The Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection) Regulations 2023

Compliance by ships constructed on or after 1st July 2012 and engaged on international voyages

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19.—(1) A ship to which this Part applies must comply with each requirement in—

(a)regulation 1.6 in Part A of Chapter II-2 (application of requirements to tankers); and

(b)Parts B, C, D, E and G of Chapter II-2 (fire protection requirements),

that applies to it.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), requirements in Parts B, C, D, E and G of Chapter II-2 which—

(a)do not refer to a specific ship type, apply to ships of all types; and

(b)refer to “tankers”, apply to tankers subject to the requirements in regulation 1.2.7 in Part A of Chapter II-2 (tankers constructed before 1st January 2016 to comply with regulation 16.3.3 of Chapter II-2, with the exception of paragraph 3 of that provision).