Div 14Sub-division Load Lines.

Division 14.—Sub-division Load Lines.

Assignment of sub-division load lines.

58. 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.