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[接上页] (a) internal combustion type machinery used either for main propulsion purposes, or for other purposes where such machinery has in the aggregate a total power output of not less than 375 kW; or (L.N. 412 of 1995) (b) any oil-fired boiler or oil-fired unit and trunks to such spaces;"Merchant Shipping Notice" (商船公告) means a Notice described as such, issued by the United Kingdom Department of Transport, and includes a reference to any document amending or replacing that Notice which is approved by the Director and notified to this effect in the Gazette; "new ship" (新船舶) means a ship the keel of which is laid or which is at a similar stage of construction on or after 25 May 1980; "oil-fired boiler" (燃油锅炉) means any boiler wholly or partly fired by liquid fuel not being a domestic boiler of less than 73.2 kW; "oil fuel unit" (燃油机组) means the equipment used for the preparation of oil fuel for delivery to an oil fired boiler or equipment used for the preparation for delivery of heated oil to an internal combustion engine, and includes any pressure pumps, filters and heaters dealing with oil at a pressure more than 1.8 kilograms per square centimetre; "open ro/ro cargo spaces" (开放式滚装货舱) are ro/ro cargo spaces which are open at both ends, or open at one end and provided with adequate natural ventilation effective over the entire length through permanent openings in the side plating or deck head; "passenger ship" (客船) means a ship carrying more than 12 passengers; "passenger space" (客舱) means space provided for the use of passengers; "Protocol of 1978" (1978年议定书) means the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974; "public spaces" (公用舱) are spaces used for halls, dining rooms, lounges and similarly permanently enclosed spaces; "Reid vapour pressure" (雷德蒸气压力) means the vapour pressure of a liquid as determined by laboratory testing in a standard manner in the Reid apparatus; "ro-ro cargo space" (滚装货舱) means a space in a ship- (a) which is not divided or subdivided in any way; and (b) which extends either the entire length of the ship or a substantial part thereof; and (c) into which vehicles, or goods loaded by means of a vehicle, are loaded; provided that such spaces are not used for bulk stowage of cargo;"sailing ship" (帆船) includes a ship provided with sufficient sail area for navigation under sails alone, whether or not fitted with mechanical means of propulsion; "service spaces" (服务舱) include galleys, main pantries, laundries, store rooms, paint rooms, baggage rooms, mail and specie rooms, workshops (other than those forming part of machinery spaces) and similar spaces and trunks to such workshops; "special category space" (特种舱) means an enclosed space above or below the bulkhead deck, which is intended for the carriage of motor vehicles with fuel in their tanks for their own propulsion and into and from which such vehicles can be driven and to which passengers have access; "tanker" (液货船) means a cargo ship constructed or adapted for the carriage in bulk of liquid cargoes of a flammable nature; "tons" (吨) means gross tons and the gross tonnage of a ship having alternative tonnages shall be taken to be the larger of those tonnages; "water seal" (水封) means an arrangement or device, using water, to prevent the back flow of gases or vapours from cargo tanks into gas safe spaces; "weather deck" (露天甲板) means a deck completely exposed to the weather from above and at least 2 sides. (3A) Any reference in these regulations to any of the following- (a) the Guidelines for Inert Gas Systems; (b) a British Standard; (c) the I.M.O. Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk; (d) the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk,shall include a reference to any document amending that publication which is considered by the Director to be relevant from time to time and is specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice. (L.N. 412 of 1995) (4) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), these regulations shall apply in relation to new Hong Kong ships wherever they may be and to other new ships while they are within waters of Hong Kong, except those the keels of which were laid or which were at a similar stage of construction on or after 1 September 1984. (b) These regulations shall not apply to the following non-Hong Kong ships- (i) cargo ships of less than 500 tons; (ii) troopships; (iii) ships not propelled by mechanical means; (iv) a ship by reason of her being within the waters of Hong Kong if she would not have been therein but for stress of weather or any other circumstance that neither the master nor the owner nor the charterer (if any) could have prevented.(c) For the purposes of this regulation "similar stage of construction" (相若建造阶段) means a stage at which- |