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[接上页] (d) any ship which embodies features of a novel kind, from any of the requirements of these regulations if the application might, in his opinion, seriously impede research into the development of such features and their incorporation in ships engaged on international voyages, if she complies with safety requirements which, in the opinion of the Director, are adequate for the service for which it is intended and are such as to ensure the overall safety of the ship; (e) any ship of Class I or II employed in special trades for the carriage of large numbers of special trade passengers, such as the pilgrim trade, from any of the requirements of these regulations, if she complies fully with the provisions of- (i) the Final Act of the International Conference on Special Trade Passenger Ships 1971 (Cmnd. 5103); and (ii) the Protocol on Space Requirements for Special Trade Passenger Ships 1973 (Cmnd. 5530). (Enacted 1991) Cap 369AL reg 3 Classification of passenger ships (1) For the purposes of these regulations passenger ships shall be arranged in the following Classes: Ships engaged on international voyages Class I-Ships engaged on voyages (not being short international voyages) any of which are long international voyages. Class II-Ships engaged on voyages (not being long international voyages) any of which are short international voyages. Ships not engaged on international voyages Class II(A)-Ships engaged on voyages of any kind other than international voyages. (2) In this regulation the following expressions have the following meanings respectively- "long international voyage" (长途国际航程)means an international voyage which is not a short international voyage within the meaning of Part II of the Ordinance; "voyage" (航程) includes an excursion. (Enacted 1991) Cap 369AL reg 4 Structural strength The structural strength of every ship to which these regulations apply shall be sufficient for the service for which the ship is intended. (Enacted 1991) Cap 369AL reg 5 Application of Part II PART II WATERTIGHT SUBDIVISION Save where the context otherwise requires, this Part applies to every ship to which these regulations apply, except that- (i) a ship to which this Part applies which complies fully with all the equivalent requirements specified in IMCO Resolution A265 (VIII) need not comply with the requirements of this Part; and (ii) a Hong Kong passenger ship and to which these regulations apply shall comply with regulations 16 and 17 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Passenger Ship Construction and Survey) (Ships Built On or After 1 September 1984) Regulations (Cap 369 sub. leg.) in substitution for compliance with regulations 16 and 17 of these regulations. (Enacted 1991) Cap 369AL reg 6 Watertight subdivision Every ship to which this Part applies shall be subdivided by bulkheads, which shall be watertight up to the bulkhead deck, into compartments the maximum length of which shall be calculated in accordance with such of the provisions of Schedule 1 as apply to that ship. Every other portion of the internal structure which affects the efficiency of the subdivision of the ship shall be watertight, and shall be of a design which will maintain the integrity of the subdivision. (Enacted 1991) Cap 369AL reg 7 Peak and machinery space bulkheads, shaft tunnels, etc. (1) Every ship to which this Part applies shall be provided with a collision bulkhead which shall be watertight up to the bulkhead deck and shall be fitted at a distance from the ship's forward perpendicular of not less than 5% of the length of the ship and not more than 3.05 metres plus 5% of such length. If the ship has a forward superstructure, the collision bulkhead shall be extended weathertight to the deck next above the bulkhead deck. The extension shall not be required to be fitted directly over the bulkhead below, provided that it is at least 5% of the length of the ship from the forward perpendicular and the part of the bulkhead deck which forms the step is made effectively weathertight. The plating and stiffeners of such extension shall be constructed in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 4 as if the extension formed part of a bulkhead immediately below the bulkhead deck. (2) Every such ship shall be provided with a watertight afterpeak bulkhead and with watertight bulkheads dividing the space appropriated to the main and auxiliary propelling machinery, boilers, if any, and the permanent coal bunkers, if any, from other spaces. Such bulkheads shall be watertight up to the bulkhead deck, provided that the afterpeak bulkhead may be stopped below the bulkhead deck if the safety of the ship is not thereby impaired. (3) The stern gland of every such ship shall be situated in a watertight shaft tunnel or other watertight space separate from the stern tube compartment and of such a volume that if the tunnel or space is flooded the margin line will not be submerged. The stern tube shall be enclosed in a watertight compartment, the volume of which shall be the smallest compatible with the proper design of the ship. |