1983 No. 644
The Docks, Shipbuilding Etc. (Metrication) Regulations 1983
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into Operation
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 49, and 82(3)(a) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 19741 (“the 1974 Act”) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf and for the purpose of giving effect without modifications to proposals submitted to him by the Health and Safety Commission under section 11(2)(d) of the 1974 Act after the carrying out by the said Commission of consultations in accordance with section 50(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—
Citation and commencement1
1
These Regulations may be cited as The Docks, Shipbuilding etc. (Metrication) Regulations 1983 and shall come into operation on the 1st June 1983.
2
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, “the principal instruments” means the Regulations and Orders amended by these Regulations, that is to say:—
The Docks Regulations 1925;
The Docks Regulations 1934;
The Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing Regulations 1960;
The Shipbuilding (Lifting Appliances etc. Forms) Order 19612;
The Docks Certificates (No. 2) Order 1964.
Amendments to the principal instruments to substitute metric measurements for imperial measurements2
The provisions of the principal instruments specified in the Schedule to these Regulations in Column 1 shall be amended by substituting for the measurements or expressions set out opposite thereto in column 3 the measurements or expressions set out in the corresponding entry in column 4.
Application to existing premises and plant3
Where any premises or plant, in existence or under construction immediately before the coming into operation of these Regulations complied with the requirements of the principal Regulations as then in force, then those premises or that plant shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of the principal Regulations as amended by these Regulations.
Signed by order of the Secretary of State.
THE SCHEDULEAMENDMENTS TO PROVISIONS
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
Provision to be amended | Subject-matter of measurement or expression | Present measurement or expression | Measurement or expression to be substituted |
The Docks Regulations 1925 Regulation 19(b)(i) | Chains etc. to be annealed | half inch | 13 millimetres |
The Docks Regulations 1934 Definitions | Length of lock | ninety feet | 27.5 metres |
Distance from edge of canal | fifteen feet | 5.0 metres | |
Depth of water | five feet | 1.5 metres | |
Regulation 1 | Height of fencing | two feet six inches | 760 millimetres |
Distance from side of entrance | five yards | 5.0 metres | |
Regulation 9 | Width of ladder or gangway | twenty-two inches | 560 millimetres |
Height of fencing | two feet nine inches | 840 millimetres | |
Regulation 11(1) | Depth of hold | five feet | 1.5 metres |
Regulation 11(2)(b) | Depth of foothold including any space behind the ladder | 4 ½ inches | 115 millimetres |
Width of foothold | 10 inches | 250 millimetres | |
Regulation 11(2)(c) | Depth of foothold including any space behind the cleats or cups | 4 ½ inches | 115 millimetres |
Width of foothold | 10 inches | 250 millimetres | |
Regulation 11(2)(d) | Depth of foothold including any space behind the ladder | 4½ inches | 115 millimetres |
Width of foothold | 10 inches | 250 millimetres | |
Regulation 17 | Width of working space around hatch | two feet | 600 millimetres |
Regulation 19(b)(i) | Chains etc. to be annealed | half inch | 13 millimetres |
Regulation 28(c) | Height of ladder | thirty feet | 10 metres |
Regulation 35(b) | Width of space along edge of wharf | three feet | 920 millimetres |
Regulation 37(a) | Depth of hold | five feet | 1.5 metres |
Height of coamings | two feet six inches | 760 millimetres | |
Height of fencing | three feet | 920 millimetres | |
Regulation 40 | Distance from deck | two feet | 600 millimetres |
Schedule | |||
Paragraph (a) | Safe working load | up to 20 tons | up to 20 tonnes |
Safe working load | 20–50 tons | 20–50 tonnes | |
Proof load | 5 tons in excess | 5 tonnes in excess | |
Safe working load | over 50 tons | over 50 tonnes | |
Paragraph (b) | Safe working load | up to 20 tons | up to 20 tonnes |
Safe working load | 20–50 tons | 20–50 tonnes | |
Proof load | 5 tons in excess | 5 tonnes in excess | |
Safe working load | over 50 tons | over 50 tonnes | |
Paragraph (c) | Safe working load | up to and including 20 tons | up to and including 20 tonnes |
Safe working load | over 20 tons up to and including 40 tons | over 20 tonnes up to and including 40 tonnes | |
Proof load | 20 tons in excess | 20 tonnes in excess | |
Safe working load | over 40 tons | over 40 tonnes | |
The Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing Regulations 1960 | |||
Regulation 2(2)(a) | Length of ship | one hundred feet | 30 metres |
Depth of ship | nine feet six inches | 2.9 metres | |
Regulation 2(2)(b) | Length of ship | one hundred feet | 30 metres |
Depth of ship | nine feet six inches | 2.9 metres | |
Regulation 2(2)(c) | Length of ship | one hundred feet | 30 metres |
Depth of ship | nine feet six inches | 2.9 metres | |
Regulation 3(2) | Flash point of oil | two hundred and seventy degrees Fahrenheit | 132 degrees Celsius |
Regulation 7(b) | Height of hand-rails | two feet nine inches | 840 millimetres |
Height of toe-board above floor | six inches | 150 millimetres | |
Regulation 8(1) | Height of fencing | two feet nine inches | 840 millimetres |
Regulation 9(1)(a) | Width of ladder or gangway | twenty-two inches | 560 millimetres |
Height of fencing | two feet nine inches | 840 millimetres | |
Regulation 10(2)(a) | Position of top step of ladder | twelve inches | 300 millimetres |
Regulation 13(3) | Width of footway | seventeen inches | 430 millimetres |
Regulation 14(1)(d) | Position of top of ladder | two feet six inches | 760 millimetres |
Regulation 17(2) | Extension of planks forming stages | eighteen inches | 460 millimetres |
Regulation 24(heading) | Height of stages | six feet six inches | 2 metres |
Regulation 24(1) | Height of stages | six feet six inches | 2 metres |
Regulation 24(2)(c) | Width of stages | seventeen inches | 430 millimetres |
Regulation 24(3)(a) | Height of guard rail | three feet | 920 millimetres |
Regulation 24(7) | Width of stages | twenty five inches | 640 millimetres |
Regulation 25(1) | Height of fencing | three feet | 920 millimetres |
Height of fencing | two feet six inches | 760 millimetres | |
Regulation 26(1) | Height of coaming | two feet six inches | 760 millimetres |
Height of fencing | three feet | 920 millimetres | |
Regulation 36(3) | Size of chains etc. | half inch | 13 millimetres |
Regulation 47 | Weight of load | 20 tons | 20 tonnes |
Regulation 55(1) | Distance from source of heat | fifteen feet | 5 metres |
Regulation 59(1)(b)(i) | Flash point of oil | seventy-three degrees Fahrenheit | 23 degrees Celsius |
Regulation 60(2) | Flash point of oil | seventy-three degrees Fahrenheit | 23 degrees Celsius |
Regulation 66(1) | Flash point of oil | one hundred and fifty degrees Fahrenheit | 66 degrees Celsius |
Regulation 69(5) | Flash point of paraffin | one hundred degrees Fahrenheit | 38 degrees Celsius |
Regulation 80(1) | Height of stages | six feet six inches | 2 metres |
Second Schedule | |||
Paragraph (a) | Safe working load | under 20 tons | under 20 tonnes |
Safe working load | 20–50 tons | 20–50 tonnes | |
Proof load | 5 tons in excess | 5 tonnes in excess | |
Safe working load | over 50 tons | over 50 tonnes | |
Paragraph (b) | Safe working load | under 20 tons | under 20 tonnes |
Safe working load | 20–50 tons | 20–50 tonnes | |
Proof load | 5 tons in excess | 5 tonnes in excess | |
Safe working load | over 50 tons | over 50 tonnes | |
Paragraph (c) | Safe working load | under 50 tons | under 50 tonnes |
Safe working load | 50–100 tons | 50–100 tonnes | |
Proof load | plus 50 tons | plus 50 tonnes | |
Safe working load | over 100 tons | over 100 tonnes | |
Safe working load | up to and including 20 tons | up to and including 20 tonnes | |
Safe working load | over 20 tons up to and including 40 tons | over 20 tonnes up to and including 40 tonnes | |
Proof load | 20 tons in excess | 20 tonnes in excess | |
Safe working load | over 40 tons | over 40 tonnes | |
The Shipbuilding (Lifting Appliances etc. Forms) Order 1961 Schedule, Part III Paragraph (2)(a) | Size of rope | inches | millimetres |
Paragraph (3) | Tensile strength of wire | tons* per square inch | Newtons per square millimetre |
Paragraph (4)(c) | Safe working load | Safe working load* | Safe working load |
Footnote | Definition of ton | 1 ton=2,240 lbs | none |
The Docks Certificates (No. 2) Order 1964 | |||
Schedule | |||
Paragraph (1) Column (g) | Proof load applied | tons | tonnes |
Column (h) | Safe working load | tons | tonnes |