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(Cap 369 sections 99, 107 and 112) [2 August 1991] (L.N. 291 of 1991) Cap 369W reg 1 Citation, interpretation and application PART I PRELIMINARY (1) These regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Fire Protection) (Ships Built Before 25 May 1980) Regulations. (1A) (Omitted as spent) (2) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires- "accommodation space" (起居舱) means passenger spaces, corridors, lavatories, cabins, offices, crew spaces, shops, isolated pantries and lockers and similar spaces; "Administration" (主管机关) means the government of the state of whose flag the ship is entitled to fly; "approved" (批准) means approved by the Director; (L.N. 411 of 1995) "cargo ship" (货船) means any ship which is not a passenger ship; "cargo spaces" (货舱) means spaces used for cargo including cargo oil tanks, slop tanks and trunks to such spaces; "Category A tanker" (A类液货船) and "Category A combination carrier" (A类油类/散货两用船) mean, respectively, a tanker or a combination carrier, registered in Hong Kong and constructed or adapted to carry crude oil and petroleum products having a closed fishponds not exceeding 60 degrees Celsius the Reid vapour pressure of which is below that of atmospheric pressure, and other liquids having a similar fire hazard and the keel of which- (a) was laid, or which was at a similar stage of construction, on or after 1 February 1975; or (b) was laid, or was at a similar stage of construction, before 1 February 1975 but was completed after 31 December 1978;"Chemical tanker" (化学品液货船) means a tanker constructed or adapted and used for the carriage in bulk of any liquid product of a flammable nature listed in Chapter VI of the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk; (L.N. 411 of 1995) "Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk" (《散装运输危险化学品船舶构造和设备规则》) means the code so entitled adopted by the International Maritime Organization by Resolution A212(VII); "Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk" (《散装运输液化气体船舶构造和设备规则》) means the code so entitled adopted by the International Maritime Organization by Resolution A. 328(IX); (L.N. 411 of 1995) "combination carrier" (油类/散货两用船) means a tanker designed to carry oil or solid cargoes in bulk; "control station" (控制站) includes those spaces in which radio, main navigating or central fire-recording equipment or the emergency generator is located; "crew space" (船员舱) means crew accommodation within the meaning of section 97(7) of the Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) Ordinance (Cap 478); (44 of 1995 s. 143) "dangerous goods of Classes 1 to 5" (第1至5类别危险货物) means goods so classed in the Merchant Shipping (Safety)(Dangerous Goods) Regulations (Cap 369 sub. leg.); "deadweight" (载重量) means the difference in tonnes between the displacement of a ship in water of a specific gravity of 1.025 at the load waterline corresponding to the assigned summer freeboard and the lightweight of the ship; "gas carrier" (气体运输船) means a tanker constructed or adapted and used for the carriage in bulk of any liquefied gas or other substance of a flammable nature listed in either- (a) Chapter XIX of the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk; or (b) Chapter XIX of the Gas Carrier Code for Existing Ships, whichever Code is applicable; (L.N. 411 of 1995)"Gas Carrier Code for Existing Ships" (《现有船舶气体运输船规则》) means the 1976 edition of the International Maritime Organization's Code for Existing Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk as amended by the 4 sets of amendments adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of the Organization in, respectively, April 1978, May 1979, May 1980, and November 1984; (L.N. 411 of 1995) "Guidelines for Inert Gas Systems" (《惰性气体系统指南》) (MSC/Circ 353) are the guidelines of that name forming part of the publication "Inert Gas Systems" 1983 Edition, published by the International Maritime Organization; "Hong Kong ship" (香港船舶) means a ship registered in Hong Kong; "length" (长度) means, in relation to a registered ship, registered length, and, in relation to an unregistered ship, the length from the fore part of the stem to the aft side of the head of the stern post or, if no stern post is fitted to take the rudder, to the fore side of the rudder stock at the point where the rudder passes out of the hull; "lightweight" (空载重量) means the displacement of a ship in tonnes without cargo, oil fuel, lubricating oil, ballast and fresh water in tanks, stores together with passengers and crew and their effects; "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; |