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[接上页] "public spaces" (公用舱) includes halls, dining rooms, bars, smoke rooms, lounges, recreation rooms, nurseries, libraries and similar public permanently enclosed spaces; "radiotelegraph room" (无线电报室) has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Radio Installations) Regulations (Cap 369 sub. leg.); "ro/ro cargo spaces" (滚装货舱) means spaces not normally subdivided in any way and extending to either a substantial length or the entire length of the ship in which goods (packaged or in bulk, in or on rail or road cars, vehicles (including road or rail tankers), trailers, containers, pallets, demountable tanks or in or on similar stowage units or other receptacles) can be loaded and unloaded normally in a horizontal direction; "ro/ro passenger ship" (滚装客船) means a passenger ship provided with cargo or vehicle spaces in which vehicles or cargo can be loaded or unloaded in a horizontal direction; "service space" (服务舱) includes galleys, pantries containing cooking appliances, lockers and storerooms, paint rooms, baggage rooms, workshops other than those forming part of machinery spaces, mail rooms and similar spaces and trunks to such spaces; "settling tank" (沉淀柜) means an oil storage tank having a heating surface of not less than 0.183 square metre per tonne of oil capacity; "similar stage of construction" (相若建造阶段) means the stage at which- (a) construction identifiable with a specific ship begins; and (b) assembly of that ship has commenced comprising at least 50 tonnes or 1% of the estimated mass of all structural material, whichever is less;"special category space" (特种舱) means any enclosed space above or below the bulkhead deck intended for the carriage of motor vehicles with fuel in their tanks for their propulsion, into and from which such vehicles can be driven and to which passengers have access; "stability information book" (稳定性资料册) means the book required to be provided in compliance with regulation 9A(8); (L.N. 139 of 1994) "steering gear control system" (舵机控制系统) means the equipment by which orders are transmitted from the navigating bridge to the steering gear power units. Steering gear control systems comprise transmitters, receivers, hydraulic control pumps and their associated motors, motor controllers, piping and cables; "steering gear power unit" (舵机动力机组) means- (a) in the case of electric steering gear, the electric motor and its associated electrical equipment; or (b) in the case of electro-hydraulic steering gear, the electric motor, its associated electrical equipment and connected pump; or (c) in the case of steam-hydraulic or pneumatic-hydraulic steering gear, the driving engine and connected pump;"steering position" (操舵位置) means the position from which the ship is being steered; (L.N. 109 of 2001) "subdivision load waterline" (分舱载重水线) means the waterline assumed in determining the subdivision of the ship in accordance with these regulations; "suitable" (适合) in relation to material means approved by the Director as suitable for the purpose for which it is used; "summer load waterline" (夏季载重水线) has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Load Line) Regulations (Cap 369 sub. leg.); "tons" (吨) means gross tons and a reference to tons- (a) in relation to a ship having alternative gross tonnages under paragraph 13 of Schedule 5 of the Merchant Shipping (Registration) (Tonnage) Regulations (Cap 415 sub. leg.) is a reference to the larger of those tonnages; and (b) in relation to a ship having its tonnage determined both under Part II and regulation 16 of those regulations is a reference to its gross tonnage as determined under regulation 16 of those regulations;"watertight" (水密), in relation to a structure, means capable of preventing the passage of water through the structure in any direction under the maximum head of water which it might have to sustain in the event of damage to the ship, but for structures below the bulkhead deck at least the head of water up to ship's margin line; (L.N. 139 of 1994) "weathertight" (风雨密) in relation to a structure means capable or preventing the passage of sea water through the structure in the worst sea and weather conditions likely to be encountered by the ship. (3) These regulations apply- (a) to new Hong Kong passenger ships wherever they may be; (b) subject to the exceptions mentioned below in this subregulation, to other new passenger ships while they are within the waters of Hong Kong; (c) to the extent that the Director deems reasonable and practical, to any major repairs, alterations or modifications to existing Hong Kong passenger ships,except that- (i) regulations 16, 17 and 20 shall not apply to other new passenger ships; but such ships shall comply instead with regulations 16, 17 and 19 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Passenger Ship Construction) (Ships Built Before 1 September 1984) Regulations (Cap 369 sub. leg.); |