PART IIIFIRE PREVENTION AND FIRE APPLIANCESSHIPS OTHER THAN PASSENGER SHIPS AND TANKERSSHIPS OF CLASS VII OF 500 TONS OR OVER

Requirements for ships constructed on or after 25th May 1980

22.  Where a fire hazard exists in any machinery space for which no specific provisions for fire-extinguishing are made in regulations 20 and 21 there shall be provided in, or adjacent to that space sufficient number of portable fire extinguishers to ensure that at least one extinguisher is not more than 10 metres walking distance from any position within that space unless equivalent means of fire extinction are provided.