bridge.
Bunker doors to be kept accessible.
The master of a ship shall cause a watertight door fitted in a bulkhead between a permanent bunker and a reserve bunker in the ship, not being a door referred to in sub-regulation (6.) of regulation 38 of these Regulations, to be kept accessible at all times.
Div 11
Openings in the Shell Plating below the Margin Line.
Division 11.—Openings in the Shell Plating below the Margin Line.
Openings—generally.
43.—(1.) The number of openings, and the number of each class of opening, in the shell plating of a ship below the margin line shall be the minimum compatible with the design and proper working of the ship.
(2.) An opening referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation shall be provided with a watertight covering, or other device, by means of which the opening may be closed and made watertight.
(3.) In this regulation, “opening” includes a side scuttle (whether opening or non-opening), a port, a scupper and a sanitary discharge opening.
Side scuttles not to be capable of being opened.
44.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, a side scuttle in a between decks of a ship shall not be capable of being opened.
(2.) Where a side scuttle in a ship is fitted in a between decks and the sill of that side scuttle, and of every other side scuttle in the between decks, is above a line drawn parallel to the bulkhead deck at side and having its lowest point at a distance equal to two and one-half per centum of the breadth of the ship above the deepest sub-division load water-line of the ship, the side scuttle may be an opening type if it can be opened only by means of a key or special tool which does not form part of the scuttle.
Side scuttle to be fitted with watertight deadlight.
45.—(1.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, a side scuttle which is fitted below the margin line of a ship shall be fitted with a watertight hinged deadlight which shall be permanently attached to the scuttle.
(2.) Where—
(a) a side scuttle is fitted below the margin line of a ship in a crew space or in a passenger space not intended for the carriage of steerage passengers; and
(b) the side scuttle is—
(i) abaft a point which is distant one-eighth of the length of the ship from the forward perpendicular of the ship; and
(ii) above a line drawn parallel to the bulkhead deck at side and having its lowest point at a distance equal to twelve feet plus two and one half per centum of the breadth of the ship above the deepest subdivision load water-line of the ship,
the side scuttle may be fitted with a portable watertight deadlight.
Position of side scuttles.
46.—(1.) A side scuttle shall not be fitted below the margin line of a ship in a space intended solely for the carriage of cargo or coal.
(2.) A side scuttle for automatic ventilation shall not be fitted below the margin line of a ship.
Discharges and inlets to prevent accidental admission of water.
47.—(1.) Each inlet and discharge led through the shell plating of a ship below the margin line of the ship shall be fitted with efficient and readily accessible means for preventing the accidental admission of water into the ship and, in particular, a discharge led through the shell plating of the ship from spaces below the margin line of the ship, not being a discharge in connexion with machinery, shall be provided with—
(a) one automatic non-return valve fitted with—
(i) means by which the valve can be closed from a readily accessible position above the bulkhead deck of the ship; and
(ii) an indicator at the position from which the valve can be closed to show whether the valve is open or closed; or
(b) two automatic non-return valves the upper of which—
(i) shall be of a horizontal balanced type which is normally closed; and
(ii) shall be so situated above the ship’s deepest subdivision load water-line as to be always accessible for examination under service conditions.
(2.) Where a valve fitted to a discharge in pursuance of the last preceding sub-regulation is—
(a) a geared valve; or
(b) the lower of two non-geared valves,
the valve shall be secured to the shell plating of the ship.
Material for cock or valve.
Where—
(a) a cock or valve is fitted to an inlet or discharge in a ship;
(b) the inlet or discharge is not connected with machinery; and
(c) the cock or valve is situated below the margin line of the ship or the failure of the cock or valve could affect the sub-division of the ship,
the cock or valve shall be made of steel, bronze or other suitable material.
Inlets or discharges connected with machinery.
A main or auxiliary inlet or discharge in a ship, being an inlet or discharge connected with machinery, shall be fitted with a cock or valve which—
(a) shall be situated between the pipe connected with the inlet or discharge and the shell plating of the ship or between that pipe and a fabricated box attached to the shell plating of the ship;
(b) if the bore of the cock or valve exceeds three inches—shall be made of steel, bronze or other suitable material; and
(c) if the cock or valve is made of steel—shall be protected against corrosion.
Discharge pipes.
50.—(1.) A discharge pipe led through the shell plating of a ship below the margin line shall not be fitted in a direct line between the outboard opening and the connexion with the deck, water closet or other thing to which the pipe is connected, but shall have a bend or elbow of substantial metal other than cast iron or lead.
(2.) A discharge pipe led through the shell plating of a ship below the margin line, and the valve or valves fitted to it, shall be protected from damage.
Bolt connecting cock, &c., to shell plating to be countersunk, &c.
A bolt which connects a cock, valve, discharge or inlet pipe, or other similar equipment, to the shell plating of a ship below the margin line of the ship shall—
(a) have its head outside the shell plating of the ship; and
(b) shall be either countersunk or cup-headed.
Watertight decks to be drained.
A drainage system shall be provided for the drainage of each watertight deck of a ship below the margin line of the ship and, where drainage pipes are used for that purpose, they shall be so fitted with valves, or otherwise so constructed, as to prevent the passage of water from one to another of the watertight compartments into which the ship is sub-divided in pursuance of this Part of these Regulations.
Ash shoots, rubbish shoots, &c.
53.—(1.) The inboard opening of an ash-shoot, rubbish-shoot or other similar shoot in a ship (not being an ash ejector or expeller to which sub-regulation (3.) of this regulation applies) shall be fitted with—
(a) a watertight cover; and
(b) where the opening is below the margin line of the ship—an automatic non-return valve in a readily accessible position above the deepest sub-division load water-line of the ship.
(2.) The valve referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation shall be of a horizontal balanced type which is normally closed and shall be provided with a control at the valve for securing it in a closed position.
(3.) An ash ejector or expeller the inboard opening of which is in the stokehold of a ship and below the deepest sub-division load water-line of the ship shall be fitted with equipment which will prevent water entering the ship through the ejector or expeller.
Gangway ports.
Where a gangway port, cargo port or coaling port is fitted below the margin line of a ship—
(a) the port shall be of adequate strength; and
(b) the lowest point of the port shall be above the deepest sub-division load water-line of the ship.
Div 12
Side and Other Openings Above the Margin Line.
Division 12.—Side and Other Openings Above the Margin Line.
Openings above the margin line.
A side scuttle, gangway port, cargo port, coaling port or any other opening in the shell plating of a ship above the margin line, and the means of closing such an opening, shall be of efficient design and construction and of sufficient strength having regard to the space in which the opening is fitted, the position of the opening relative to the deepest sub-division load water-line of the ship and the service, or the intended service, of the ship.
Div 13
Weather Deck.
Division 13.—Weather Deck.
Bulkhead deck, &c., to be weathertight.
The bulkhead deck, and every deck above the bulkhead deck, of a ship shall be weathertight and provided with freeing ports or scuppers capable of clearing the deck of water under all weather conditions.
Openings in weathertight deck.
An opening in a weathertight deck shall have a coaming of adequate height and strength and shall be provided with a weathertight cover by means of which the opening may be rapidly closed.
Div 14
Sub-division Load Lines.
Division 14.—Sub-division Load Lines.
Assignment of sub-division load lines.
The Minister may assign sub-division load lines to a ship.
Marking of sub-division load lines.
59.—(1.) A ship to which sub-division load lines have been assigned in pursuance of the last preceding regulation shall be marked on its sides amidships, in accordance with the next succeeding regulation, with the sub-division load lines so assigned.
(2.) The master or owner of a ship shall not take the ship to sea, or permit the ship to be taken to sea, unless the ship is marked as required by the last preceding sub-regulation.
Dimensions, &c., of marks.
60.—(1.) A mark indicating the position of a sub-division load line assigned to a ship shall consist of—
(a) in the case of a ship which is a load line ship for the purposes of Division 5 of Part IV. of the Act—a horizontal line one inch in breadth and nine inches in length; or
(b) in any other case—a horizontal line one inch in breadth and twelve inches in length.
(2.) A mark referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation—
(a) shall be painted in white or yellow on a dark ground or in black on a light ground; and
(b) shall be cut in or centre-punched on iron or steel ships or cut into the planking on wooden ships.
(3.) The marks referred to in sub-regulation (1.) of this regulation shall be identified—
(a) in the case of a Class I. ship or a Class II. ship—with the letter C and, in addition, if more than one sub-division load line has been assigned to the ship, with consecutive numbers beginning from the mark indicating the position of the deepest sub-division load line assigned to the ship, which shall be identified with the letter and number “C1”; or
(b) in the case of a Class III. ship—with the letter C and, in addition, if more than one sub-division load line has been assigned to the ship, with consecutive letters beginning from the mark indicating the position of the deepest sub-division load line assigned to the ship, which shall be identified with the letters “Ca”.
(4.) An identifying letter or number referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation shall be painted and cut or centre-punched, as the case may be, on the sides of the ship in the same manner as the mark to which the letter or number relates.
Part III.—Bilge Pumping Arrangements.
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1 Navigation (Construction of Passenger Ships) Regulations
NAVIGATION (CONSTRUCTION OF PASSENGER SHIPS) REGULATIONS.
Statutory Rules 1959, No. 45.(a)
Part I.—Preliminary.
Citation.
These Regulations may be cited as the Navigation (Construction of Passenger Ships) Regulations.
Parts.
These Regulations are divided into Parts, as follows:—
Part I.—Preliminary (Regulations 1-6).
Part II.—Watertight Sub-division.
Division 1.—General (Regulation 7).
Division 2.—Peak and Machinery Space Bulkheads, &c. (Regulations 8-10).
Division 3.—Double Bottoms (Regulations 11-15).
Division 4.—Stability in Damaged Condition (Regulations 16-18).
Division 5.—Construction of Watertight Bulkheads, &c. (Regulations 19-20).
Division 6.—Openings in Watertight Bulkheads, &c. (Regulations 21-26).
Division 7.—Means of Closing Openings in Watertight Bulkheads (Regulations 27-28).
Division 8.—Construction of Watertight Doors (Regulations 29-37).
Division 9.—Means of Operating Sliding Watertight Doors (Regulations 38-40).
Division 10.—Watertight Doors—Signals and Communications (Regulations 41-42).
Division 11.—Openings in the Shell Plating below the Margin Line (Regulations 43-54).
Division 12.—Side and other Openings above the Margin Line (Regulation 55).
Division 13.—Stores, Spare Gear and Tools (Regulation 229).
Division 14.—Means for Reversing Propelling Machinery (Regulation 230).
Part VII.—Miscellaneous (Regulations 231-233).
Interpretation.
3.—(1.) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—
“accommodation space” includes—
(a) passenger space;
(b) crew space;
(c) office space;
(d) pantry space other than main pantry space; and
(e) other similar space other than service space or open space on deck;
“breadth”, in relation to a ship, means the greatest moulded breadth of the ship at or below the ship’s deepest sub-division load water-line;
“bulkhead deck”, in relation to a ship, means the uppermost deck of the ship up to which transverse watertight bulkheads are carried;
“Class I. ship” means—
(a) a passenger ship registered in Australia that is engaged, whether regularly or intermittently, on international voyages other than short international voyages; or
(b) a passenger ship that is engaged, whether regularly or intermittently, in carrying passengers from Australia on international voyages other than short international voyages;
“Class II. ship” means—
(a) a passenger ship that is an Australian-trade ship; or
(b) a passenger ship that is engaged, whether regularly or intermittently, in carrying passengers from Australia on short international voyages,
but does not include a Class I. ship;
“Class III. ship” means a passenger ship that is a limited coast-trade ship, but does not include a Class I. ship or a Class II. ship;
“combustible material” means material other than incombustible material;
“control station” includes—
(a) a radiotelegraph room; or
(b) any other enclosed space which houses—
(i) a compass, a direction-finder, radar equipment, a steering wheel or other similar equipment used in navigation;
(ii) a control indicator connected with a system for the detection of fire or smoke; or
(iii) an emergency generator;
“crew space” has the same meaning as crew accommodation in the Navigation (Crew Accommodation) Regulations;
“criterion numeral”, in relation to a ship, means the criterion numeral of the ship determined in accordance with such of the provisions of the First Schedule as apply to the ship;
“draught”, in relation to a ship, means the vertical distance from the moulded base line amidships to a sub-division load water-line;
“factor of sub-division”, in relation to a ship or portion of a ship, means the factor of sub-division for the ship or that portion of the ship, as the case may be, determined in accordance with such of the provisions of the First Schedule as apply to that ship or that portion of the ship, as the case may be;
“floodable length”, in relation to a point along the length of a ship at a draught, means the maximum portion of the length of the ship having its centre at the point which, at the draught, under the assumption that the ship has no list, and under such of the assumptions of permeability set out in the First Schedule as are applicable to that portion, can be flooded without submerging any part of the margin line of the ship;
“incombustible material” means material which, when heated to a temperature of one thousand three hundred and eighty-two degrees Fahrenheit, neither burns nor gives off inflammable vapours in sufficient quantity to ignite at a pilot flame;
“independent power pump”, in relation to a ship, means a pump operated by power otherwise than from the main engines of the ship;
“international voyage” has the same meaning as in Part IV. (other than Division 5 of that Part) of the Act;
“length”, in relation to a ship, means the length measured between the perpendiculars at the extremities of the deepest sub-division load water-line of the ship;
“machinery space”, in relation to a ship—
(a) means the space extending from the moulded base line to the margin line of the ship and between the extreme transverse watertight bulkheads of the ship which bound the spaces appropriated to the main and auxiliary propelling machinery, the boilers, if any, and the permanent coal bunkers, if any, of the ship; and
(b) in Part V. of these Regulations, includes spaces which are occupied by refrigerating machinery, pumps, engineers’ workshops, generators, ventilation or air conditioning machinery or oil-filling stations and trunkways leading to those spaces;
“main circulating pump”, in relation to a ship, means the pump installed for the purpose of circulating water through the main condenser of the ship;
“main vertical zone”, in relation to a ship, means one of the main vertical zones into which the hull, superstructure and deckhouses of the ship are divided in accordance with sub-regulation (1.) of regulation 121 of these Regulations;
“margin line”, in relation to a ship, means a line drawn at least three inches below the upper surface of the bulkhead deck at the side of the ship and assumed for the purpose of determining the floodable length of the ship;
“mile” means a nautical mile of six thousand and eighty feet;
“passenger ship” has the same meaning as in Part IV. of the Act;
“passenger space” means space provided for the use of passengers;
“permeability”, in relation to a space in a ship, means the percentage of the space below the margin line of the ship which, on the assumption that it is equipped for the purpose for which it is intended, can be occupied by water;
“public room” includes a hall, a dining room, a bar room, a smoke-room, a lounge room, a recreation room, a children’s nursery and a library;
“radiotelegraph room” means the radiotelegraph room provided in a ship in accordance with the Navigation (Radio) Regulations;
“service space” includes galleys, main pantries, laundries, store rooms, paint rooms, baggage rooms, mail rooms, bullion rooms, carpenters’ workshops, plumbers’ workshops and any trunkway leading to such a space;
“short international voyage” has the same meaning as in Part IV. of the Act;
“sub-division load water-line”, in relation to a ship, means the water-line assumed in determining the sub-division of the ship in accordance with these Regulations;
“the Act” means the Navigation Act 1912-1956;
“watertight”, in relation to a structure in a ship, means capable of preventing the passage of water through the structure in any direction under a head of water up to the margin line of the ship;
“watertight bulkhead” means a bulkhead of a ship required by these Regulations to be watertight;
“watertight door” means a door required by these Regulations to be watertight;
“weathertight”, in relation to a structure, means capable of preventing the passage of sea water through the structure in ordinary sea conditions.
(2.) A reference in these Regulations to a Schedule by number shall be read as a reference to the Schedule so numbered to these Regulations.
Application.
These Regulations do not apply to or in relation to any ship other than a Class I. ship, a Class II. ship or a Class III. ship.
Exemptions.
The Minister may exempt from the application of these Regulations any ship the keel of which was laid before the date on which these Regulations came into operation (not being a ship converted on or after that date for service as a passenger ship) to the extent that he is satisfied that compliance with these Regulations is unreasonable or impracticable in relation to that ship.
Prescribed class of steamship for the purposes of section 206 (1.) of the Act.
For the purposes of sub-section (1.) of section 206 of the Act, steamships that are Class I. ships, Class II. ships or Class III. ships are a prescribed class of steamship.
Part II.—Watertight Sub-division.
Division 1.—General.
Watertight sub-division.
7.—(1.) A ship shall be sub-divided below the bulkhead deck by bulkheads into compartments, each of which shall not exceed the maximum length calculated for that compartment in accordance with the First Schedule.
(2.) Each bulkhead required by the last preceding sub-regulation shall be watertight up to the bulkhead deck.
(3.) Every other portion of the internal structure of the ship which affects the efficiency of the sub-division of the ship shall be watertight and of a design which will maintain the integrity of the sub-division.
Division 2.—Peak and Machinery Space Bulkheads, &c.
Collision bulkhead.
8.—(1.) A ship shall be provided with a collision bulkhead.
(2.) The collision bulkhead shall be watertight up to the bulkhead deck.
(3.) The distance between the collision bulkhead and the ship’s forward perpendicular shall be not less than five per centum of the length of the ship and not more than ten feet plus five per centum of the length of the ship.
(4.) If the ship has a forward superstructure, the collision bulkhead shall be extended to the deck next above the bulkhead deck.
(5.) Where an extension of the collision bulkhead is required by the last preceding sub-regulation—
(a) the extension shall be weathertight; and
(b) if the extension is not fitted directly over the bulkhead below—
(i) the distance between the extension and the ship’s forward perpendicular shall be not less than five per centum of the length of the ship; and
(ii) the part of the bulkhead deck which forms the step shall be made weathertight.
(6.) The plating and stiffeners of the extension required by sub-regulation (4.) of this regulation shall be constructed in accordance with the provisions of the Third Schedule as if the extension formed part of a bulkhead immediately below the bulkhead deck.
Afterpeak and machinery space bulkheads.
9.—(1.) A ship shall be provided with a watertight afterpeak bulkhead and with watertight bulkheads dividing the space appropriated to the main and auxiliary propelling machinery, the boilers, if any, and the permanent coal bunkers, if any, from other spaces.
(2.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, the bulkheads referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation shall be watertight up to the bulkhead deck.
(3.) The afterpeak bulkhead may be stopped below the bulkhead deck if the safety of the ship is not thereby impaired.
Stern gland and stern tube compartments.
10.—(1.) The stern gland of a ship shall be situated in a watertight shaft tunnel or other watertight space separate from the stern tube compartment and of such a volume that, if the tunnel or space is flooded, the margin line will not be submerged.
(2.) The stern tube of a ship shall be enclosed in a watertight compartment the volume of which shall be the smallest compatible with the proper design of the ship.
Division 3.—Double Bottoms.
Double bottoms.
11.—(1.) A ship the length of which is two hundred feet or more but less than two hundred and forty-nine feet shall be fitted with a watertight double bottom extending from the machinery space to, or to as near as is practicable to, the collision bulkhead.
(2.) Subject to the next succeeding sub-regulation, a ship the length of which is two hundred and forty-nine feet or more shall be fitted with a watertight double bottom extending from, or from as near as is practicable to, the collision bulkhead to, or to as near as is practicable to, the afterpeak bulkhead.
(3.) The last preceding sub-regulation does not require a double bottom to be fitted in the machinery space of a ship the length of which is less than three hundred and thirty feet.
Inner bottom of double bottom.
12.—(1.) The inner bottom of a double bottom fitted to a ship in pursuance of the last preceding regulation shall be continued out to the sides of the ship in such a manner as to protect the ship to the turn of the bilge.
(2.) The inner bottom shall be deemed to comply with the last preceding sub-regulation if the line of intersection of the outer edge of the margin plate of the inner bottom with the shell plating of the ship is not lower at any point than a horizontal plane passing through the point of intersection of the frame line amidships with a line inclined at an angle of twenty-five degrees to the base line amidships and cutting th
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