Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation On Board Ship) Regulations, 1951

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Year: 1951
• Citation: IR SI 95/1951

S.I. No. 95 of 1951.
MERCHANT SHIPPING (CREW ACCOMMODATION ON BOARD SHIP) REGULATIONS, 1951.
ARRANGEMENT OF ARTICLES.
PART I.
PRELIMINARY.
Article.
1. Short title and commencement.
2. Definitions.
3. Application.
4. Approved exemptions and variations.
PART II.
PLANNING OF CREW ACCOMMODATION.
5. Planning of crew accommodation.
PART III.
Crew Accommodation Requirements.
6. General requirements.
7. Ventilation.
8. Heating.
9. Lighting.
10. Sleeping rooms.
11. Mess room accommodation.
12. Catering accommodation.
13. Open spaces and recreation accommodation.
14. Sanitary accommodation.
15. Hospital accommodation.
16. Accommodation for oilskins, etc.
17. Departure from requirements of foregoing Articles.
18. General cleanliness, etc.
PART IV.
SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE WITH RESPECT TO EXISTING SHIPS AND ON CERTAIN RE-REGISTRATIONS.
19. Existing ship fully complete.
20. Existing ship in process of building or reconversion.
21. Certain re-registrations.
PART V.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Section
22. Inspection.
23. Spaces occupied by seamen or apprentices and appropriated to their use.
24. Copies of Regulations available for inspection.
25. Saver for more favourable conditions.
26. Detention of ship.
S.I. No. 95 of 1951.
MERCHANT SHIPPING (CREW ACCOMMODATION ON BOARD SHIP) REGULATIONS, 1951.
I, THOMAS F. O'HIGGINS, Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 12 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1947 (No. 46 of 1947), hereby order as follows :
PART I. PRELIMINARY.
	1 Short title and commencement.	1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation on Board Ship) Regulations, 1951.
(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1952.
	2 Definitions.	2. In these Regulations—
approved, approval.
the word "approved" means approved by the Minister and the word "approval" means approval by the Minister;
clear head room.
the expression "clear head room" means the distance from the floor to the underside of the deck beam;
crew accommodation.
the expression "crew accommodation" includes such sleeping rooms, mess rooms, catering accommodation (including store rooms and storage spaces) sanitary accommodation, hospital accommodation and recreation accommodation as are provided for the use of the crew ;
foreign-going.
the word "foreign-going" has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894;
Minister.
the expression "the Minister" means the Minister for Industry and Commerce;
officer.
the word "officer" means a person other than a master ranked as an officer by agreement between organisations of shipowners and seafarers or by custom;
passenger ship.
the expression "passenger ship" means a ship in respect of which there is in force either—
(a) a safety certificate issued in accordance with the provisions of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea for the time being in force, or
(b) a passenger steamer's certificate;
petty officer.
the expression "petty officer" means a rating serving in a supervisory position or position of special responsibility who is classed as a petty officer by agreement between organisations of shipowners and seafarers or by custom;
rating.
the word "rating" means a member of the crew other than an officer or master, and, unless otherwise provided, includes an indentured apprentice and a cadet;
re-registered
the word "re-registered" means re-registered on the occasion of a simultaneous change in the territory of registration and ownership of the vessel;
ship.
the word "ship" means a vessel to which these Regulations, by virtue of Article 3 thereof, apply ;
surveyor of ships.
the expression "surveyor of ships" means a person appointed by the Minister to be a surveyor of ships ;
tons.
the word "tons" means gross register tons.
	3 Application.	3.—(1) These Regulations apply to every seagoing mechanically propelled vessel, whether publicly or privately owned, which—
(a) is registered in the State, and
(b) is engaged in the transport of cargo or passengers for the purpose of trade, and
(c) is not—
(i) a vessel of less than 200 tons, or
(ii) a vessel primarily propelled by sail but having an auxiliary engine, or
(iii) a vessel engaged in fishing or in whaling or in similar pursuits, or
(iv) a tug, or
(v) a passenger vessel of less than 500 tons which is used solely for plying on short excursions between the 1st day of April and the 31st day of October inclusive during daylight and in fine weather.
(2) In this Article, the word " seagoing " means proceeding beyond the seaward limits of the harbour of the port from which the voyage begins.
	4 Approved exemptions and variations.	4.—(1) These Regulations shall have effect in relation to ships of 200 tons or over but under 500 tons, subject (without prejudice to any other exemption provided for by these Regulations) to any exemption that may be approved, whether in respect of a particular such vessel or a class of such vessels, but such approval shall not be given save after consultation by the Minister with organisations of shipowners and seafarers.
(2) The requirements contained in Part III of these Regulations shall have effect as respects any particular ship subject to such (if any) variations as may be approved, but such approval shall not be given unless the Minister, after consulation with organisations of shipowners and seafarers, is satisfied that the variations to be approved provide corresponding advantages as a result of which the over-all conditions are not less satisfactory than those which would result from full compliance with these Regulations.
PART II. PLANNING OF CREW ACCOMMODATION.
	5 Planning of crew accommodation.	5.—(1) Before the construction of a ship is begun, a plan of the ship showing the location and general arrangement of the crew accommodation shall be submitted for approval and such plan shall be on a scale of—
(a) in the case of a passenger ship for more than twelve passengers, at least one-eight of an inch to a foot,
(b) in any other case, at least a quarter of an inch to a foot.
(2) Before the construction of the crew accommodation is begun and before the crew accommodation in an existing ship is altered or reconstructed, detailed plans of, and information concerning, the accommodation, showing on the scale mentioned in paragraph (1) of this Article and in detail the allocation of each space, the disposition of furniture and fittings, the means and arrangement of ventilation, lighting and heating, the measures for preventing or retarding fire and the sanitary arrangements, shall be submitted for approval.
(3) In the case of emergency or temporary alteration or reconstruction effected outside the State, paragraph (2) of this Article shall be deemed to be complied with if the plans referred to in that paragraph are subsequently submitted for approval.
PART III. CREW ACCOMMODATION REQUIREMENTS.
	6 General requirements.	6.—(1) The location, means of access, structure and arrangement in relation to other spaces of crew accommodation shall be such as to ensure adequate security, protection against weather and sea, and insulation from heat or cold, undue noise or effluvia from other spaces.
(2) There shall be no direct openings into sleeping rooms from spaces for cargo and machinery or from galleys, lamp and paint rooms or from engine, deck and other bulk storerooms, drying rooms, communal wash places or water closets. That part of the bulkhead separating such places from sleeping rooms and external bulkheads shall be efficiently constructed of steel or other approved substance and shall be watertight and gastight.
(3) External bulkheads of sleeping rooms and mess rooms shall be adequately insulated. All machinery casings and all boundary bulkheads of galleys and other spaces in which heat is produced shall be adequately insulated where there is a possibility of resulting heat effects in adjoining accommodation or passageways. Care shallalso be taken to provide protection from heat effects of service pipes, whether hot-water or steam pipes.
(4) Internal bulkheads shall be of approved material which is not likely to harbour vermin.
(5) Sleeping rooms, mess rooms, recreation rooms, the galley and alley-ways in the crew accommodation space shall be adequately insulated to prevent condensation or over-heating.
(6) Main steam and exhaust pipes for winches and similar gear shall not, in ships of 500 tons or over, pass through crew accommodation nor, whenever technically possible, through alley-ways leading to crew accommodation ; where they do pass through such alley-ways they shall be adequately insulated and encased. In the case of ships of less than 500 tons, main steam and exhaust pipes for winches and similar gear may pass through crew accommodation and through alley-ways leading to crew accommodation provided that they are adequately insulated and encased in those places.
(7) Inside panelling or sheeting shall be of material with a surface easily kept clean. Tongued and grooved boarding or any other form of construction likely to harbour vermin shall not be used.
(8) The wall surface and deckheads in sleeping rooms and mess rooms shall be capable of being easily kept clean, and, if painted, shall be light in colour ; lime wash must not be used.
(9) The wall surfaces shall be renewed or restored as necessary.
(10) The decks in all crew accommodation shall be of approved material and construction and shall provide a surface impervious to damp and easily kept clean.
(11) Where the floorings are of composition, the joinings with side shall be rounded to avoid crevices.
(12) Sufficient drainage shall be provided.
	7 Ventilation.	7.—(1) Sleeping rooms, mess...