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[接上页] "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 kilowatts; "oil-fuel unit" (燃油机组) means the equipment used for the preparation of oil fuel for delivery to the oil burners of an oil-fired boiler and includes the oil pressure pumps, filters and heaters; "passenger space" (客舱) means space provided for the use of passengers; "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; "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 space" (服务舱) includes galleys, main pantries, laundries, store rooms, paint rooms, baggage rooms, mail rooms, bullion rooms, carpenters' and plumbers' workshops, 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; "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 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 these 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;"water seal" (水封) means an arrangement or device, using water, to prevent the back flow of gases or vapour from cargo tanks. (L.N. 411 of 1995)(3) Any reference in these regulations to- (a) the Guidelines for Inert Gas Systems; (b) a British Standard; (c) the 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; (e) the Gas Carrier Code for Existing Ships,shall include a reference to any document amending that publication which is specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice for the time being in force and stated to be published for the purpose of this subregulation. (L.N. 411 of 1995) (4) (a) Subject to subregulations (5) and (6), these regulations shall apply to every ship of which the keel was laid, or which was at a similar stage of construction, before 25 May 1980. (L.N. 411 of 1995) (b) These regulations shall apply to Hong Kong ships wherever they may be and other ships while they are within the waters of Hong Kong. (c) For the purpose of this subregulation "similar stage of construction" (相若建造阶段) means, in relation to a ship, the stage at which- (i) construction identifiable with a particular ship began; and (ii) assembly of that ship has commenced comprising at least 50 tonnes or 1% of the estimated mass of all structural material whichever is the less.(5) These regulations shall not apply to the following non-Hong Kong ships- (a) cargo ships of less than 500 tons; (b) troopships; (c) ships not propelled by mechanical means; (d) a ship by reason of her being within the waters of Hong Kong if she would not have been in any such waters but for stress of weather or any circumstance that neither the master nor owner nor charterer (if any) could have prevented.(6) (a) Every passenger ship of Class I or Class II, and every passenger ship of Class II(A) of 21.34 metres in length or over, carrying more than 36 passengers, shall comply with the following- (i) regulation 3(6)(d), (e) and (f) not later than 1 October 1997; and (ii) all the requirements of the Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Fire Protection) (Ships Built On or After 1 September 1984) Regulations (Cap 369 sub. leg.) not later than 1 October 2010. (b) Every passenger ship of Class II(A) of less than 21.34 metres in length carrying more than 36 passengers shall comply with regulation 15(3)(a)(iii) and (b)(iii) not later than 1 October 2000. (L.N. 411 of 1995) (Enacted 1991) Cap 369W reg 2 Classification of ships (1) For the purpose of these regulations ships shall be arranged in the following classes- Passenger ships Class I Passenger ships engaged on voyages (not being short international voyages) any of which are long international voyages. Class II Passenger ships engaged on voyages (not being long international voyages) any of which are short international voyages. Class II(A) Passenger ships in respect of which there is or should be in force a certificate entitled "Passenger Certificate Class II(A)" being a certificate for ships engaged on voyages of any kind other than international voyages. |