Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction and Survey) Rules, 1985

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 274/1985
• Year: 1985

S.I. No. 274 of 1985.
MERCHANT SHIPPING (PASSENGER SHIP CONSTRUCTION AND SURVEY) RULES, 1985.
ARRANGEMENT OF RULES.
PART I— GENERAL
1. Citation, commencement, interpretation and application.
2. Exemption for certain classes of ships and individual ships.
3. Classification of ships.
4. Structural strength.
PART IIA— WATERTIGHT SUBDIVISION.
5. Application of Part II A.
6. Watertight subdivision.
7. Peak and machinery space bulkheads, shaft tunnels, etc.
8. Double bottoms.
9. Stability information.
10. Intact stability.
11. Stability in damaged condition.
12. Ballasting.
13. Construction of watertight bulkheads, etc.
14. Openings in watertight bulkheads, etc.
15. Means of closing openings in watertight bulkheads, etc.
16. Means of operating sliding watertight doors.
17. Watertight doors: signals and communications.
18. Construction and testing of watertight doors.
19. Ships carrying goods vehicles and accompanying personnel—watertight doors.
20. Openings in the shell plating below the margin line.
21. Side and other openings above the margin line.
22. Markings of doors, valves and mechanisms.
23. Weather deck.
24. Partial subdivision above the margin line.
25. Subdivision load lines.
26. Exhibition of damage control plans.
PART II B— SHIPS NOT REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH PART II A
27. Application of Part II B.
28. Stability.
29. Openings in the sides of the ship.
PART III— BILGE PUMPING ARRANGEMENTS
30. Application of Part III.
31. General.
32. Number and type of bilge pumps: ships of Classes I and II.
33. Number and type of bilge pumps: ships of Classes II (A) and III.
34. Number and type of bilge pumps, etc.: ships of Classes IV and VI inclusive.
35. Requirements for bilge pumps and bilge suctions.
36. Arrangement of bilge pipes.
37. Diameter of bilge suction pipes.
38. Precautions against flooding through bilge pipes.
39. Bilge valves, cocks, etc.
40. Bilge mud boxes and strum boxes.
41. Sounding pipes.
PART IV— ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND INSTALLATIONS
42. Application of Part IV.
43. General.
44. Main source of electrical power and main switchboards: ships of classes I to III inclusive.
45. Lighting systems.
46. Emergency and transitional source of electrical power and emergency switchboards: ships of Classes I, II and II (A).
47. Starting arrangements for emergency generating sets: ships of Classes I, II, and II(A).
48. Emergency electric power services supplies: ships of Classes I, II and II(A).
49. Emergency source of electric power and emergency switchboard: ships of Class III.
50. Distribution systems.
51. Location and construction of electric cables.
52. General precautions against shock, fire and other hazards.
53. Electrical equipment in hazardous areas and spaces.
54. Spare parts and tools.
PART V—BOILERS AND MACHINERY
55. Application of Part V.
56. General.
57. Machinery.
58. Means of manoeuvring and going astern.
59. Boilers and other pressure vessels.
60. Boiler feed systems.
61. Steam pipe systems.
62. Air pressure systems.
63. Cooling systems.
64. Oil fuel installations: (boilers and machinery).
65. Oil fuel installations: (cooking ranges and other heating appliances).
66. Oil systems for lubricating, heating, cooling and control.
67. Machinery controls.
68. Steering gear.
69. Electric and electro-hydraulic steering gear.
70. Ventilating systems in machinery spaces.
71. Protection against noise.
72. Communication between navigating bridge and machinery space.
73. Engineers' alarm.
74. Spare gear.
PART VI—MISCELLANEOUS
75. Application of Part VI.
76. Means of escape.
77. Guard rails, stanchions and bulwarks.
78. Anchor handling equipment, anchors and chain cables.
79. Hawsers and warps.
80. Gas welding, flame cutting and domestic gaseous fuel installations.
PART VII—SURVEYS AND CERTIFICATION
81. Survey requirements.
82. Maintenance of conditions after survey.
83. Issue of certificate.
84. Duration and validity of certificates.
PART VIII—EQUIVALENTS
85. Alternative construction, equipment and machinery.
SCHEDULES.
First Schedule — Calculation of maximum length of watertight compartments. Second Schedule — Stability information. Third Schedule — Stability in damaged condition. Fourth Schedule — Construction of watertight bulkheads, etc. Fifth Schedule — Measurement of noise levels in machinery spaces. Sixth Schedule — Guard rails, stanchions and bulwarks. Seventh Schedule — Areas of smooth waters and partially smooth waters.
S.I. No. 274 of 1985.
MERCHANT SHIPPING (PASSENGER SHIP CONSTRUCTION AND SURVEY) RULES, 1985.
I, JAMES MITCHELL, Minister for Communications, 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. 30 of 1966), and the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1983 , (No. 40 of 1983), hereby make the following Rules:
PART I—GENERAL
	1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and application.	1. (1) These Rules may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Passenger Ship Construction and Survey) Rules, 1985, and shall come into operation on the 16th day of September, 1985.
(2) In these Rules the following expressions have the following meanings respectively:
"accommodation spaces" means:
( a ) public spaces;
( b ) corridors and lobbies;
( c ) stairways;
( d ) lavatories;
( e ) cabins;
( f ) offices;
( g ) crew spaces;
( h ) hairdressing salons;
( i ) pantries not containing cooking appliances;
( j ) lockers; and
( k ) space similar to any of the foregoing and trunks to such space;
"approved" means approved by the Minister;
"auxiliary steering gear" means the equipment, other than any part of the main steering gear, necessary to steer the ship in the event of failure of the main steering gear but not including the tiller, quadrant or components serving the same purpose;
"breadth of the ship" means the greatest moulded breadth at or below the ship's deepest subdivision load waterline;
"bulkhead deck" means the uppermost deck up to which transverse watertight bulkheads are carried;
"control room" means a room either within or outside a propelling machinery space from which propelling machinery and boilers may be controlled;
"control stations" means spaces in which radio or main navigating equipment, or the emergency source of power, or the central fire recording equipment, or fire control equipment, or fire extinguishing installations are located, or a control room located outside a propelling machinery space;
"crew space" means crew accommodation within the meaning of the Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation on Board Ship) Regulations, 1951 ( S.I. No. 95 of 1951 );
"criterion numeral" in relation to any ship means the criterion numeral of the ship determined in accordance with such provisions of the First Schedule to these Rules as apply to that ship;
"dangerous goods" means goods defined as such in the Merchant Shipping (Dangerous Goods) Rules, 1983 ( S.I. No. 306 of 1983 );
"dead ship condition" means the condition under which the main propulsion plant, boilers and auxiliaries are not in operation due to the absence of power;
"deadweight" means the difference in tonnes between the displacement of a ship in water of a specific gravity of 1.025 and the lightweight of the ship;
"emergency condition" means a condition under which any services needed for normal operational and habitable conditions are not in working order due to failure of the main source of electrical power;
"emergency source of electrical power" means a source of electrical power intended to supply the emergency switchboard in the event of failure of the supply from the main source of electrical power;
"emergency switchboard" means a switchboard which in the event of a failure of the main electrical power supply is directly supplied by the emergency source of electrical power or the transitional source of emergency electrical power and is intended to distribute electrical energy to the emergency services;
"enclose superstructure" has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping (Load Lines) Rules, 1968, ( S.I. No. 205 of 1968 );
"equivalent material" where the words are used in the expression "steel or other equivalent material" means any material which, by itself or due to insulation provided, has structural and integrity properties equivalent to steel at the end of an appropriate fire test;
"existing passenger ship" means a passenger ship which is not a new passenger ship;
"factor of subdivision" in relation to any ship or portion thereof means the factor of subdivision determined in accordance with such of the provision of the First Schedule to these Rules as apply to that ship or portion as the case may be;
"favourable weather" means fine, clear settled weather with a sea state such as to cause only moderate rolling and/or pitching;
"floodable length" in relation to any portion of a ship at any draught means the maximum length of that portion having its centre at a given point in the ship which, at that draught and under such of the assumptions of permeability set forth in the First Schedule to these Rules as are applicable in the circumstances, can be flooded without submerging any part of the ship's margin line when the ship has no list;
"forward perpendicular" means the forward extremity of the length of the ship as defined in this Rule;
"freeboard deck" has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping (Load Line) Rules, 1968 ( S.I. No. 205 of 1968 );
"hazardous area" means an area in which explosive gas-air mixtures are, or may be expected to...