Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction) (Amendment) Rules, 1989

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 97/1989
• Year: 1989

S.I. No. 97 of 1989.

MERCHANT SHIPPING (PASSENGER SHIP CONSTRUCTION) (AMENDMENT) RULES, 1989.

I, BRENDAN DALY, Minister for the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 10 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act, 1952 (No. 29 of 1952), as amended by section 9 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1966 (No. 20 of 1966), and the Communications (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1987 ( S.I. No. 91 of 1987 ), hereby make the following Rules: 1. (1) These Rules may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction) (Amendment) Rules, 1989.

(2) These Rules shall come into operation on the 1st day of May, 1989. 2. The Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction and Survey) Rules 1985 ( S.I. No. 274 of 1985 ), are hereby amended by—

(1) the insertion in Rule 1 (2) after the definition of "Ro/ro cargo spaces" of the following definition:

" 'ro/ro passenger ship' means a passenger ship provided with cargo or vehicle spaces in which vehicles or cargo can be loaded or unloaded in a horizontal direction;",

(2) the substitution for Rule 1 (3) of the following Rule:

"(3) ( a ) Subject to subparagraph (b) of this Rule, these Rules apply to:—

(i) new passenger ships (including ro/ro passenger ships) registered in the State and any passenger ships (including ro/ro passenger ships) registered in the State that have undergone major repairs, alterations or modifications on or after 1st September, 1984;

Provided that any such repairs, alterations or modifications carried out pursuant to a contract entered into before that date shall be deemed to have been carried out before that date, and

(ii) other new seagoing passenger ships (including ro/ro passenger ships), while they are within the State or the territorial waters thereof.

( b ) Part VIA of these Rules shall only apply to ro/ro passenger ships".,

(3) the insertion of the following part after Rule 80.

"PART VIA

Miscellaneous: Ships with Special Category or Ro/Ro Cargo Spaces

Access opening indicator lights

80A Indicators shall be provided on the navigating bridge of a passenger ship for all shell doors, loading doors and other closing appliances which if left open or not properly secured could, in the opinion of the Minister, lead to major flooding of a special category space or ro/ro cargo space. The indicator system shall be designed on the fail safe principle and shall show if the doors are not fully closed or not secured. The power supply for the indicator system shall be independent of the power supply for operating and securing the doors.

Supplementary emergency lighting

80B (1) All passenger public spaces and alleyways in a passenger ship shall be provided with supplementary electric lighting that can operate for at least three hours when all other sources of electric power have failed and under any condition of heel. The illumination provided shall be such that the approach to the means of escape can be readily seen. The source of power for the supplementary lighting shall consist of accumulator batteries located within the lighting units that are continuously charged, where practicable, from the emergency switchboard or any other means of lighting that, in the opinion of the Minister, is at least as effective. The supplementary lighting shall be such that any failure of the lamp will be immediately apparent. Any accumulator battery...