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Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act 1932

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This is the original version (as it was originally enacted).

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I Safety of Life at Sea.

    1. Construction and Surveys.

      1. 1.Construction and survey regulations to implement Chapter II of Safety Convention.

      2. 2.Amendments as to declarations of survey.

      3. 3.Alteration of ships and additional surveys.

    2. Life-Saving Appliances.

      1. 4.Rules for life-saving appliances to implement Chapter III of Safety Convention.

      2. 5.Amendments of Merchant Shipping Acts as to lifesaving appliances.

    3. Wireless Telegraphy.

      1. 6.Wireless telegraphy rules to implement Chapter IV of Safety Convention.

      2. 7.Amendments of 9 and 10 Geo. 5. c. 38.

      3. 8.Appointment of wireless telegraphy surveyors.

      4. 9.Survey of passenger steamers by wireless telegraphy surveyors.

      5. 10.Survey of ships other than passenger steamers by wireless telegraphy surveyors.

    4. Certificates.

      1. 11.Issue of safety certificates and passenger steamers' exemption certificates.

      2. 12.Modification of safety certificates as respects life saving appliances.

      3. 13.Issue of wireless telegraphy certificates and wireless telegraphy exemption certificates.

      4. 14.Prohibition on proceeding to sea without certificate.

      5. 15.Miscellaneous provisions as to certificates.

    5. Provisions as to Safety Convention Ships not registered in the United Kingdom.

      1. 16.Certificates of Convention ships not registered in United Kingdom.

      2. 17.Modifications as to survey of passenger steamers holding Convention certificate.

      3. 18.Miscellaneous privileges of passenger steamers holding Convention certificate.

      4. 19.Wireless telegraphy provisions applicable to ships holding Convention certificate.

      5. 20.Duty to produce Convention certificate.

      6. 21.Modification of existing provisions for exemption of ships not registered in United Kingdom.

    6. Miscellaneous Provisions for furthering Safety of Life at Sea.

      1. 22.Duties as to watertight doors and other contrivances.

      2. 23.Submersion of subdivision load lines.

      3. 24.Report of dangers to navigation.

      4. 25.Provisions as to signals.

      5. 26.Obligation to render assistance on receiving wireless distress call.

      6. 27.Signalling lamps.

      7. 28.Carriage of dangerous goods.

      8. 29.Method of giving helm orders.

      9. 30.Careful navigation near ice.

      10. 31.Notice of Atlantic routes.

      11. 32.Contribution towards a service for watching ice and derelicts in the North Atlantic.

    7. Supplemental.

      1. 33.Amendment of s. 267 of principal Act.

      2. 34.Power to amend rules and regulations to correspond with amendments of Safety Convention.

      3. 35.Certain rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament.

      4. 36.Application of Part I to British possessions, protectorates and mandated territories.

      5. 37.Countries to which Safety Convention applies.

      6. 38.Interpretation of Part I.

      7. 39.Commencement of Part I and repeal.

  3. PART II Load Line and Loading.

    1. Preliminary.

      1. 40.Ships exempt from Part II.

      2. 41.Classification of ships for purpose of Part II.

    2. Marking and Submersion of Load Lines.

      1. 42.Load line rules.

      2. 43.Marking of deck-line and load lines.

      3. 44.Submersion of load line.

      4. 45.Miscellaneous offences in relation to marks.

      5. 46.Inspection of ships with respect to load line.

    3. Certificates.

      1. 47.Issue of load line certificates and effect thereof.

      2. 48.Duration, renewal and cancellation of certificates.

      3. 49.Ships not to proceed to sea without certificate.

      4. 50.Publication of load line certificate and particulars relating to depth of loading.

      5. 51.Insertion of particulars as to load line in agreements with crew.

    4. Special Provisions as to Load Line Convention Ships not registered in the United Kingdom.

      1. 52.Load line certificates of Convention ships not registered in United Kingdom.

      2. 53.Inspection and control of Convention ships not registered in United Kingdom.

      3. 54.Certificates of Convention ships to be produced to Customs.

      4. 55.Modification of existing provisions for exemption of ships not registered in United Kingdom.

    5. General Provisions as to Ships not registered in the United Kingdom.

      1. 56.Survey, marking and conditions of assignment in case of ships not registered in United Kingdom.

      2. 57.Submersion of load line on ships not registered in United Kingdom.

      3. 58.Inspection of ships not registered in United Kingdom.

      4. 59.Load line certificates of ships not registered in United Kingdom.

      5. 60.Certificates to be produced to Customs by ships not registered in United Kingdom.

    6. Loading of Timber.

      1. 61.Carriage of timber deck cargo.

    7. Supplemental.

      1. 62.Amendment of ss. 436 and 454 of the principal Act.

      2. 63.Power to amend rules to correspond with amendments of Load Line Convention.

      3. 64.Application of Part II to British possessions, protectorates and mandatory territories.

      4. 65.Countries to which the Load Line Convention applies.

      5. 66.Interpretation of Part II.

      6. 67.Commencement of Part II and repeal.

  4. PART III General.

    1. 68.Provisions as to rules and regulations.

    2. 69.Notice to be given to Consular officer where proceedings taken in respect of foreign ships.

    3. 70.Cost of detaining ships.

    4. 71.Forgery of certificates.

    5. 72.Summary prosecution of offences.

    6. 73.Interpretation and construction.

    7. 74.Short title, citation and repeal.

  5. SCHEDULES.

    1. FIRST SCHEDULE

      International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1929.

      1. CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY.

        1. ARTICLE 1.

        2. ARTICLE 2 Applications and Definitions.

          1. 1.The provisions of the present Convention shall apply to ships...

          2. 2.The classes of ships to which each Chapter applies are...

          3. 3.In the present Convention, unless expressly provided otherwise—

          4. 4.The present Convention, unless expressly provided otherwise, does not apply...

        3. ARTICLE 3 Cases of Force Majeure.

      2. CHAPTER II CONSTRUCTION.

        1. ARTICLE 4. Application.

          1. 1.This Chapter, except where it is otherwise expressly provided, applies...

          2. 2.A new passenger ship is a ship the keel of...

          3. 3.Each Administration may, if it considers that the route and...

          4. 4.In the case of a passenger ship which, in the...

          5. 5.In the case of existing passenger ships engaged on international...

          6. 6.In the case of passenger ships engaged on international voyages...

          7. 7.This Chapter does not apply to ships which are not...

        2. ARTICLE 5 Watertight Subdivision of Ships.

          1. 1.Ships shall be as efficiently subdivided as is possible having...

          2. 2.The degree of subdivision provided for by these requirements varies...

          3. 3.Regulations I to V indicate the method to be followed...

          4. 4.In order that the required degree of subdivision shall be...

        3. ARTICLE 6 Peak and Machinery Space Bulkheads, Shaft Tunnels, &c.

        4. ARTICLE 7 Construction, Testing, &c.

        5. ARTICLE 8 Stability Test.

        6. ARTICLE 9 Entries in the Official Log Book.

        7. ARTICLE 10 Initial and Subsequent Surveys of Ships.

      3. CHAPTER III LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES, &C.

        1. ARTICLE 11. Interpretation.

        2. ARTICLE 12 Application.

          1. 1.This Chapter, except where it is otherwise expressly provided, applies...

          2. 2.Special provisions are laid down in Articles 13, 14, 19...

          3. 3.Each Administration, if it considers that the route and the...

          4. 4.In the case of existing passenger ships which are mechanically...

          5. 5.In the case of passenger ships which are mechanically propelled...

        3. ARTICLE 13 Lifeboats and Buoyant Apparatus.

        4. ARTICLE 14 Ready Availability and Adequacy.

        5. ARTICLE 15 Standard types of Boats. Life Rafts. Buoyant Apparatus.

        6. ARTICLE 16 Construction of Boats.

        7. ARTICLE 17 Embarkation of the Passengers in the Boats.

        8. ARTICLE 18 Capacity of Boats and Life Rafts.

        9. ARTICLE 19 Equipment of Boats and Life Rafts.

        10. ARTICLE 20 Life-jackets and Life-buoys.

          1. 1.Every ship to which this Chapter applies shall carry for...

          2. 2.Every such ship shall also carry life-buoys of a type...

          3. 3.A life-jacket or life-buoy shall not be approved by an...

          4. 4.In this Article the expression " life-jacket " includes any...

        11. ARTICLE 21 Means of Ingress and Egress. Emergency Lighting.

          1. 1.Proper arrangements shall be made for ingress to and egress...

          2. 2.Provision shall be made for an electric or other system...

          3. 3.The exit from every main compartment occupied by passengers or...

        12. ARTICLE 22 Certificated Lifeboatmen. Manning of the Boats.

          1. 1.In every ship to which this Chapter applies there must...

          2. 2.The allocation of the certificated lifeboatmen to each boat and...

          3. 3.By " certificated lifeboatman " is meant any member of...

          4. 4.The manning of the boats shall be as prescribed in...

        13. ARTICLE 23 Line-throwing Appliances.

        14. ARTICLE 24 Dangerous Goods. Fire Protection.

          1. 1.The carriage, either as cargo or ballast, of goods which...

          2. 2.The arrangements to be made for the detection and extinction...

        15. ARTICLE 25 Muster Roll and Drills.

      4. CHAPTER IV RADIOTELEGRAPHY.

        1. ARTICLE 26. Application and Definition.

          1. 1.This Chapter applies to all ships engaged on international voyages...

          2. 2.For the purposes of this Chapter a cargo ship means...

        2. ARTICLE 27 Fitting of Radio Installation.

          1. 1.All ships to which this Chapter applies shall, unless exempted...

          2. 2.Each Administration may delay the application of the provisions of...

        3. ARTICLE 28 Exemptions from the Requirements of Article 27.

          1. 1.Each Administration may, if it considers that the route and...

          2. 2.Each Administration may, in addition, exempt ships belonging to its...

          3. Annex to Article 28.

            1. 1.The Baltic Sea and approaches thereto East of a line...

            2. 2.The portions of the Gulf of Tartary and the Sea...

            3. 3.The Chosen (Tyosen) Strait between a line in the North...

            4. 4.The Yellow Sea North of Parallel 37° North.

            5. 5.The Formosa Strait between a line in the North drawn...

            6. 6.The area within the following limits :— Parallel 10° N....

            7. 7.The Caribbean Sea, outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United...

            8. 8.The area of the South Pacific Ocean bounded by the...

            9. 9.The Tong King Gulf and portions of the China Sea...

            10. 10.The portions of the Indian Ocean covered in voyages between...

            11. 11.The portions of the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea...

        4. ARTICLE 29 Watches.

          1. 1.Passenger Ships. Each passenger ship which, in accordance with Article...

          2. 2.Cargo Ships Each cargo ship which, in accordance with Article...

          3. 3.On all ships fitted with an auto-alarm this auto-alarm shall,...

          4. 4.By " auto-alarm " is meant an automatic alarm receiver...

          5. 5.By " qualified operator " is meant a person holding...

          6. 6.By " certified watcher " is meant any person holding...

        5. ARTICLE 30 Watchers.

          1. 1.A watcher's certificate shall not be granted by a Contracting...

          2. 2.The Contracting Governments undertake to take steps to ensure that...

        6. ARTICLE 31 Technical Requirements.

        7. ARTICLE 32 Competence.

      5. CHAPTER V SAFETY OF NAVIGATION.

        1. ARTICLE 33. Application.

        2. ARTICLE 34 Danger Messages.

        3. ARTICLE 35 Meteorological Services.

        4. ARTICLE 36 Ice Patrol. Derelicts.

        5. ARTICLE 37 Ice Patrol. Management and Cost.

        6. ARTICLE 38 Speed near Ice.

        7. ARTICLE 39 North Atlantic Routes.

        8. ARTICLE 40 Collision Regulations.

        9. ARTICLE 41 Helm Orders.

        10. ARTICLE 42 Misuse of Distress Signals.

        11. ARTICLE 43 Alarm, Distress and Urgency Signals.

        12. ARTICLE 44 Speed of Distress Messages.

        13. ARTICLE 45 Distress Messages. Procedure.

          1. 1.The master of a ship on receiving on his ship...

          2. 2.The master of a ship in distress, after consultation, so...

          3. 3.A master shall be released from the obligation imposed by...

          4. 4.A master shall be released from the obligation imposed by...

          5. 5.If a master of a ship, on receiving a wireless...

          6. 6.The provisions of this Article do not prejudice the International...

        14. ARTICLE 46 Signalling Lamp.

        15. ARTICLE 47 Direction-finding Apparatus.

        16. ARTICLE 48 Manning.

      6. CHAPTER VI CERTIFICATES.

        1. ARTICLE 49. Issue of Certificates.

        2. ARTICLE 50 Issue of Certificate by another Government.

        3. ARTICLE 51 Form of Certificates.

        4. ARTICLE 52 Duration of Certificates.

        5. ARTICLE 53 Acceptance of Certificates.

        6. ARTICLE 54 Control.

        7. ARTICLE 55 Privileges.

        8. ARTICLE 56 Qualification of Certificate.

      7. CHAPTER VII GENERAL PROVISIONS.

        1. ARTICLE 57. Equivalents.

        2. ARTICLE 58 Laws, Regulations, Reports.

        3. ARTICLE 59 Measures taken after Agreement.

        4. ARTICLE 60 Prior Treaties and Conventions.

          1. 1.The present Convention replaces and abrogates the Convention for the...

          2. 2.All other treaties, conventions and arrangements, relating to safety of...

          3. 3.All subjects which are not expressly provided for in the...

        5. ARTICLE 61 Modifications Future Conferences.

          1. 1.Modifications of the present Convention which may be deemed useful...

          2. 2.Conferences for the purpose of revising the present Convention shall...

      8. CHAPTER VIII FINAL PROVISIONS.

        1. ARTICLE 62. Application to Colonies, &c.

          1. 1.A Contracting Government may, at the time of signature, ratification,...

          2. 2.A Contracting Government may at any time by a notification...

          3. 3.The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and...

        2. ARTICLE 63 Authentic Texts. Ratification.

        3. ARTICLE 64 Accession.

        4. ARTICLE 65 Date of coming in Force.

        5. ARTICLE 66 Denunciation.

      9. ANNEX I

        REGULATIONS.

        1. CONSTRUCTION.

          1. REGULATION I Definitions.

            1. 1.The subdivision loadline is the waterline used in determining the...

            2. 2.The length of the ship is the length measured between...

            3. 3.The breadth of the ship is the extreme width from...

            4. 4.The bulkhead deck is the uppermost deck up to which...

            5. 5.The margin line is a line drawn parallel to the...

            6. 6.The draught is the vertical distance from the top of...

            7. 7.The permeability of a space is the percentage of that...

            8. 8.The machinery space is to be taken as extending from...

            9. 9.Passenger spaces are those which are provided for the accommodation...

            10. 10.In all cases volumes shall be calculated to moulded lines....

          2. REGULATION II Floodable Length.

            1. 1.The floodable length at any point of the length of...

            2. 2.In a ship with a continuous bulkhead deck, the floodable...

            3. 3.In the case of a ship not having a continuous...

          3. REGULATION III Permeability.

            1. 1.The definite assumptions referred to in Regulation II relate to...

            2. 2.(a) For steamships the uniform average permeability throughout the machinery...

            3. 3.The uniform average permeability throughout the portion of the ship...

            4. 4.If a between deck compartment between two watertight transverse bulkheads...

          4. REGULATION IV Permissible Length of Compartments.

            1. 1.Factor of Subdivision.—The maximum permissible length of a compartment having...

            2. 2.Criterion of Service.—For a ship of given length the appropriate...

            3. 3.Rules for Subdivision.— (a) The subdivision abaft the fore peak...

          5. REGULATION V. Special Rules concerning Subdivision.

            1. 1.A compartment may exceed the permissible length determined by the...

            2. 2.In ships 430 feet (131 metres) in length and upwards,...

            3. 3.A main transverse bulkhead may be recessed provided that all...

            4. 4.A main transverse bulkhead may be stepped provided that—

            5. 5.Where a main transverse bulkhead is recessed or stepped, an...

            6. 6.If the distance between two adjacent main transverse bulkheads, or...

            7. 7.Where a main transverse watertight compartment contains local subdivision and...

            8. 8.Where it is proposed to fit watertight decks, inner skins...

          6. REGULATION VI Peak and Machinery Space Bulkheads, Shaft Tunnels, &c.

            1. 1.Every ship shall have a forepeak or collision bulkhead, which...

            2. 2.An afterpeak bulkhead, and bulkheads dividing the machinery space, as...

            3. 3.In all cases stern tubes shall be enclosed in watertight...

          7. REGULATION VII Assigning, Marking and Recording of Subdivision Loadlines.

            1. 1.The subdivision loadlines assigned and marked under the provisions of...

            2. 2.The freeboard corresponding to each of these loadlines inserted in...

            3. 3.In no case shall any subdivision loadline mark be placed...

            4. 4.Whatever may be the position of the subdivision loadline marks,...

          8. REGULATION VIII Construction and Initial Testing of Watertight Bulkheads, &c.

            1. 1.Watertight subdivision bulkheads, whether transverse or longitudinal, shall be constructed...

            2. 2.Steps and recesses in bulkheads shall be watertight and as...

            3. 3.Testing main compartments by filling them with water is not...

            4. 4.The fore peak shall be tested with water to a...

            5. 5.Double bottoms, including duct keels, and inner skins are to...

            6. 6.Tanks which are intended to hold liquids, and which form...

          9. REGULATION IX Openings in Watertight Bulkheads.

            1. 1.The number of openings in watertight bulkheads shall be reduced...

            2. 2.(a) Where pipes, scuppers, electric-light cables, &c, are carried through...

            3. 3.(a) No doors, manholes, or access openings are permitted—

            4. 4.(a) Watertight doors fitted in bulkheads between permanent and reserve...

            5. 5.Within the machinery space and apart from bunker and shaft...

            6. 6.(a) The only types of watertight doors permissible are hinged...

            7. 7.(a) Hinged watertight doors in passenger, crew, and working spaces...

            8. 8.All other watertight doors shall be sliding doors.

            9. 9.(a) When any watertight doors which may be sometimes opened...

            10. 10.Portable plates on bulkheads shall not be permitted except in...

            11. 11.All watertight doors shall be kept closed during navigation except...

            12. 12.Where trunkways or tunnels for access from crew's accommodation to...

          10. REGULATION X Openings in Ship's Sides below the Margin Line.

            1. 1.The arrangement and efficiency of the means for closing any...

            2. 2.(a) If in a between decks, the sills of any...

            3. 3.Efficient hinged inside deadlights arranged so that they can be...

            4. 4.Sidescuttles fitted below the bulkhead deck, other than those referred...

            5. 5.Sidescuttles and their deadlights, which will not be accessible during...

            6. 6.No sidescuttles shall be fitted in any spaces which are...

            7. 7.Automatic ventilating sidescuttles shall not be fitted in the ship's...

            8. 8.All machinery and other inlets and discharges in the ship's...

            9. 9.The number of scuppers, sanitary discharges and other similar openings...

            10. 10.Discharges led through the ship's sides from spaces below the...

            11. 11.Gangway, cargo and coaling ports fitted below the margin line...

            12. 12.The inboard opening of each ash-shoot, rubbish-shoot, &c, shall be...

          11. REGULATION XI Construction and Initial Tests of Watertight Doors, Sidescuttles, die.

            1. 1.The design, materials and construction of all watertight doors, sidescuttles,...

            2. 2.Each watertight door shall be tested by water pressure to...

          12. REGULATION XII Construction and Initial Tests of Watertight Decks, Trunks, &c.

            1. 1.Watertight decks, trunks, tunnels, duct keels and ventilators shall be...

            2. 2.After completion a hose or flooding test shall be applied...

          13. REGULATION XIII Periodical Operation and Inspection of Watertight Doors, &c.

          14. REGULATION XIV Entries in the Official Log Book.

          15. REGULATION XV Double Bottoms.

            1. 1.In ships 200 feet (61 metres) and under 249 feet...

            2. 2.In ships 249 feet (76 metres) and under 330 feet...

            3. 3.In ships 330 feet (100 metres) in length and upwards...

            4. 4.Where a double bottom is required to be fitted the...

            5. 5.Wells constructed in the double bottom in connection with the...

          16. REGULATION XVI Fire-resisting Bulkheads.

          17. REGULATION XVII Side and other Openings, &c., above the Margin Line.

            1. 1.Sidescuttles, gangway, cargo and coaling ports, and other means for...

            2. 2.The bulkhead deck or a deck above it shall be...

            3. 3.Freeing ports and/or scuppers shall be fitted as necessary for...

          18. REGULATION XVIII Exits from Watertight Compartments.

            1. 1.In passenger and crew spaces, practicable means of exit to...

            2. 2.Practicable means of escape for the crew shall be provided...

          19. REGULATION XIX Pumping Arrangements.

            1. 1.Steamships.

            2. 2.Steamships.

            3. 3.Steamships.

            4. 4.Steamships.

            5. 5.Steamships.

            6. 6.Steamships.

            7. 7.Steamships.

            8. 8.Steamships.

            9. 9.Steamships.

            10. 10.Steamships.

            11. 11.Steamships.

            12. 12.Steamships.

            13. 13.Motor Ships.

          20. REGULATION XX Power for Going Astern.

          21. REGULATION XXI Auxiliary Steering Apparatus.

          22. REGULATION XXII Initial and Subsequent Surveys of Ships.

            1. 1.Every new or existing ship shall be subjected to the...

            2. 2.The surveys referred to above shall be carried out as...

            3. 3.The detailed regulations referred to in sub-paragraph (2) shall prescribe...

          23. REGULATION XXIII Maintenance of Conditions after Survey.

        2. LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES, &C.

          1. REGULATION XXIV Standard Types of Boats.

          2. REGULATION XXV Lifeboats of Class I.

          3. REGULATION XXVI Boats of Glass II.

          4. REGULATION XXVII Motor Boats.

          5. REGULATION XXVIII Life Rafts.

          6. REGULATION XXIX Buoyant Apparatus.

          7. REGULATION XXX Cubic Capacity of Lifeboats of Class 1.

            1. 1.The cubic capacity of a lifeboat of Class I shall...

            2. 2.For example, the capacity in cubic metres (or cubic feet)...

            3. 3.If the sheer of the gunwale, measured at the two...

            4. 4.If the depth of the boat amidships exceeds 45 per...

            5. 5.If the depth of the boat is greater than 122...

            6. 6.Each Administration shall impose, by suitable formulae, a limit for...

            7. 7.Each Administration reserves the right to assign to a boat...

            8. 8.The cubic capacity of a motorboat is obtained from the...

          8. REGULATION XXXI Deck Area of Boats of Class II.

            1. 1.The area of the deck of a decked boat shah...

            2. 2.For example, the surface in square metres (or square feet)...

          9. REGULATION XXXII Marking of Boats, Life Rafts and Buoyant Apparatus.

          10. REGULATION XXXIII Carrying Capacity of Boats.

            1. 1.The number of persons which a boat of one of...

            2. 2.The standard units of capacity and surface for determining the...

            3. 3.The Administration may accept, in place of 0.325 or 3...

          11. REGULATION XXXIV Capacity Limits.

          12. REGULATION XXXV Equivalent for and Weight of the Persons.

          13. REGULATION XXXVI Equipment of Boats and Life Rafts.

            1. 1.The normal equipment of every boat shall consist of :—...

            2. 2.Where the number of lifeboats carried on a ship is...

            3. 3.The normal equipment of every approved life raft shall consist...

            4. 4.In the case of a ship which is engaged in...

          14. REGULATION XXXVII Stowage and Handling of Boats and Life Rafts.

            1. 1.Subject to the conditions of Regulation XXXVIII, the lifeboats may...

            2. (2).The lifeboats and life rafts additional to boats stowed under...

            3. (3).As large a number as possible of the additional boats...

            4. (4).Boats may only be stowed on more than one deck...

            5. (5).Boats shall not be placed in the bows of the...

            6. (6).Davits shall be of approved form and so disposed on...

            7. (7).The davits, blocks, falls and all other gear shall be...

            8. (8).The davits shall be fitted with gear of sufficient power...

            9. (9).The boats attached to the davits shall have the falls...

            10. (10).Where more than one boat is served by the same...

            11. 11.On short international voyages where the height of the boat...

          15. REGULATION XXXVIII Number and Capacity of Boats, Life Rafts, die, and Davits.

            1. 1.A ship shall be provided with sets of davits in...

            2. 2.A ship engaged on short international voyages shall be provided...

          16. REGULATION XXXIX Table relating to davits and lifeboat capacity.

          17. REGULATION XL Life-Jackets and Life-Buoys.

            1. 1.A life-jacket shall satisfy the following requirements:—

            2. 2.A lifebuoy shall satisfy the following requirements :—

            3. 3.The minimum number of life-buoys with which ships are to...

            4. 4.All the buoys shall be fitted with beckets securely seized....

            5. 5.All the fife-buoys and life-jackets shall be so placed as...

          18. REGULATION XLI Certificated Lifeboatmen.

          19. REGULATION XLII Manning of Boats.

          20. REGULATION XLIII Fire Detection and Extinction.

            1. 1.An efficient patrol system shall be maintained, so that any...

            2. 2.Every ship shall be provided with powerful pumps, operated by...

            3. 3.The service pipes shall permit of two powerful jets of...

            4. 4.Provision shall be made whereby at least two powerful jets...

            5. 5.A sufficient number of portable fluid fire extinguishers shall be...

            6. 6.Two equipments, consisting of a smoke helmet or breathing apparatus...

            7. 7.In steamships in which the main boilers are oil fired,...

            8. (8).In vessels propelled by internal combustion engines there shall be...

            9. (9).In steamships using oil fuel, if the engine and boiler...

            10. (10).Where any special type of appliance, extinguishing medium or arrangement...

            11. (11).All the fire-extinguishing appliances shall be thoroughly examined at least...

          21. REGULATION XLIV Muster List.

          22. REGULATION XLV Musters and Drills.

        3. SAFETY OF NAVIGATION.

          1. REGULATION XLVI Transmission of Information.

            1. Information Required.

            2. Examples.

        4. CERTIFICATES.

          1. REGULATION XLVII

            1. Form of Safety Certificate for Passenger Ships.

            2. Form of Safety Radiotelegraphy Certificate.

            3. Form of Exemption Certificate.

      10. ANNEX II

        INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA.

        FINAL ACT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA.

        1. I

          1. SAFETY OPERATORS.

        2. II

          1. (A.)

          2. (B.)

        3. III

          1. AS REGARDS CONSTRUCTION.

            1. 1. Stability.

            2. 2. Openings in Bulkheads and Ship's Sides.

            3. 3. Services of Special Risk.

          2. AS REGARDS LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES, &C.

            1. 4. Means of Clinging to Boats.

            2. 5. Dangerous Goods.

          3. AS REGARDS RADIOTELEGRAPHY

            1. 6. Alarm Signal.

            2. 7. Cyclone Warnings.

            3. 8. Wave Lengths.

          4. AS REGARDS SAFETY OF NAVIGATION.

            1. 9. Radio Aids to Navigation.

            2. 10. Synchronised Radio and Under-Water Signals.

            3. 11. Depth-Sounding Apparatus.

            4. 12. Life-Saving Signals.

            5. 13. Shore Lights.

            6. 14. Collision Regulations,—Aircraft.

          5. AS REGARDS CERTIFICATES.

            1. 15. Recognition of Convention Standards.

    2. SECOND SCHEDULE

      International Convention Respecting Load Lines, 1930.

      1. CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY.

        1. ARTICLE 1. General Obligation of Convention.

        2. ARTICLE 2 Scope of Convention.

          1. 1.This Convention applies to all ships engaged on international voyages,...

          2. 2.Ships when engaged on international voyages between the near neighbouring...

          3. 3.All agreements and arrangements relating to load line or matters...

        3. ARTICLE 3 Definitions.

        4. ARTICLE 4 Cases of " Force Majeure. "

      2. CHAPTER II LOAD LINE : SURVEY AND MARKING.

        1. ARTICLE 5. General Provisions.

        2. ARTICLE 6 Provisions for Steamers carrying Timber Deck Cargoes.

          1. 1.A steamer which has been surveyed and marked under Article...

          2. 2.A steamer when using the timber load line shall comply...

        3. ARTICLE 7 Provisions for Tankers.

        4. ARTICLE 8 Provisions for Ships of Special Types.

        5. ARTICLE 9 Survey.

        6. ARTICLE 10 Zones and Seasonal Areas.

      3. CHAPTER III CERTIFICATES.

        1. ARTICLE 11. Issue of Certificates.

        2. ARTICLE 12 Issue of Certificates by another Government.

        3. ARTICLE 13 Form of Certificate.

        4. ARTICLE 14 Duration of Certificates.

          1. 1.An International Load Line Certificate shall, unless it is renewed...

          2. 2.An International Load Line Certificate may be renewed from time...

          3. 3.An Administration shall cancel any International Load Line Certificate issued...

        5. ARTICLE 15 Acceptance of Certificates.

        6. ARTICLE 16 Control.

          1. 1.A ship to which this Convention applies, when in a...

          2. 2.Only officers possessing the necessary technical qualifications shall be authorised...

          3. 3.If control under this Article appears likely to result in...

        7. ARTICLE 17 Privileges.

      4. CHAPTER IV GENERAL PROVISIONS.

        1. ARTICLE 18. Equivalents.

        2. ARTICLE 19 Laws, Regulations, Reports.

        3. ARTICLE 20 Modifications, Future Conferences.

          1. 1.Modifications of this Convention which may be deemed useful or...

          2. 2.Conferences for the purpose of revising this Convention shall be...

      5. CHAPTER V FINAL PROVISIONS.

        1. ARTICLE 21. Application to Colonies.

          1. 1.A Contracting Government may, at the time of signature, ratification,...

          2. 2.A Contracting Government may at any time by a notification...

          3. 3.The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and...

        2. ARTICLE 22 Authentic Texts.—Ratification.

        3. ARTICLE 23 Accession.

        4. ARTICLE 24 Date of Coming in Force.

        5. ARTICLE 25 Denunciation.

      6. FINAL PROTOCOL.

        1. I

        2. II

        3. III

      7. ANNEX I

        Rules for determining Maximum Load Lines of Merchant Ships.

        1. PART I General.

          1. RULE I Definitions.

          2. RULE II Deck Line.

          3. RULE III Load Line Disc.

          4. RULE IV Lines to be used in connection with the Disc.

          5. RULE V Mark of Assigning Authority.

          6. RULE VI Details of Marking.

          7. RULE VII Verification of Marks.

        2. PART II Conditions of Assignment of Load Lines.

          1. Openings in Freeboard and Superstructure Decks.

            1. RULE VIII Cargo and other Hatchways not protected by Superstructures.

            2. RULE IX Hatchway Coamings.

            3. RULE X Hatchway Covers.

            4. RULE XI Hatchway Beams and Fore-and-Afters.

            5. RULE XII Carriers or Sockets.

            6. RULE XIII Cleats.

            7. RULE XIV Battens and Wedges.

            8. RULE XV Tarpaulins.

            9. RULE XVI Security of Hatchway Covers.

            10. RULE XVII Cargo and other Hatchways in the Freeboard Deck within Superstructures which are fitted with Closing Appliances less efficient than Class 1.

            11. RULE XVIII Hatchway Coamings and Closing Arrangements.

            12. RULE XIX Machinery Space Openings in Exposed Positions on Freeboard and Raised Quarter Decks.

            13. RULE XX Machinery Space Openings in Exposed Positions on Superstructure Decks other than Raised Quarter Decks.

            14. RULE XXI Machinery Space Openings in the Freeboard Deck within Superstructures which are fitted with Closing Appliances less efficient than Class I.

            15. RULE XXII Flush Bunker Scuttles.

            16. RULE XXIII Companionways.

            17. RULE XXIV Ventilators in Exposed Positions on Freeboard and Superstructure Decks.

            18. RULE XXV Air Pipes.

          2. Openings in the Sides of Ships.

            1. RULE XXVI Gangway, Cargo and Coaling Ports, &c.

            2. RULE XXVII Scuppers and Sanitary Discharge Pipes.

            3. RULE XXVIII Side Scuttles.

            4. RULE XXIX Guard Rails.

            5. RULE XXX Freeing Ports.

            6. RULE XXXI Protection of Crew.

        3. PART III Load Line for Steamers.

          1. RULE XXXII Length (L).

          2. RULE XXXIII Breadth (B).

          3. RULE XXXIV Moulded Depth.

          4. RULE XXXV Depth for Freeboard (D).

          5. RULE XXXVI Coefficient of Fineness (c).

          6. RULE XXXVII Strength.

          7. Superstructures.

            1. RULE XXXVIII Height of Superstructure.

            2. RULE XXXIX Standard Height of Superstructure.

            3. RULE XL Length of Superstructure (S).

            4. RULE XLI Enclosed Superstructure.

            5. RULE XLII Superstructure Bulkheads.

          8. Appliances for Closing Access Openings in Bulkheads at ends of Detached Superstructures.

            1. RULE XLIII Class 1 Closing Appliances.

            2. RULE XLIV Class 2 Closing Appliances.

          9. Temporary Appliances for Closing Openings in Superstructure Decks.

            1. RULE XLV

          10. Effective Length of Detached Superstructures.

            1. RULE XLVI General.

            2. RULE XLVII Poop.

            3. RULE XLVIII Raised Quarter Deck.

            4. RULE XLIX Bridge.

            5. RULE L Forecastle.

            6. RULE LI Trunk.

          11. Effective Length of Enclosed Superstructures with Middle Line Openings.

            1. RULE LII Enclosed Superstructure with Middle Line Openings in the deck not Provided with Permanent Means of Closing.

          12. Deductions for Superstructures.

            1. RULE LIII Deductions for Superstructures.

          13. Sheer.

            1. RULE LIV General.

            2. RULE LV Standard Sheer Profile.

            3. RULE LVI Measurement of Variations from Standard Sheer Profile.

            4. RULE LVII Correction for Variations from Standard Sheer Profile

            5. RULE LVIII Addition for Deficiency in Sheer.

            6. RULE LIX Deduction for Excess Sheer.

          14. Hound of Beam.

            1. RULE LX Standard Round of Beam.

            2. RULE LXI Round of Beam Correction.

          15. Minimum Freeboard.

            1. RULE LXII Summer Freeboard.

            2. RULE LXIII Tropical Freeboard.

            3. RULE LXIV Winter Freeboard.

            4. RULE LXV Winter North Atlantic Freeboard.

            5. RULE LXVI Fresh Water Freeboard.

            6. RULE LXVII Freeboard Table for Steamers.

        4. PART IV Load Lines for Sailing Ships.

          1. RULE LXVIII Lines to be Used in Connection with the Disc.

          2. RULE LXIX Conditions of Assignment of Load Line.

          3. RULE LXX Computation of Freeboard.

          4. RULE LXXI Depth for Freeboard (D).

          5. RULE LXXII Coefficient of Fineness (c).

          6. RULE LXXIII Superstructures in Wood Ships.

          7. Deductions for Superstructures.

          8. RULE LXXV Minimum Freeboards.

          9. RULE LXXVI Freeboard Table for Sailing Ships.

          10. RULE LXXVII Freeboard for Wood Sailing Ships.

        5. PART V Load Lines for Steamers carrying Timber Deck Cargoes.

          1. Definitions.

          2. RULE LXXVIII Marks on the Ship's Sides.

          3. Supplementary Conditions of Assignment and Regulations for Deeper Loading.

            1. RULE LXXIX Construction of Ship.

            2. RULE LXXX Superstructures.

            3. RULE LXXXI Machinery Casings.

            4. RULE LXXXII Double Bottom Tanks.

            5. RULE LXXXIII Bulwarks.

            6. RULE LXXXIV Deck Openings covered by Timber Deck Cargo.

            7. RULE LXXXV Stowage.

            8. RULE LXXXVI Protection of Crew, Access to Machinery Space, &C.

            9. RULE LXXXVII Steering Arrangements.

            10. RULE LXXXVIII Uprights.

            11. RULE LXXXIX Lashings.

            12. RULE XC Plans.

          4. Freeboard.

            1. RULE XCI Computation of Freeboard.

        6. PART IV Load Lines for Tankers.

          1. Definition.

          2. RULE XCII Marks on the Ship's Sides.

          3. Supplementary Conditions of Assignment for Deeper Loading.

            1. RULE XCIII Construction of Ship.

            2. RULE XCIV Forecastle.

            3. RULE XCV Machinery Casings.

            4. RULE XCVI Gangway.

            5. RULE XCVII Protection of Crew, Access to Machinery Space, &c.

            6. RULE XCVIII Hatchways.

            7. RULE XCIX Ventilators.

            8. RULE C Freeing Arrangements.

            9. RULE CI Plans.

          4. Freeboards.

            1. RULE CII Computation of Freeboard.

            2. RULE CIII Deduction for Detached Superstructures.

            3. RULE CIV Deduction for Excess Sheer.

            4. RULE CV Winter North Atlantic Freeboard.

            5. RULE CVI Freeboard Table for Tankers.

      8. ANNEX II

        Boundaries of the Zones and Seasonal Areas

        1. Zones.

        2. Seasonal Areas.

      9. ANNEX III

      10. ANNEX IV

        Titles of Load Line Laws and Rules regarded as Equivalent to the British Board of Trade Rules, 1906.

      11. FINAL ACT OF THE INTERNATIONAL LOAD LINE CONFERENCE, 1930

        1. I

        2. II

          1. Ships of less than 150 tons gross Engaged on International Voyages.

          2. Strength.

          3. Annual Surveys.

          4. Information regarding Damage to Tankers.

    3. THIRD SCHEDULE

      Rules with respect to Watertight Doors and other Contrivances.

      1. 1.The following contrivances shall be securely closed so as to...

      2. 2.Every watertight door fitted in a main transverse bulkhead, not...

      3. 3.Every portable plate closing an opening in a bulkhead, being...

      4. 4.The cover and valve of every ash-shoot, rubbish-shoot or other...

      5. 5.The opening and closing of all such watertight doors and...

      6. 6.Every valve, the closing of which is necessary to make...

      7. 7.A record shall be entered in the official logbook—

      8. 8.In this Schedule the expressions " bulkhead deck " and...

    4. FOURTH SCHEDULE

      Enactments Repealed.

      1. PART I Enactments Repealed as from Commencement of Part I.

      2. PART II Enactments Repealed as from the Appointed Day.

      3. PART III Enactments Repealed as from Passing of Act.

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